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The article discusses innovation management in Singapore as of November/December 2012, with a focus on the country's investments in research and development and its lack of technological innovations. Topics include software company Muvee Technologies, economic conditions in Singapore, and entrepreneurship.

The author comments on the lack of financing for start-up companies that focus on the development of new technologies. The author mentions the example of a development in semiconductor technology that requires time and equipment to bring the new product to the market. The author discusses the need for freedom from academic or corporate pressure to allow a product time to develop.

The article discusses funding schemes in innovation management as of November/December 2012, with a focus on declines in the venture capital industry, research & development spending, and crowdsourcing and crowdfunding techniques. Topics include consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble, investments in the pharmaceutical industry, and venture funds.

The article, part of a special advertising section, looks at government policies supporting the growth of research and development (R&D) in Turkey. Topics include trends in the country's spending on R&D, the importance of technological innovation in economic growth, and the work of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in encouraging the building of technoparks, or technology development zones.