Academic Journal
Can Malaysia Escape the Middle-Income Trap? A Strategy for Penang
| العنوان: | Can Malaysia Escape the Middle-Income Trap? A Strategy for Penang |
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| المؤلفون: | Shahid Yusuf, Kaoru Nabeshima |
| المساهمون: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| المصدر: | http://library1.nida.ac.th/worldbankf/fulltext/wps04971.pdf. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| المجموعة: | CiteSeerX |
| الوصف: | Produced by the Research Support Team The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. Policy Research Working Paper 4971 How can Penang upgrade and diversify its economy? This paper addresses this question using a number of methodologies that have been developed for assessing competitiveness and identifying the direction of future industrial evolution. The results show that although Penang was successful in attracting foreign direct investment to the electronics industry, this has not translated into a deepening of industrial capabilities or the nurturing of innovation capacity in Penang. No large Malaysian firms in Penang have taken the lead in innovation and there is little new entry by local firms, despite incentives provided by local and national governments are generous. Universiti Sains Malaysia, the This paper—a product of the Director's Office, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the department to study industrial change and development of innovation capabilities in East Asian economies. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.621.9500; http://library1.nida.ac.th/worldbankf/fulltext/wps04971.pdf |
| الاتاحة: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.621.9500 http://library1.nida.ac.th/worldbankf/fulltext/wps04971.pdf |
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| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.4E2BAE8C |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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