Extending Economic Boundaries and Exporting Expertise: New Evidence on Singapore's Gambit in Indonesia, Vietnam and India

• Main Authors: Yeoh, Caroline, Wong, Siang Yeung
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: International Business
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2710; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3709/viewcontent/jape_8_Jun_2005.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Singapore's regionalization stratagem led to the establishment of industrial parks in China, India and several South-East Asian countries. The strategic intent behind these overseas projects was twofold: exporting Singapore's competencies such as management know-how, technological capabilities and corrupt-free administration to regions where such positive factors were lacking and secondly, exploiting comparative advantages that each region had to offer. This paper 1 revisits Singapore's flagship projects in Indonesia, Vietnam and India. Evidence from on-site surveys and interviews are presented. This paper contends that progress in these privileged investment zones remains stymied by particular dependencies and challenges in the host environments.