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Management of technology in Ghana – problems & prospects
Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
generates very poor gross domestic products. To reverse this trend, African countries must build innovation-based economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294580
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The ecological system of innovation: A new architectural framework for a functional evidence-based platform for science and innovation policy
Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Models on innovation, for the most part, do not include a comprehensive and end-to-end view. Most innovation policy … interventions. This situation has led to the developing of new frameworks for the innovation system led by National Science and … Technology Policy Centres across the globe. These new models of innovation are variously referred to as the National Innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295267
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Evidence review and experts’ opinion on consumer acceptance of agrifood nanotechnology
Yawson, Robert M.; Kuzma, Jennifer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Nanotechnology is becoming increasingly important for the food sector, and advances and products are already being made in the areas of food packaging and food safety. However, there are several potential issues associated with the commercialization of agricultural and food (agrifood)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260335
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Broadening monitoring and evaluation within reforming national agricultural research systems
Yawson, Robert M.; Sutherland, Alistair J.; Amoa-Awua, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ghana, together with the Natural Resources Institute of the United Kingdom and with input from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration convened a one-day Policy Dialogue Forum on “Broadening Monitoring and Evaluation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372525
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A stakeholder approach to investigating public perception and attitudes towards agricultural biotechnology in Ghana
Yawson, Robert M.; Quaye, Wilhemina; Williams, Irene E.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
A stakeholder survey was conducted in Ghana to assess the level of public perceptions and acceptance of agricultural biotechnologies. A total of 100 respondents drawn from academia, Non-governmental organizations, business community, government and other stakeholders were interviewed on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372591
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Policy options of agricultural biotechnology R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: key issues and aspects
Yawson, Robert M.; Yawson, Ivy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The extent to which agricultural biotechnology will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368479
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The lived experience of an American expatriate in Ghana: A rhetorical analysis of facebook postings to understand a cross-cultural behavior
Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Using rhetorical analyses of the Facebook updates and postings, the lived experience of an American Expatriate in Ghana is told through the lenses of a Ghanaian living in the United States. The study reviews the contemporary understanding and importance of expatriation to organizations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295263
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Institutionalising Performance Management in R&D Organisations: Key Concepts and Aspects
Yawson, Robert M.; Sutherland, Alistair J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In an era in which accountability, cost effectiveness and impact orientation are at premium, Research and Technological Organisations are under pressure not only to improve their performance but also to be able to demonstrate this improvement. This pressure is particularly hard-felt by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295268
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Enhancing the food security of the peri-urban and urban poor through improvements to the quality, safety and economics of street-vended foods
Johnson, Paa-Nii T.; Yawson, Robert M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
There has been a continuing growth in urbanisation in developing countries, and governments’ face a major challenge in ensuring that city dwellers are able to procure sufficient food. Street foods are sold in almost every country in the world. In most towns and cities in Ghana, selling of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372621
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Security bid auctions for agency contracts
Jun, Byoung Heon; Wolfstetter, Elmar G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
A principal uses security bid auctions to award an incentive contract to one among several agents, in the presence of hidden action and hidden information. Securities range from cash to equity and call options. “Steeper†securities are better surplus extractors that narrow the gap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556730