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The GTV, as the regional government initiated innovation cluster, was com-
pleted in terms of first stage of construction and infrastructure development and
shows a positive sign of growth with its location advantages. However, as it has
been evaluated there are many issues and problems to be solved. First of all, the
hardware-oriented policy is not enough for the innovation cluster. It needs soft-
ware side policy to create technological innovation and form the network among
industry, university, and research institute.
Second, the role of policy research should be emphasized. It seems that the
policy research is done only prior to making the decision on the development of an
innovation cluster. But the whole process of development normally takes more
than a decade and constant monitoring of development and performance is a must
thing to do. The lack of software side program might be explained by the fact that
the policy researchers were not involved in making initial development plan.
Third, the management capabilities, including marketing function should be
strengthened. Only after the building was completed, the managerial body comes
in. But the marketing of an innovation cluster and attracting right tenant companies
should start before the construction. With global marketing program, it can shorten
the growing period of innovation cluster.
Fourth, it also needs some investment on hardware side. The people in GTV
need some community space, living facilities, and easy transportation. These
hardware needs also had to be included in the initial plan though.
We need more case studies to generalize the development issues and problems
of regional government initiated innovation cluster. The experience of GTV gives
some ideas on this matter. First, insufficient plan without proper consideration on
software side program might be a typical issue in the other innovation cluster. That
is partly because the regional government wants to have a visible result or does not
fully understand the nature of innovation cluster. Government officials and poli-
ticians are interested mostly at hardware part of STPs like building, roads, and the
software parts of innovation cluster are neglected.
Second, in many cases, little thoughts were given to the governance and
management of the innovation cluster. In the beginning of policy setting, the
policy researchers, community people, and the managerial body should participate.
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