The Singapore Research Story - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 9814641251 ISBN 13 : 9789814641258

Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Ever since Singapore became independent in 1965, its leaders have invested tremendous efforts and resources to develop its economy in order to create jobs for its people and to support national development. This book describes the challenging journey of Singapore in developing a knowledge-based economy driven by research and innovation and the roles played by research institutes, universities, research manpower and appropriate collaboration between research institutes and industry.

The book traces the foundations of Singapore's research story from the time of its independence in 1965 to the present day. Through interviews with the key players and research into the records, the establishment of the key institutes and the roles of a global cast of researchers, scientists and engineers in setting up the R&D infrastructure are outlined. The impact of the concerted efforts to build up a credible and world-class research capability in Singapore over the last 25 years is discussed, as are the tremendous challenges faced by the key players in the drive to develop a knowledge-based economy and the ultimate goal of an innovation-driven economy.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

In summary, this book shows that Singapore's R&D accomplishment over 50 years can be called miraculous but not mysterious. This book will be an excellent reference for governments, institutions and scholars alike. --Otto C C Lin, University of Michigan, USA

This is a unique account of Singapore's remarkable development of a world-class research ecology. Written by insiders who were intimately involved as researchers and managers of the Nation's technology programmes, the book is a must-read for anyone wanting a complete view of the subject. The text details the national sustained, enormous commitment to the enterprise of creating Singapore as a research hub. This effort continues to engage truly significant sums of money, off-scale in terms of size of the population. It emphasizes Singapore's innovative strategic policy of accelerating its technological development by recruiting clusters of the best industrial and academic researchers in the world to be local partners. Congratulations to the authors for their contributions — both as writers and long-standing contributors to the process! --Prof. Richard de Neufville, MIT, USA

'The Singapore Research Story' is both practical and visionary: it belongs on the shelves of college, governmental, and public libraries, wherever students want to know: what can happen to a country, when science is respected. --Don C Reed, author of 'Stem Cell Battles: Proposition 71 and Beyond Vice President of Public Policy for Americans for Cures Foundation'

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ever since Singapore became independent in 1965, its leaders have invested tremendous efforts and resources to develop its economy in order to create jobs for its people and to support national development. This book describes the challenging journey of Singapore in developing a knowledge-based economy driven by research and innovation and the roles played by research institutes, universities, research manpower and appropriate collaboration between research institutes and industry.

The book traces the foundations of Singapore's research story from the time of its independence in 1965 to the present day. Through interviews with the key players and research into the records, the establishment of the key institutes and the roles of a global cast of researchers, scientists and engineers in setting up the R&D infrastructure are outlined. The impact of the concerted efforts to build up a credible and world-class research capability in Singapore over the last 25 years is discussed, as are the tremendous challenges faced by the key players in the drive to develop a knowledge-based economy and the ultimate goal of an innovation-driven economy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9814641251
• ISBN 13: 9789814641258
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Éditeur: Hang Chang Chieh, Low Teck Seng, Thampuran Raj
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible