Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia

This paper explores the relationship between industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia. While most developed countries have leveraged the benefits of creativity and innovation for high-income economy, developing countries, like Malaysia, otherwise have been struggling to replica...

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Main Author: Abd Manan, Mohd Shahrudin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82021/
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description This paper explores the relationship between industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia. While most developed countries have leveraged the benefits of creativity and innovation for high-income economy, developing countries, like Malaysia, otherwise have been struggling to replicate the same success. Responding to this polemic, the article first frames the discussion on industrial policies and creative cluster with a reference to the spatial concept called, ‘the geography of innovation’. It is later followed with a specific historical review on the industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia since her independence in 1957. The review then becomes a basis for further reflecting the development of Cyberjaya city, a newly city aimed to be the national model of creative cluster. The article calls for more specific and contextualized researches on the issues of spatiality between the industrial policies and creative cluster, particularly in Malaysia as well as in the regional level of Southeast Asia that can benefit policy practitioners, economists, urban planners, academics and researchers alike.
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spelling upm-820212020-09-03T06:30:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82021/ Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia Abd Manan, Mohd Shahrudin This paper explores the relationship between industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia. While most developed countries have leveraged the benefits of creativity and innovation for high-income economy, developing countries, like Malaysia, otherwise have been struggling to replicate the same success. Responding to this polemic, the article first frames the discussion on industrial policies and creative cluster with a reference to the spatial concept called, ‘the geography of innovation’. It is later followed with a specific historical review on the industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia since her independence in 1957. The review then becomes a basis for further reflecting the development of Cyberjaya city, a newly city aimed to be the national model of creative cluster. The article calls for more specific and contextualized researches on the issues of spatiality between the industrial policies and creative cluster, particularly in Malaysia as well as in the regional level of Southeast Asia that can benefit policy practitioners, economists, urban planners, academics and researchers alike. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82021/1/REVISITING%20THE%20%E2%80%98SILICONISATION%20OF%20ASIA.pdf Abd Manan, Mohd Shahrudin (2019) Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia. ALAM CIPTA : International Journal of Sustainable Tropical Design Research and Practice, 12 (1). pp. 74-84. ISSN 1823-7231
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Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia
title Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia
title_full Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia
title_fullStr Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia
title_short Revisiting the ‘Siliconisation of Asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in Malaysia
title_sort revisiting the ‘siliconisation of asia’: industrial policies and creative cluster in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82021/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82021/1/REVISITING%20THE%20%E2%80%98SILICONISATION%20OF%20ASIA.pdf