Firm-Level Innovation In Africa: Overcoming Limits and Constraints

Author:   Abiodun Egbetokun ,  Richmond Atta-Ankomah ,  Oluseye Jegede ,  Edward Lorenz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367587048


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
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Author:   Abiodun Egbetokun ,  Richmond Atta-Ankomah ,  Oluseye Jegede ,  Edward Lorenz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367587048


ISBN 10:   0367587041
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction – Firm-level innovation in Africa: overcoming limits and constraints 1. Bridging gaps in innovation systems for small-scale agricultural activities in sub-Saharan Africa: brokers wanted! 2. Technology transfer and agricultural mechanization in Tanzania: institutional adjustments to accommodate emerging economy innovations 3. Absorptive capacity and product innovation: new evidence from Nigeria 4. Persistence of innovation and knowledge flows in Africa: an empirical investigation 5. Effect of knowledge sources on firm-level innovation in Tanzania 6. Embodied technology transfer and learning by exporting in the Ethiopian manufacturing sector

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Abiodun Egbetokun is the Head of the Science Policy and Innovation Studies Department of the National Centre for Technology Management, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in the Economics of Innovation from Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. His research focuses mainly on the microeconomic sources and effects of innovation and entrepreneurship. Richmond Atta-Ankomah is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. He also holds the position of Visiting Research Fellow with the Development Policy and Practice Unit of the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. His research focuses on industrial development and firm-level innovation issues. Oluseye Jegede is a Senior Researcher in the SARChI Industrial Development Unit in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Technology Management. His main areas of research are science, technology and innovation policy, and economic development. Edward Lorenz is a Professor of Economics at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France and a member of the University of Côte d’Azur, France. He also holds the position of Assigned Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. His work focuses on the comparative analysis of work organization and firm-level competency building in national innovation systems.

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