Innovation in the Asia Pacific: From Manufacturing to the Knowledge Economy

329 Pages·2018·5.56 MB·English

by  Thomas Clarke

Thomas Clarke · Keun Lee E ditors
Innovation
in the Asia
Pacific
From Manufacturing to the Knowledge
Economy
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Thomas Clarke Keun Lee
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ThomasClarke Keun Lee
Centrefor Business andSocial Innovation Department ofEconomics
University of Technology Sydney SeoulNational University
Sydney,NSW Seoul
Australia Korea (Republicof)
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Preface
This book is the work of academics from around the world researching innovation
who are members of the Asia Pacific Network which organises the annual Asia
Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC).
The Asia Pacific Innovation Network was formed in 2010 to bring together
scholarsintheAsiaPacificregioninterestedinthelegal,managerialandeconomic
aspects of innovation. Research interests include innovation policy includingbasic
research, applied research and implementation of innovation; intellectual property;
market design to promote alternative energy and other innovations; innovation for
sustainability; and innovation in legal and other social institutions.
The successive APIC Conferences have circumnavigated the Asia Pacific with
conferences in Melbourne, Australia 2010; Singapore 2011; Seoul, Korea 2012;
Taipei, Taiwan 2013; Sydney, Australia 2014; Hangzhou, China 2015; Fukuoka,
Japan 2016; and Wellington, New Zealand 2017.
Fortheirhelpandguidanceinthedevelopmentofthiswork,wewouldthankall
of the participating members of APIC, and especially like to thank the members
of the APIC Board including Reiko Aoki of the Japan Fair Trade Commission,
Shou-Ling Jang of the National Taiwan University, Sadao Nagaoka, Professor of
Tokyo Keizai University, and Wu Xiaobo and Can Huang of Zhejiang University.
MostofallwearegratefulfortheinspirationofBethWebster,GeneralSecretary
of APIC and Director of the Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne
University of Technology, Australia. With remarkable energy, intelligence and
determination,Bethhasbuilt APIC fromitsfoundationstotherobust international
research body it is now.
Sydney, Australia Thomas Clarke
Seoul, Korea (Republic of) Keun Lee
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Contents
1 Introduction: Fast Cycle Innovation in the Asia Pacific. ..... .... 1
Thomas Clarke and Keun Lee
Part I National Innovation Systems
2 Preparing for the Future: The OECD-Countries in Comparison........ 45
Horst Hanusch and Yasushi Hara
3 Comparing the National Innovation Systems in East Asia
and Latin America: Fast Versus Slow... .... .... .... ..... .... 63
Keun Lee and Yee Kyoung Kim
4 Catching up and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific:
An Evolutionary Approach.... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 83
Keiichiro Suenaga
5 A Tale of Two Cities: Innovation in Singapore
and Hong Kong.... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 101
Jue Wang
6 National Innovation Systems in the Asia Pacific:
A Comparative Analysis. ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 119
Thomas Clarke, John Chelliah and Elizabeth Pattinson
Part II Modes of Innovation
7 Governance and Performance of Publicly Funded R&D
Consortia. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 147
Hiroyuki Okamuro and Junichi Nishimura
8 Patents and Innovation in China... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 161
Albert G. Hu, Peng Zhang and Lijing Zhao
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9 Network Capitalism and the Role of Strategy, Contracts
and Performance Expectations for Asia-Pacific Innovation
Partnerships... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 181
Jochen Schweitzer
10 Industry Sustainability and Innovation System:
A Comparative Case Study in China.... .... .... .... ..... .... 201
Guanyu Liu and Ping Gao
11 Structures and Strategies of Chinese Companies in Key
Enabling and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies .. ..... .... 225
Rainer Frietsch and Peter Neuhäusler
Part III Organisational and Human Dimensions of Innovation
12 Developing Human Capital for Knowledge Based Economies. .... 247
Thomas Clarke and Soheyla Gholamshahi
13 The Creation and Disruption of Innovation? Key Developments
in Innovation as Concept, Theory, Research and Practice.... .... 271
Michael Lester
Contributors
John Chelliah University of Fiji, Lautoka, Fiji
Thomas Clarke Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of
Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Rainer Frietsch Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research,
Karlsruhe, Germany; Institute for Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China
Ping Gao Information School, Capital University of Economics and Business,
Beijing, China
Soheyla Gholamshahi Centre for Business and Social Innovation, UTS, Sydney,
Australia
Horst Hanusch Institute of Economics, University of Augsburg, Augsburg,
Germany
Yasushi Hara SciREX Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies,
Tokyo, Japan
Albert G. Hu China Europe International Business School, Shangai, China;
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Yee Kyoung Kim KISTEP, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
Keun Lee Department of Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
(Republic of)
MichaelLester CentreforBusinessandSocialInnovation,UTSSydney,Ultimo,
Australia
Guanyu Liu Information School, Capital University of Economics and Business,
Beijing, China
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x Contributors
Peter Neuhäusler Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research,
Karlsruhe, Germany; Innovation Economics, Berlin University of Technology,
Berlin, Germany
Junichi Nishimura Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroyuki Okamuro Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University,
Tokyo, Japan
Elizabeth Pattinson University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Jochen Schweitzer Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of
Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Keiichiro Suenaga Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan; Josai University, Sakado,
Japan
Jue Wang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Peng Zhang National Bureau of Statistics of China, Beijing, China
Lijing Zhao National Bureau of Statistics of China, Beijing, China
Chapter 1
Introduction: Fast Cycle Innovation
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Thomas Clarke and Keun Lee
Abstract ThischapterintroducesthecentralthesisofthebookthatwhiletheAsia
Pacific has become the centre of world manufacturing, it now faces a greater
challenge in how to transform both its manufacturing and service economy to
achieve the potential of a knowledge economy. This innovation towards a
knowledgeeconomyinvolvesacontinuousprocessimpactinguponeveryaspectof
industry and society. Knowledge economies are economies in which growth is
dependent on the quantity, quality, and accessibility and usefulness of ideas, cre-
ativity and information, rather than simply increasing the material means of pro-
duction.Thechapterintroducesthetechnologicaltrajectoriesofnationalinnovation
systems in the Asia Pacific, and examines the basis of fast cycle innovation. It
explores the implications of the internationalisation of innovation, and the impor-
tance of sustaining investment in research and innovation. The significance of a
culture of innovation is highlighted, and how this might contribute to rapidly
changing techno-economic paradigms in the Asia Pacific.
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Keywords Innovation systems Fast cycle Technological paradigms
InnovationisthekeytothecontinuedsuccessoftheeconomiesoftheAsiaPacific.
AccordingtotheOECD(2015:2)innovativeeconomiesare“moreproductive,more
resilient,moreadaptabletochangeandbetterabletosupporthigherlivingstandards.”
Innovation may be broadly defined as “The design, invention, development and/or
implementation of new or altered products, services, processes, systems, organiza-
tionalstructures,orbusinessmodelsforthepurposeofcreatingnewvalueforcus-
tomers and financial returns for the firm” (US Department of Commerce 2012).
T.Clarke(&)
CentreforBusinessandSocialInnovation,UniversityofTechnologySydney,
Sydney,NSW,Australia
e-mail:[email protected]
K.Lee
DepartmentofEconomics,SeoulNationalUniversity,Seoul,Korea(Republicof)
e-mail:[email protected]
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