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PhD by publication as an argument for innovation and technology transfer : with emphasis on Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … between the doctoral education, innovation, technology transfer and development catch-up. Implications for scientific research … policies in the light of contemporary challenges to African development are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530060
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Mobile phone innovation and technology-driven exports in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
The study investigates how education, scientific output and the internet complement mobile phone penetration to affect technology commodity exports in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. The following main findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737401
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PhD by Publication as an Argument for Innovation and Technology Transfer: with Emphasis on Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … between the doctoral education, innovation, technology transfer and development catch-up. Implications for scientific research … policies in the light of contemporary challenges to African development are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596366
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PhD by Publication as an Argument for Innovation and Technology Transfer : With Emphasis on Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2018
transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … between the doctoral education, innovation, technology transfer and development catch-up. Implications for scientific research … policies in the light of contemporary challenges to African development are discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935643
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Education enrollment rate vs employment rate : implications for sustainable human capital development in Nigeria
Adejumo, Opeyemi Oluwabunmi; Asongu, Simplice; Adejumo, … - 2021
Nigeria. This tendency engenders multiplier effects in stimulating sustainable development given that education-driven growth … unemployment rates) in Nigeria. The study employed Autoregressive estimates and an unrestricted VAR approach to analyze these … long run development objectives. Thus, in the nascent quest for sustainable development, this study takes the new growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482865
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Foreign Aid and Inclusive Development: Updated Evidence from Africa, 2005-2012
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Contemporary and non-contemporary OLS, Fixed-effects and a system GMM … implications are discussed in the light of the post-2015 development agenda. We also provide some recommendations for a rethinking … of theories and models on which development assistance is based. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596335
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Foreign Aid Fiscal Policy: Theory and Evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Jellal, Mohamed - 2015
The paper provides theoretical and empirical justifications for the instrumentality of foreign aid in stimulating private investment and fixed capital formation through fiscal policy mechanisms. We propose an endogenous growth theory based on an extension of Barro (1990) by postulating that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596336
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Political Regimes and Stock Market Performance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
levels of financial market development compared to their counterparts with autocratic inclinations. As a policy implication … quality of public offices that favour stock market development on the African continent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596348
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The White Man’s Burden: On the Effect of African Resistance to European Domination
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016
Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary … development and discuss possible channels of such causality. This relationship is robust to alternative model and to controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596352
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Law, Politics and the Quality of Government in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate whether African democracies enjoy relatively better government quality compared to their counterparts with more autocratic inclinations. The empirical evidence is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596355