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Building absorptive capacity in less developed countries The case of Tanzania
Szogs, Astrid; Chaminade, Cristina; Azatyan, Ruzana - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technological capabilities, upgrading and catching up. Also, firms in least developed countries are characterised by very low levels of absorptive capacity. It is therefore crucial to understand how this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077271
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Building absorptive capacity in less developed countries The case of Tanzania
Szogs, Astrid; Chaminade, Cristina; Azatyan, Ruzana - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technological capabilities, upgrading and catching up. Also, firms in least developed countries are characterised by very low levels of absorptive capacity. It is therefore crucial to understand how this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764061
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The Role of Knowledge Heterogeneity on the  Innovative Capability of Industrial Districts
Carbonara, Nunzia; Tavassoli, Sam - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing debate concerning the role of heterogeneity for the innovative capability of industrial districts. With this aim, using a knowledge-based approach, the paper focuses on different sources of industrial district knowledge heterogeneity and studies how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722780
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The Role of Knowledge Variety and Intensity for Regional Innovative Capability
Tavassoli, Sam; Carbonara, Nunzia - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
This paper analyses the effect of variety and intensity of knowledge on the innovative capability of regions. Employing data for Swedish functional regions, the paper tests the role of the variety (related and unrelated) and intensity of (i) internal knowledge generated within the region and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818681
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The Role of mediator organisations in the making of innovation systems in least developed countries. Evidence from Tanzania
Szogs, Astrid - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2008
This paper examines the linkages and interactive learning processes between foreign and local actors in an innovation … innovation system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077270
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Building systems of innovation in less developed countries: The role of intermediate organizations.
Szogs, Astrid; Cummings, Andrew; Chaminade, Cristina - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2009
Innovation systems in developing countries differ largely from those in developed countries. A typical difference is … in the innovation system. Scholars in innovation system research agree on the importance of understanding innovation … organisations in supporting different forms of interactive learning and linking relevant actors to each other in emerging innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077284