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Reprising the role of the developmental state in cluster development: The biomedical industry in Singapore
Author(s) -
Lee YongSook,
Tee YingChian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
singapore journal of tropical geography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9493
pISSN - 0129-7619
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00359.x
Subject(s) - facilitator , cluster (spacecraft) , state (computer science) , developmental state , economic geography , business cluster , cluster sampling , economic system , economic growth , political science , regional science , sociology , business , economics , computer science , epistemology , demography , population , philosophy , algorithm , politics , law , mechanism (biology) , programming language
This paper broadly sketches the initiation of a biomedical industry cluster in Singapore and how it is driven in a knowledge‐based economy. Specifically, we reprise the role of the developmental state in spearheading cluster development, and by so doing critique the prevailing view that rejects the involvement of industrial policy and the state beyond that of just a facilitator in cluster development. Drawing from a modest survey and interview sampling supplemented with secondary data we illustrate how the Singapore city‐state is not passive but instead plays an active role as a cluster creator in moving towards a knowledge‐based economy.