1. Issues relating to the proposed
Guangzhou‐Hong Kong Knowledge Corridor
1. Cooperation level
1.1. Guangdong‐Hong Kong Cooperation?
1.2. Cooperation with City of Beijing?
1.3. Cooperation at national level?
1.4. Implication on future implementation of CEPA
2. International links
2.1. Links with OECD
2.2. Links with European Union
2.3. Links with APEC and ASEAN
2.4. Links with WIPO, EPO, SIPO etc.
3. Building Hong Kong’s Innovation Eco‐system
3.1. Awareness and capacity building
3.2. Technology transfer capacity
3.3. Incubation systems ‐‐ funding available?
3.4. Availability of angel and venture capital funding
3.5. Commercialization capacity building
4. Hong Kong’s cooperation with China as an emerging scientific power
4.1. Strengths and weaknesses of China’s innovation systems
4.2. Merging Hong Kong’s capacity into China’s systems
4.3. Coordination through the “Tiao/Kuai” (條塊) administration system of China
5. Hong Kong’s Innovation Strategy and coordination with Hong Kong’s existing systems
6. Implications on further territorial planning and flow of people between Guangdong and
Hong Kong
7. Promotion and consensus building
8. Governance and tracking progress
9. Specific support projects proposed
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List of reference:
Innovation Strategy:
OECD
1. The OECD Innovation Strategy – getting a head start on tomorrow, OECD 2010
2. Innovation and Growth – Rationale for an Innovation Strategy, OECD 2007
3. Intellectual Assets and Value Creation – Synthesis Report, OECD 2008
4. Innovation Policy and Performance – a cross‐country comparison (Austria, Finland, Japan,
Netherlands, Sweden and UK), OECD 2005
European Commission
5. Reinvent Europe through innovation – from a knowledge society to an innovation society, DG
Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, 2009
6. State of the Innovation Union 2011, European Commission, December 2011
7. Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative – Innovation Union, European Commission 2011
8. Innovation Reinvented – Six Games that Drive Growth, Miller and Cote, University of Toronto Press
2012
United Kingdom
9. Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills,
UK Government 2011
Australia
10. Australian Innovation System Report 2011
Others
11. A History of Silicon Valley—The Greatest Creation of Wealth in the History of the Planet, Rao and
Scaruffi, Omniware Group of California, 2011
12. Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Role in China’s 12th Five Year Plan, Asia Pacific Intellectual
Capital Centre 2011
13. Policies and Practices for Hong Kong as a Knowledge Economy and the Proposed Innovation and
Technology Bureau, Asia Pacific Intellectual Capital Centre 2011
Regional Co‐operations:
14. OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Competitive Regional Clusters – national policy approaches,
OECD 2007
15. Identification of Knowledge‐driven Clusters in the EU, European Commission 2012
16. OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy – China, OECD 2008
17. INNO‐Policy TrendChart: Innovation Policy Progress Report—China, European Commission2009
18. China’s “Soft” Centralization: Shifting Tiao/Kuai Authority Relations, The China Quarterly, Cambridge
University Press 2005
Education and Training Policy:
19. Inventory of innovative practices in education for sustainable development, Danish Technology
Institute, 2008
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3. 20. OECD reviews of vocational education and training Learning for Jobs, May 2011
21. Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives – A Strategic Approach to Skill Policies, OECD 2010
22. Skills for Innovation and Research, OECD 2011
23. Innovation in the Knowledge Economy – implications for education and learning, OECD 2004
SMEs, Open Innovation and Industry‐specific Applications at Enterprise Level:
24. High‐Growth Enterprises, what government can do to make a difference, OECD 2010
25. Top Barriers and Drivers to SME Internationalization, OECD 2009
26. Global networks of open innovation, national systems and public polices, Government of France 2009
27. Knowledge‐intensive(business) services in Europe, European Commission 2012
28. OECD Information Technology Outlook 2010, OECD 2010
29. Innovation and Knowledge‐intensive Service Activities, OECD 2006
30. Innovation in Firms – a microeconomic perspective, OECD 2009
31. Policies and Programmes targeting KISA in the Finnish software industry, OECD May 2004
Governance and Tracking Progress:
32. Measuring Innovation, A New Perspective, OECD 2010
33. Governance of Innovation Systems, Volume 1: Synthesis Report, OECD 2005
34. Governance of Innovation Systems, Volume 2: Case Studies in Innovation Policy, OECD 2005
35. Governance of Innovation Systems, Volume 3: Case Studies in Cross‐sectoral Policy, OECD 2005
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