This paper has two main purposes. First, it examines the way technological change has been treated in the analysis of labour surplus dual economies, concluding that technological dynamism actually 'matters' in the labour surplus phase of development. The discussion is based on Arthur Lewis's...

This paper argues that there is increasing need for the integration of policy considerations in the formulation of research questions and in the development of analytical work in policy-oriented innovation studies. Despite the fact that Evolutionary and Innovation Studies theories have offered...

Iran's manufacturing sector has been growing very rapidly during the 1990s. Consequent to the structural reforms initiated, almost entirely due to domestic compulsions, the sector is undergoing a wave of privatisation and is also more open to foreign investments. The change over to a Republic...

Using a unique firm level data set on learning and product innovation in Tanzanian manufacturing and commercial farming, this paper sheds light on the various sources of firm learning, investment and collaboration and their relative importance for product innovation. The results indicate that...

The study identifies and analyses the factors that influenced the adoption of new technologies in SMEs. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been used as proxy of new technologies. The findings of the study suggest that industry-specific characteristics such as skill- and...

This paper applies an innovation system framework to analyze the development of a natural resource-based system of innovation within the wine cluster in the Niagara Peninsula in Canada. A variety of policies shape the parameters (financial, fiscal, legal) within which opportunities for...

Three epistemologically distinct scientific approaches have dominated the relevant theoretical and empirical analysis on the determinants and dynamic processes of aggregate economic growth. These refer to (i) formal growth modeling approaches, (ii) evolutionary economics constructed on elements...