Report
Creating an Innovation System for Knowledge City
Sep 20, 2012
Knowledge City is a planned environmentally and technologically advanced city in China's Guangzhou Development District. This report introduces innovation systems and clusters, describes the factors that led to the successes of Silicon Valley, the life sciences corridor in Maryland, and the Israeli technology cluster, and uses findings from those cases and other research to outline the steps GDD will need to take to make Knowledge City a success.
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China's Guangzhou Development District (GDD) will be the site of the new innovation cluster known as Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City. Jointly developed by GDD and Singbridge of Singapore, Knowledge City will be a new environmentally and technologically advanced city that hosts innovative industries and their associated knowledge workers. To achieve this goal, GDD must design a strategic plan to pursue three primary goals: attract high-technology companies and enable their growth; attract and retain a highly skilled, innovative workforce; and ensure the availability of innovation-oriented finance. This report first presents a portrait of high-technology firms in Guangzhou and compares Guangzhou with other Chinese cities. It then presents an analysis of three case studies — Silicon Valley, the life sciences corridor in Maryland, and the technology cluster between Tel Aviv and Haifa in Israel — and describes the factors that led to their success. Finally, it provides an overview of the current innovation system in GDD and applies lessons learned from the case studies and from the literature on entrepreneurship, innovation, and cluster formation to GDD and Knowledge City. This is a companion volume to another RAND report, An Outline of Strategies for Building an Innovation System for Knowledge City (MG-1240-GDD), which outlines a strategic plan for Knowledge City and is intended to help the developers create conditions that are conducive to innovation and the commercialization of new technologies.
Part I
Introduction to the Guangzhou Development District and Knowledge City
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Innovation Systems and Cluster Formation
Chapter Three
GDD in Depth and in Comparative Perspective
Part II
Three Case Studies of Innovative Clusters
Chapter Four
Case Study: Silicon Valley
Chapter Five
Case Study: Maryland's Life Sciences Cluster
Chapter Six
Case Study: Israel's Information and Communication Technologies Firms
Part III
Applying Global Practice to Knowledge City
Chapter Seven
Introduction
Chapter Eight
Lessons Learned from the Case Studies: Taxes, Nontax Incentives, and Intellectual Property
Chapter Nine
Lessons Learned from the Case Studies: Other Issues
Chapter Ten
Conclusions and Summary
Appendix A:
Company Case Studies
Appendix B:
Brief History of Small Business Investment Corporations
Appendix C:
Excerpts from Speeches by Local Officials..
Appendix D:
GDD Project Survey Methodology and Results
Appendix E:
Indicators of Innovation
This project was sponsored by the Guangzhou Development District and was conducted in the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment.
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