DRUID discussion

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DRUID discussion Ted Tschang Singapore
Management University
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Benneworth and Charles

• V. important how universities benefit the region
• Nice counterpoint to the other paper
• Cases would be helpful, even from secondary
  literature, to back up some points
• less succ regions success regions
• Succ ? ?
• Univs
• less succ ? ?
• Univs

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Benneworth and Charles

• three points highlighted are interesting links to
  other literatures, but are these the most
  important relationships?
• communities of practice not clear reminds of
  Seely Brown/Duguids mysteries of the region
  argument, which works in a systemically working
  region.
• local biz support envir univ personnel have not
  been known to be best practice at this rather
  stodgy
• Clustering worth exploring technology,
  signaling (for attracting finance)
• Other agglomerative advantages

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Benneworth and Charles

• On Technology
• Radical vs incremental
• Can radical come from elsewhere?
• Numbers game (check probabilities from unsuccess
  regions)
• Cases
• CMU/Pittsburgh firms (AI, robotics) were
  moderately successful, some moved elsewhere
  (Lycos)
• Singapore (India?) firms relocate close to
  market
• Si Valley as self-sustaining model - systemic