Boon, Goh Chor.

From traders to innovators science and technology in Singapore since 1965 / [electronic resource] : Goh Chor Boon. - [S.l.] : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2016. - 253 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From traders to innovators: science and technology in Singapore since 1965 -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. From Dependency Theory to Creative Innovation -- 2. Surviving and Catching Up in the 1960s and 1970s -- 3. Developing a Technological Growth Trajectory in the 1980s -- 4. State Intervention and Technological Change -- 5. Nurturing a Scientific Culture -- 6. Sociocultural Attributes and R&D -- 7. Towards a Technologically Creative Society -- 8. Conclusion: Power of a Service-Brokerage Culture -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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