Rethinking Malaysia's tech park model: The case for an innovation district


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  • Friday, 21 Mar 2025

TECHNOLOGY parks, once a widely adopted policy tool to bridge academia and industry for innovation and commercialisation, are becoming increasingly outdated.

Empirical evidence suggests that spatial clustering plays a crucial role in accelerating innovation, driving global interest in innovation districts – dynamic, urban-like ecosystems where start-ups, research institutions and industry leaders densely co-locate, collaborate and thrive.

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