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04051aam a2200349 i 4500 001 F3BA15689F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210417010108 008 200603t20202020enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020024233 020 $a 1107183103 020 $a 9781107183100 035 $a (OCoLC)1157604651 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d MNG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 00 $a HC800.Z9 $b F8 2020 100 1 $a Fu, Xiaolan, $d 1967- $e author. 245 10 $a Innovation under the radar : $b the nature and sources of innovation in Africa / $c Xiaolan Fu. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xxii, 414 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Innovation is a major driver of long-term economic growth (Romer, 1990, 1992; Aghion and Howitt, 2009; Lundvall, 2016) and sustainable development (UN, 2015). As extensively documented in Fagerberg et al. (2010), two factors have been identified as critical factors in the endogenous economic growth models: adoption of technologies developed elsewhere and indigenous innovative capacity. While science, technology and innovation have received increasing attention in academic research and policy making, most of the research in this area has been carried out in the context of the developed countries. Our understanding about the determinants and the impact of innovations are therefore obtained in the context of the developed countries. The nature, the source, and the role of innovations in developing countries, especially in low (including both low and lower-middle) income countries, which have Africa, are largely overlooked. The levels of economic, technical and institutional development in these countries are significantly lower than those of developed countries. Therefore, our knowledge about innovation in developed countries may not be appropriate for innovation, if any, in low-income countries. Reasons underlining this "overlook" are not only the lack of data and attention, but also doubts which question whether firms and societies in these economies are innovative, and whether innovation is a rich-countries-only business and is therefore not relevant for low income countries"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Innovation in Low Income Countries: Received Wisdom -- The Economy of Ghana and Tanzania: An Overview -- Part I. The Nature and Domestic Sources of Innovation in Africa -- Innovation under the Radar as a Response to Constraints: The Nature of Innovation in Africa (with Giacommo Zanello) -- Open Innovation as a Response to Constraints and Risks: The Role of Collaboration, Universities, Clusters and Value Chains -- Innovation and Growth of African Firms: Survival and Growth -- Women Entrepreneurs and Innovation (with Mammo Muchie and Abiodun Egbetokun) -- The Role of the State in Innovation in Africa (with George Essegbey and Bitrina Diyamett) -- Part II. The Diffusion of Foreign Innovation into Africa -- The Diffusion of Foreign Innovation to Africa: The Role of Trade, MNEs and Diasporas -- Social Networks and Knowledge Diffusion within MNE Subsidiaries -- Part III. Emerging Technologies and Innovation in Africa -- ICT Adoption and Innovation (with Jun Hou) -- The Diffusion and Adoption of Digital Finance Innovation in Africa (with Anne Kingiri) -- Opportunities and Challenges of 4th Industrial Revolution for Africa -- Conclusions: Can Africa Leap Frog the Innovation Gap?. 650 0 $a Technological innovations $z Africa. 650 0 $a Information technology $x Economic aspects $z Africa. 650 7 $a Information technology $x Economic aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00973097 650 7 $a Technological innovations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01145002 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526015220.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F3BA15689F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search