capacity building in the origin country through knowledge transfer, innovation and technological change. The paper specifically …

The science-technology-innovation system is one that is continuously and rapidly evolving. The dramatic growth over the … last twenty years in the use of science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators appears first and foremost the result … and economic objectives and in which business competition is increasingly based on innovation. As highlighted on the basis …

Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …

The aim of the paper is to assess heterogeneity of the innovation process. Using exploratory factor analysis on micro … data from the third Community Innovation Survey in 13 countries, we identify four factors that that can be interpreted as … research, user, external and production ingredients of innovation. All too often it is assumed that the differences between the …

innovation. Livestock is important to the livelihoods of poor people in many regions of the developing world. A generic problem … technological scarcity, but from the perspective of capacity scarcity in relation to fodder innovation. To support this position the … paper presents case studies of experience from an earlier fodder innovation project. These cases suggest that while fodder …

innovation. The paper begins by reviewing the evolving paradigms of agricultural research and innovation over the last 30 years … or so and explains the emergence and relevance of the innovation systems concept to agricultural development. The paper … then presents a framework for exploring fodder innovation capacity. This framework gives particular emphasis to the …

The exploration of fodder innovation capacity requires tools to undertake the following tasks: (i) Diagnosis of fodder … innovation capacity to identify project starting points, including micro and macro elements (ii) Socio-economic benchmarking, and … follow-up studies (iii) Pilot innovation cloud process learning/ process-driven intervention correction (iv) Comparative …