the apidt advocated an increase of industrial rd supported by greater public resources via matching grants and soft loans to reorient part of the activities of existing research laboratories and institutes toward industryoriented and marketdriven research epu the plan aimed to promote cluster approaches where small and mediumsized enterprises smes could build upon their relationships with the mnes they supply to enhance their capability called clusterbased industrial development strategy the multimedia super corridor msc can be seen as a key initiative in that regard worldclass infrastructure is made available on a specific territory to attract the ee leaders the foundation acts as a broker identifying both the needs and the relevant experts and assists the commercial arrangement