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Support System for Entrepreneurial
and Small and Medium Ventures in ICT
Sector: Case of the Technopreneurship
Development Program (TDP) Flagship
of Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor
(MSC) Project
Avvari V. Mohan
1 Introduction and Conceptual Overview
One of the most important trends in the world economy that has led to a strong
interest in clustering has been the globalization of economic and business activity.
The notion of clustering or regional development is increasingly being associated
with global information resources, creation of new enterprises, and development of
advanced skills, continuous innovation, and diffusion of new technologies. These
capabilities are considered essential to sustain international competitiveness and
build a knowledge-based economy. Numerous cities and countries across the
world have started clustering efforts naming themselves Silicon something, e.g.,
Silicon Island (Taiwan), Silicon Plateau (Bangalore), Silicon Alley (New York),
Silicon Hills (Austin Texas), Silicon Fen (Cambridge, U.K.), and attempted to
copy the 'Valley's' success story. Malaysia has also initiated the Multimedia
Super Corridor project on similar lines to develop the ICT sector. This chapter
presents the case Technoprenuer Development Flagship program, developed under
the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) initiative of the Government of Malaysia,
as a support system for the development of entrepreneurial and small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) in the ICT sector. It is hoped that the case of the Techno-
preneur Development program (TDP), will provide some valuable ideas for
developing a support for SMEs, to countries or agencies that are planning to
develop such systems for entrepreneurship and SMEs.
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