been known for many years about the way innovation takes place and finds that many of the shortcomings of RIU in Asia were … precisely because lessons from previous research on agricultural innovation were "not put into use" in the programme … research: (i) Promoting research into use requires enabling innovation. This goes beyond fostering collaboration, and includes …

the MNC. At the same time, the innovation systems perspective is necessary to explain the foundations of the industry. The …

The most effective approach to agricultural technology promotion and innovation is still a source of considerable … agricultural innovation stress the importance of institutional change and give emphasis to the need to develop innovation capacity … (v) Market demand as key an incentive for innovation; and (vi) Policies and institutional innovations to ensure adequate …

of MNE R&D. Innovation can be undertaken in order to adapt its existing products and services to local stimuli. This is … 'demand-driven R&D'. Innovation can also be in stand-alone R&D facilities which are considerably more knowledgeintensive, and … tendency to focus on FDI flows is flawed, since knowledge exchanges and innovation are establishment level phenomena. An MNE …

In recent years the there has been an increasing recognition of the potential of the innovation systems concept to …