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Singapore: Reflections and Implications of Another Smart State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Clive Edwards
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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyse key elements of the development strategy of Singapore since the mid–1960s. The paper describes the economic challenge faced by Singapore in the mid–1960s, overviews contemporary world trends in foreign direct investment, and uses competitiveness constructs developed by Michael Porter (1985) to clarify key stages in the evolution of Singapore's development strategy. The paper argues that the strategy has been successful because of unremitting top priority given to it by Singapore's political leadership and because the political leaders charged a single organisation, the Economic Development Board (EDB), with absolute authority to develop and implement the strategy. The paper concludes with implications for Queensland's Smart State initiatives.

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Special Theme: Queensland: The Smart State
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Queensland Review , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , May 2003 , pp. 53 - 69
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 

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