Empirical study of national technological innovation capability in Africa

Mayor, Mónica García-Ochoa y; Hera, María Luisa Blázquez de la; Diego, Enrique de

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“…It should be noted that the variable "Governmental Support and Policies" is the one that influences the "Innovation capability" in a more relevant way. In Africa, innovation capability has an uneven distribution in its different countries [52]. According to the authors of [53], the combination of three factors (technological innovation capacity; available basis (technological infrastructure and human capital); and protection and intellectual property patents), plays an important role in the positioning of each national innovation system.…”

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“…In order to reverse the negative trend of innovation capability, business leaders should consult innovation studies to better understand technological advances. Regarding open innovation, entrepreneurs should access information on technological capabilities in different countries, in order to understand the geographical context in which companies can develop and establish their innovation activities [52,79,80]. Established business ownership negatively influences business dynamism and innovation capability, thus being essential to create ecosystems that encourage innovation, where universities play a crucial role.…”

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Business Dynamism and Innovation Capacity, an Entrepreneurship Worldwide Perspective

Lopes

Oliveira

Silveira

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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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This research aims to identify which factors best explain business dynamics and innovation capacity in the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America. To achieve this, data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Global Competitiveness Report is used. The linear regression method is utilized with the stepwise procedure for data analysis. It is possible to ascertain that, with a view to increasing innovation capacity in the African continent, business leaders and managers should be acquainted with innovation studies to better understand technological advances. In relation to Asia, the detected models of business dynamism and capacity for innovation are positive. On the European continent, the results show that RIS3 has a positive impact on the capacity for innovation. In Latin America and the Caribbean, it seems that business dynamism and the capacity for innovation are negative and regional development policies should be more flexible. In North America, it appears that business dynamism and the capacity for innovation are negative. The research contributes with measures that can be applied by organizations and policymakers to these five continents to improve the performance of business dynamism and the capacity for innovation in their territories. The resulting data give originality to the research as well as important contributions, not only to the theory, but also to the entities (organizations and governments) acting in the field who can implement new policies, such as tax incentives to companies for the first purchase of high-tech equipment, products, or products with intellectual property rights developed by national companies and provide support policies directed to companies that purchase high-tech domestic equipment.

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Business Dynamism and Innovation Capacity, an Entrepreneurship Worldwide Perspective

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Oliveira

Silveira

et al. 2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…Below we will propose more ambitious policies related to building learning economies as response. Mayor et al ( 2012 ) have made an attempt to map the distribution of technological capabilities in Africa. The analysis covers 30 African countries for the years 2010-11, the data used emanate from World Economic Forum, and they come either from statistical sources or from an executive survey.…”

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The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

Lundvall¹

2016

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The Anthem Studies in Innovation and Development aims to publish cutting-edge scholarship that pushes the boundaries of our understanding of how innovation impacts human and economic development. The aim is to promote a better understanding of innovation, evaluate ongoing approaches to analyse innovation capacity, and to generate a set of instructive readings that elaborate upon the role of innovation capabilities in enabling development, reducing inequality and eliminating poverty. The series is interested in exploring the role of technology and innovation in sustainable development (at the global or sectoral level), links between trade and innovation (including investment and intellectual property rights), the role of the state and new issues in the interface of innovation and industrial policy. The series is particularly interested in analytical approaches to institutional and evolutionary economics, new frameworks and constructs on capabilities building and economic history reviews of innovation and technological change.

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“…Other instruments extensively focus on regional production and innovation systems as target group and they aim to develop their synergy in the regions. Cases such as inadequacy in regional knowledge organization or user-producer interaction can be given as examples of these obstacles (Mayor et al, 2012).…”

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Bölgesel Avantaj Yaratmak İçi̇n Küresel Bi̇r Strateji̇ Bölgesel Yeni̇li̇k Si̇stemleri̇ (Bys)

Baykul¹,

Maden²

2019

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Studies on regional innovation systems in various geographical levels are gradually increasing. The aim of this study is to reveal the importance of region spatially in the development of innovative capacity. By the regionalization of innovation policies, needs of a specific region or company are exhibited more effectively and it becomes easier to monitor and apply the precautions to be taken. Creating a regional advantage starts with identifying the environments where knowledge production, innovation and entrepreneurship actualise. From this point of view Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) play a strategical role on competitive ability and innovation ability of regions. Systematic malfunctions than can prevent innovation system from operating efficiently can be in question. In this case the intervention of the public need to focus on the malfunctions in the relations, not to overall system. In this sense the regulatory role of the government needs to focus on process-based issues such as developing regional knowledge infrastructure, catalysing to access external knowledge sources, increasing the human capital quality, supporting clusters, establishing networks among innovative actors and supporting them.

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Empirical study of national technological innovation capability in Africa

Cited by 12 publications

References 60 publications

Business Dynamism and Innovation Capacity, an Entrepreneurship Worldwide Perspective

Business Dynamism and Innovation Capacity, an Entrepreneurship Worldwide Perspective

The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

Bölgesel Avantaj Yaratmak İçi̇n Küresel Bi̇r Strateji̇ Bölgesel Yeni̇li̇k Si̇stemleri̇ (Bys)

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