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Author:   Mammo Muchie (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa) ,  Saradindu Bhaduri (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) ,  Angathevar Baskaran (University of Malaya, Malaysia) ,  Fayaz Sheikh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.430kg
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9781138091290

ISBN 10:   1138091294
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   31 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Foreword 1. Introduction Part I: Perspectives of Informal Economy 2. Rational agent-based understanding of the informal sector: A critical assessment 3. A new informal economy in Africa: The case of Ghana 4. Development of entrepreneurial potential among undergraduates of a private university in Nigeria 5. The confounding influence of urban informality on innovation and production specialisation in production clusters: evidence from Nairobi Part II: Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from Africa 6. The dynamics of local innovations among formal and informal enterprises: Stories from rural South Africa 7. Actor networks and innovation activities among rural enterprises in a South African locality 8. Grassroots Innovation as a Mechanism for Smallholder Development in South Africa: Can Impact be Measured? 9. Innovation and agricultural exports: the case of sub-Saharan Africa 10. Effects of climate change on a peri-urban farming community in Lagos, Nigeria 11. Agro-based technological innovation: a critical analysis of the determinants of innovation in the informal sector in Harare, Zimbabwe Part III: Informal Sector Innovations: Insights from India 12. Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India 13. Jugaad to grassroot innovations: understanding the landscape of the informal sector innovations in India 14. Exploring informal sector community innovations and knowledge appropriation: A study of Kashmiri pashmina shawls 15. Rethinking technological choices and knowledge production in the mines and on the factory floor: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha’s experiences in central India 16. Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators 17. Conclusion

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Mammo Muchie is a DST/NRF Research Professor of Innovation Studies at the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa; Adjunct Professor at the Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia; and Senior Research Associate at the TMCD Centre at the University of Oxford, UK. Saradindu Bhaduri is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Studies in Science Policy at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Angathevar Baskaran is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of Malaya, Malaysia; and Senior Research Associate in the SARChi Programme at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh is currently pursuing his PhD on informal sector innovations from the Centre for Studies in Science Policy at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

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