Investigating the nature, drivers and sources of innovation in Africa, this book examines the channels for effective … diffusion of innovation in and to Africa under institutional, resource and affordability constraints. Fu draws on almost a … decade of research on innovation in Africa to explore these issues and unpack the process, combining a rigorous statistical …

Public service innovation, defined as the adoption of new technology and methods of service delivery, is at the heart … of public management research. Scholars have long studied public and private sector innovation as distinctive phenomena …, arguing that private sector innovation aims to increase firms' competitive advantage, while public sector innovation purports …

produce all the components of modern life, and at competitive prices. Innovation is central to meeting the diverse challenges … is as environmentally responsible. This book provides the first in-depth global analysis of the innovation ecosystem in …

financial history, Janeway narrates the dynamics of the innovation economy from the standpoint of a seasoned practitioner of … and updated edition, Janeway explains how state investment in national goals enables the innovation process and why …, especially in the United States, opens the door for China to seize leadership of the innovation economy from America …

Martin Fransman presents a new approach to understanding how innovation happens, who makes it happen, and the helps and … hindrances. Looking at innovation in real-time under uncertainty, he develops the idea of an 'innovation ecosystem', i.e. a … system of interrelated players and processes that jointly make innovation happen. Examples include: how companies like Amazon …

, scholars, practitioners, and anyone interested in economic development and innovation. …