An Explanation for Singapore’s Innovation Gap

• Main Authors: Carney, Richard W., Loh, Yi Zheng
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82559; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40134
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Why can’t Singapore innovate? Innovations tend to come in two varieties: radical or incremental. Radical innovations, like the internet or biotechnology, involve the development of entirely new products. Incremental innovations occur with continuous small-scale improvements, as with automobiles over...