Competitiveness today depends on execution speed and coherence across land planning, infrastructure, governance, and talent systems, said Johor Corporation (JCorp) president and chief executive officer, Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim. He said Johor’s experience — shaped by deep industrial networks, cross-border collaboration, and growing digital and infrastructure readiness — reflects a broader reality of global volatility. Syed Mohamed emphasised that regional competitiveness is shifting from scale to velocity. Syed Mohamed said building optionality into the regional economic model allows regions to capitalise on the current trend of global fragmentation. It is structural — and fast becoming the baseline,” Syed Mohamed added.

Source: The Edge Markets February 13, 2026 06:43 UTC