Guest lecturer Regina IP LAU Suk Yee B.A.-First Class Honor (HKU), Master of Letters (University of Glasgow), Master of Science in Management (Stanford University), Master of Art in East Asian Studies (Stanford University).
Dec 21, 2015
Guest lecturer
Regina IP LAU Suk Yee B.A.-First Class Honor (HKU), Master of Letters (University of Glasgow), Master of Science in Management (Stanford
University), Master of Art in East Asian Studies (Stanford
University).
Guest lecturer: Mrs. Regina Ip
Mrs. Ip worked for the Hong Kong Government from 1975 to 2003. During that time, she had served in a wide range of areas including democratization of local government, international trade and industry and security.
Mrs. Ip was the first woman to be appointed the head of a disciplined service (Immigration Department) (1996-98) and as Secretary for Security of Hong Kong (1998-2003).
Guest lecturer: Mrs. Regina Ip In 2003, Mrs. Ip pursued higher studies at
the Stanford University for a MA program in East Asian Studies
In July 2006, she established a think tank, Savantas Policy Institute, focused on tackling the twin structural constitutional and economic problems of Hong Kong. Its core vision is to transform Hong Kong into a knowledge-based economy.
In July 2007, Mrs. Ip was appointed by the Government as a member of the Commission on Strategic Development.
Guest lecturer: Mrs. Regina Ip In September 2008, Mrs Ip was
elected Legislative Council Member in the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency.
In the same year, she joined the China Reform Council as Vice Chairperson (2008-2010).
She was also awarded the title of “Outstanding person for Chinese Entrepreneurial Innovation 2008” by the Chinese Entrepreneurial Innovation Forum.
IT/ICTInformation Technology /Information and Telecommunications Industry (OECD)
Information Technology Telecommunications
Products (things in boxes) Software Services (things supplied
on-line)
Growth driven by Decline in transportation costs A huge reduction in telecom costs Advances in computer technology, such as
doubling of the number of circuits per chip every 18 months to 2 years
tremendous advance in storage technology Emergence of fibre optics and space
technology with advanced communications capacities
Emergence of modularized standards in many goods
US Policy Requiring AT&T to license transistor
technology at a low price to all comers and unbundling of IBM’s software from its hardware
Creation of an independent
software industry
Modularization New Business Models
Comprising independent, specialized suppliers of hardware and software within value-added chains; supply chain management, exploitation of brand names.
Relationship Between Developed World and Asia
Between 1977 and 1989, 88% of 176 semiconductor companies in the world formed in US (55% in Silicon Valley)
Americans, Japanese and Europeans conceived new products and offered large markets for them, while the Asians assembled them
Relationship Between Developed World and Asia
Developed World Product conceptualization, innovation,
architecture development Assembly Region
Detailed design, application programming or services work
Developed World Assembly Region
Add Value
(ICs, flat panel displays,
computers, mobile devices,
disc drives, other electronics and
telecoms exports)
Six IT/ICT Regions in Asia Japan Teheran Valley in Seoul and Daeduk in
Republic of Korea (ROK) Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing Hsinchu Science – based industrial Park
in Taiwan Singapore Bengalore in India Cyberport
Regional Clusters Driven by agglomeration economics, a term
that denotes the several kinds of benefits that firms in similar lines of work can derive from proximity (Porter);
The net effects of several factors, namely Transportation and communications technologies
and networks Time and speed demands in specific markets Proximity to customers Knowledge capabilities Pricing pressures
( Kenney and Florida)
Knowledge Clusters (as distinct from Production Clusters)
MIT and Harvard in Boston
Stanford and UC Berkeley in Silicon Valley
KAIST in Daeduk in Korea
ITRI in Hsinchu Academy of Sciences
and major universities in Beijing
Regional Specializations Taiwan
A major cluster of computer manufacturing and design companies
Shanghai Silicon foundry and
design complex Beijing
Software Cluster Singapore
Southeast Asia hard disk production complex
Determinant Factors for Regional Specialization Historical Legacy National technology strategies
Education, especially of scientists and engineers
Acquisition and development of technologies Trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Telecom Investments Finance and Industry structure Creation of high-tech clusters
(Rowen, 2007)
China’s strategy Train technologists Bring back overseas
trained scientists Help scientists and
engineers in research institutes and universities form companies
Encourage foreign firms bring technology and management skills through FDI
Large investments in R&D Large investments in
telecoms
India’s strategy Market Liberalization Investments in
satellite communications
Opening of telecom sector
Reform of financial sector boosting venture capital industry
Incubators – especially useful when wider economy poses obstacles for start-ups
Who created Clusters ? Government ? Market ? Not prominent in Japan Clusters obsolescing because of
arrival of low-cost, digitized information ?
Country and Regional Strategies Licensing of Western technology Government support for R&D Keeping foreign firms out Creation of strong, export-oriented
manufacturing industry, initially with technology and FDI from US and focus on improving manufacturing process
Foreign investment in R&D centres Spin-offs from state-supported research
institute (ITRI in Taiwan) FDI/Technology transfer by MNCs
Next High Tech Clusters Shenzhen? Hong Kong
(Cyberport)? Cyberport
Focus of Digital Entertainment
Incubator Scheme Creation of DE
Cluster?