Policy making bodies are increasingly highlighting the important role innovation can play in African development …. The health sector is one area where innovation is most needed; however, we know very little about the capacity of African … to the very definition of innovation in an African context, and specifically, the applicability of the National …

innovation, either to reduce production costs for a given output, to create a new product or service, or to deliver products to …

Statistical indicators have not kept pace with innovation research. Today, it is well understood that many industrial … statistical indicators will empower policymakers to take advantage of the latest research findings in their innovation … showed that data on both user innovation and the transfers of these innovations could be reliably collected, and that novel …

This paper empirically shows that innovation in Information Technology (IT) has become increasingly dependent on and … intertwined with innovation in software. This change in the nature of IT innovation has had differential effects on the …’s contribution in IT innovation and the differential innovation performance of US and Japanese electronics, semiconductors, and …

Cointegration techniques are applied to a model of induced innovation based on the two-stage Constant Elasticity of … price shocks. Thus, the Induced Innovation Hypothesis (IIH) may explain long-run transformations like the mechanical and …

pursue a fairly rigorous ''make'' policy in the early days of a potentially disruptive innovation. Other studies prescribe …