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Dynamics of biosciences regulation and opportunities for biosciences innovation in Africa: Exploring regulatory policy brokering

Kingiri, Ann; Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

policy-making in Kenya as an example, it contributes to growing scholarship that seeks to link knowledge emanating from …

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Private Capacity and Public Failure: Contours of Livestock Innovation Response Capacity in Kenya

Keskin, Ekin; Steglich, Mirjam; Dijkman, Jeroen; Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

the innovation systems framework. This is provided through case study research conducted in Kenya by exploring two … and contributing to the capacities needed for development in emerging economies, such as that of Kenya. …

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Are International Market Demands Compatible with Serving Domestic Social Needs? Challenges in Strengthening Innovation Capacity in Kenya's Horticulture Industry

Steglich, Mirjam; Keskin, Ekin; Hall, Andy; Dijkman, Jeroen - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

Kenya in order to gain a better understanding of what has most significantly contributed to its success in terms of … conducted in Kenya by exploring a prominent horticultural enterprise, Homegrown Ltd. The paper concludes that an important …

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Lords of Uhuru: the political economy of elite competition and institutional change in post-independence Kenya

Bedasso, Biniam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

The post-independence history of Kenya is characterized by an unusual mix of stability with ever-lingering fragility …. The high level of elite persistence in Kenya could be seen both as a cause and a result of this peculiar nature of the … consolidation on political-economic stability and institutional transition in post-independence Kenya. The logic of the natural …

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Foreign Direct Investment, Firm-Level Capabilities and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Kenyan Manufacturing Industry

Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

. Second, although Kenya has low levels of FDI in general terms it has high levels of foreign presence in selected industries …

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Foreign direct investment and firm level productivity - A panel data analysis

Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2007

This paper uses panel data to examine the effect of foreign presence on firm level productivity in the Kenyan manufacturing industry employing "traditional" and "recent" methodologies both based on production function framework. A detailed comparative behaviour between foreign and local...

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Beyond knowledge brokerage: An exploratory study of innovation intermediaries in an evolving smallholder agricultural system in Kenya

Kilelu, Catherine W.; Klerkx, Laurens; Leeuwis, Cees; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

The recognition that innovation occurs in networks of heterogeneous actors and requires broad systemic support beyond knowledge brokering has resulted in a changing landscape of the intermediary domain in an increasingly market-driven agricultural sector in developing countries. This paper...

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Sources of Training in African Clusters and Awareness of ICTs: A Study of Kenya and Ghana

Adeya, Nyaki - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2003

Technologies (ICTs) in micro and small enterprises (MSEs) clustered in Kenya and Ghana; and to explore the effect of clustering on …

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Are Foreign Firms More Productive, and Export and Technology Intensive, than Local Firms in Kenyan Manufacturing?

Rasiah, Rajah; Gachino, Geoffrey - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2004

This paper uses firm level survey data to examine productivity, and export, skills and technological intensities between foreign and local firms in Kenyan food and beverages, metal engineering, and textile and garment. Foreign firms enjoyed statistically highly significant higher labour...

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