to increase funding to stimulate innovation, but improvements in the technology transfer and commercialization system …, it has chosen as its main development driver the contribution that arises from innovation and the adoption of higher … building. This report responds to a request by the CNIC (National Innovation Council for Competitiveness - Consejo Nacional de …

"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This … article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight … manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric …

Promoting Local Innovation (PROLINNOVA), which was held in March 2004 at the Furra Institute of Development Studies in Yirgalem …

This report focuses on the potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization in Zambia. The paper discusses … the framework for Zambia's smallholder commercialization strategy, the current state of smallholder agriculture in Zambia … commercialization. The paper concludes with three strategy areas: how to strengthen existing market mechanisms, reform of sectoral …

"Fujita and Hill compare and contrast Tokyo's innovation structure with the industrial districts model and the …, the national system of innovation, and the historical genesis of Tokyo in Japan's political economy. They find that the … Tokyo model of innovation will continue to evolve with the changing external environment, but fundamentally retain its main …

not feel pressure (Carlin and others 2001; World Bank 2004). However, competition also appears to affect innovation in … of competition and, consequently, assesses their net impact on innovation. He finds that reducing tariffs and enacting … and enforcing competition laws modestly increases both the pressure that firms feel regarding innovation and the level of …

(Promoting Local Innovation). The Ethiopian program set up multi-stakeholder teams in different agro climatic zones. The paper …