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Transborder Industrialization and Singapore's Regionalization Strategy: Singapore's Industrial Parks in Indonesia and China - Boom, Bane or an Ongoing Game?
Hawaii International Conference on Business, 3rd, Honolulu, 18-21 June 2003
  • Caroline YEOH, Singapore Management University
  • Charmaine Jialing CAI, Singapore Management University
  • Julian Ching Wei WEE, Singapore Management University
Publication Type
Conference Paper
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acceptedVersion
Publication Date
6-2003
Abstract

Singapore’s regionalization program is centred on a number of industrial township developments in China, India and several Southeast Asian countries. These townships are led by Singapore government-linked companies and are premised on the perception that Singapore’s positive reputation with multinational corporations, for efficient industrial infrastructure and stable, corrupt-free administration, will give the townships a marketing advantage. Their progress is a litmus test of Singapore’s ability to export its efficiency in industrial park development and management outside its borders. This paper discusses the origins and progress of the four largest and most advanced townships, two in Indonesia and two in China. It finds that initial optimism with which the flagship projects were unveiled has not been justified.

Keywords
  • Regionalization,
  • Transborder Industrialization,
  • Industrial Parks,
  • Singapore
City or Country
Honolulu, HI
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
Citation Information
Caroline YEOH, Charmaine Jialing CAI and Julian Ching Wei WEE. "Transborder Industrialization and Singapore's Regionalization Strategy: Singapore's Industrial Parks in Indonesia and China - Boom, Bane or an Ongoing Game?" Hawaii International Conference on Business, 3rd, Honolulu, 18-21 June 2003 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/caroline_yeoh/9/