Singapore: Successful in Research, Striving for Innovation

GK Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation

Bertil Andersson, European Science Foundation
2010

Across the World, governments subscribe to the thesis that investment in research is a worthwhile public good for a number of reasons. Such investments are generally predicated on the view that research will lead directly to innovation and, hence, to wealth and employment creation. This “linear” model is an over-simplification of a complex reality

 

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