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the definite path towards becoming one in the foreseeable future. A careful examination of their innovation policies shows … industry. Malaysia, on the contrary, has very similar fiscal instruments for encouraging innovation. But it suffers from a …
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possible dimensions of the innovation system are considered, namely the (a) policies with respect to the supply of technically … innovation; and (d) promotion of technology-based ventures through venture capital funds. The country suffers from a chronic …
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traditional knowledge and the set of beneficiaries that are to exercise the right. Using the theory of cumulative innovation in …
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significant number of research grants have been made available to its innovation system comprising the higher education sector … real weaknesses of the innovation system shows that the country suffers from a severe shortage of scientists and engineers … migration abroad. Without addressing this basic lacuna in its innovation system, the country has put in place three sizeable …
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of innovation systems in developing countries with a special focus on issues of agricultural poverty. Using examples …
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asks how institutions shape the system of innovation (SI). The context of underdevelopment exhibits distinct system … different contexts, it introduces the idea of a System of Learning Innovation in Development (SLID) that emphasizes individual … and organizational competence building. The differences between “Advanced” Systems of Innovation (ASI) and two types of …
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cover a broad spectrum of traditional industries and the emergence of innovation-based competition and its globalization as …, especially those in traditional industries, to engage in a continuous process of innovation. Clustering, which provides … innovation systems. This paper analyzes the different ways in which firms in two clusters based on traditional industries --the …
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Drawing on firm level surveys, we examine industry-specific factors that have influenced the adoption of e-business technologies in Uganda, Nigeria, and India. A sectoral typology of e-business adoption based on three broad sets of observations emerged. First, the study suggests that...
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An important component of this institutional framework supporting investment in new technologies is venture capital institutions. A group of developing countries, especially from Asia has been rather successful in establishing and nurturing this way of financing new technologies. The present...
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This paper argues that three major issues need to be addressed when examining the effects of the WTO's TRIPs agreement on capability building in developing economies. First, the agreement looks at seven instruments, which have both common as well as differing implications for capability building...
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