of innovation systems in developing countries with a special focus on issues of agricultural poverty. Using examples … drawn from emergent knowledge markets in industrialised countries, the paper suggests that such an analytical approach …

that firms' knowledge bases must "fit" in order for joint learning and innovation to be possible, and thus for an alliance … social capital considerations. In this paper we emphasize instead the role of complementary knowledge stocks (broadly defined …) in partner selection, arguing not only that knowledge complementarity should not be overlooked, but that is may be the …

We model knowledge diffusion in a population of agents situated on a network, interacting only over direct ties. Some … (proportion of traders), the network structure (clustering, path length and degree distribution), and the scarcity of knowledge … connected agents do well when knowledge is scarce, agents in clustered neighbourhoods do well when it is abundant. The latter …

innovation and knowledge management and their impact on performance at the firm level for a number of countries. These studies … have been conducted using data drawn from innovation surveys combined with data from a number of other sources. The issue … illustrates the value of these surveys in improving our understanding of innovation in firms and raises a number of questions for …

developing countries. The systemic understanding of the innovation process, which pays attention to the knowledge flow among …The innovation systems approach has proven useful in explaining the reasons behind varying economic performance in … interactive actors, serves as a useful 'focusing device' for elaborating effective policy to accelerate the innovation process and …

social inclusion. Innovation systems thinking, particularly in renewable natural resource, agriculture and rural development …, informs that the dominant paradigm of impact assessment should be complemented by social innovation assessment, providing … Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) programme between 1995 and 2006, a social innovation assessment tool was …

knowledge outside the South African academic science and technology research community, and share it inside that community, we … develop a measure of 'gatekeeping'. The evidence suggests that there is not a local/global trade-off in knowledge creation in … important role as conduits of new knowledge in their country. …

diffuse new knowledge is key in enabling countries to capitalise on challenges brought about by rapid technology …-driven transformations rather than succumb to their adverse effects. In particular, we look at the importance of new knowledge emanating from … both domestic and foreign sources in the innovation process in view of the contention that "international technology …

labour market. The challenge today appears more or less similar, but this time with respect to knowledge. Interestingly, it … social welfare models that have performed best in terms of knowledge investments. This suggests, that success in boosting … knowledge investment generates the public resources for the development of social welfare models capable of addressing rapid …