A small island-city located at the tip of the Malay peninsula is the site of an astonishing economic and technological achievement. Singapore not only embodies what is already perhaps the most technologically advanced environment in the world but is also poised to become the world’s first fully networked society—one in which all homes, schools, businesses, and government agencies will be inter-connected in an electronic grid.
A version of this article appeared in the May–June 1992 issue of Harvard Business Review.