Innovation in developing countries: examining two decades of research

Lema, Rasmus; Kraemer-Mbula, Erika; Rakas, Marija

doi:10.1080/2157930x.2021.1989647

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“…Therefore, this methodology could be helpful for Converciencia policy planning involving marginalized stakeholders, mainly Mayan communities. Strengthening the roots, increasing collaboration, and capacity-building are undoubtedly central to the bottom-up theory for science, technology, and innovation activities (Lema et al, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Still, the scope of the concepts concerning developing countries in the Central American region in the global context is pending (Viales-Hurtado et al, 2021 ). Expansion of the research agenda would strengthen the SD community's ability to inform policies for societal change, considering the “innate interest of the research community in innovation and development in activating change through public policy” (Lema et al, 2021 , p. 1). There is an added value of network dependencies capturing political and cooperative interactions across countries (Kammerer and Namhata, 2018 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Connecting Scientists Residing Abroad: A Review of Converciencia as a Practice to Engage the Guatemalan Scientific Diaspora From 2005–2020

Bonilla

Arrechea²,

Pérez

2022

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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In 2005, the Guatemala National Secretariat of Science and Technology (Senacyt) introduced Converciencia, a program designed to connect Guatemalan scientists residing abroad with their country of origin. Converciencia has been a flagship practice for over 15 years. This program involves three main groups of participants: (i) science and technology (S&T) policy agents, (ii) the scientific community (including parts of the Guatemala scientific diaspora, GSD), and (iii) host institutions (local co-organizers, mainly universities, and research institutes). This article presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of the Converciencia program applying an in-depth analysis of its creation, evolution, leading trends, and legacies. Using a qualitative methodology and conducting a four-level analysis (descriptive, explanatory, normative, and prescriptive) allowed for the identification of nuances of this S&T practice in the context of a scientifically lagging country such as Guatemala. The detailed data collected through documentary and desk review, gray literature, focus group discussions, and semi-structured interviews resulted in a framework to highlight the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOTs) in the planning, organization, implementation, monitoring, and perception of the results achieved by Converciencia. Findings portray the contrasting views and perceptions from a single S&T practice, depending on the participating parties' roles and responsibilities. Direct participants examined how Converciencia has achieved its objectives while questioning the effectiveness and impact that the resources allocated to the initiative have yielded over time. Evidence indicates that despite the design, coordination, and evaluation limits of Converciencia, the GSD, the scientific community in Guatemala, and the host institutions are interested in the continuity of the practice. Indeed, the main recommendation involves restructuring and turning Converciencia into a robust S&T policy. Converciencia as a policy engaging the GSD could produce greater results and impacts by involving all the key actors in co-designing activities, clearly determining roles and responsibilities, and establishing performance and impact indicators for evaluation.

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Connecting Scientists Residing Abroad: A Review of Converciencia as a Practice to Engage the Guatemalan Scientific Diaspora From 2005–2020

Bonilla

Arrechea²,

Pérez

2022

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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“…Der Begriff Innovation steht dabei nicht nur für bahnbrechende Erfi ndungen oder Neuerungen, die die weltweiten Märkte nach und nach durchdringen, sondern auch eine Verbesserung oder kreative Anwendung bereits existierender Produkte oder Prozesse und deren erstmalige Einführung in einem afrikanischen Land oder Unternehmen fällt unter diesen breiteren Innovationsbegriff (Kraemer-Mbula et al, 2019;OECD, 2022). Gerade inkrementale Innovationen an zentralen Schnittstellen der Ökonomie können für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung große Bedeutung haben (Lundvall, 2016;Lema et al, 2021). Dohse und Fehrenbacher (2022) (Görg und Strobl, 2005).…”

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Potenziale entwickeln und Wissen teilen: deutsche Unternehmen in Afrika

2022

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ZusammenfassungAfrika ist ein Kontinent der Chancen, der in der künftigen weltwirtschaftlichen Arbeitsteilung eine deutlich größere Rolle spielen dürfte als bisher. Dennoch tut sich die deutsche Wirtschaft bislang schwer. Die digitale Transformation verändert die Investitions- und Innovationsbedingungen in Afrika. Daraus ergeben sich auch für deutsche Unternehmen Chancen auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent. Die Politik sollte Rahmenbedingungen für ein stärkeres privatwirtschaftliches Engagement deutscher und europäischer Unternehmen in Afrika schaffen.

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“…We draw on and contribute to innovation and international business studies of development by describing and analysing a distinctive path of internationalisation based on innovation (Lema et al, 2021;Cirera et al, 2015;Gammeltoft and Cuervo-Cazurra, 2021). Learnings from the case provide useful insights for other companies from the South in the agrifood sector that aim to go global and for policy making.…”

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Growing from the South in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario

Marín

Stubrin

Roitbarg

2022

JADEE

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PurposeThe authors aim to draw lessons for research and policy from an exception(nal) case of a firm's international expansion in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario, a company originally from Argentina that supplies 20% of the soybean varieties used in the world. The authors describe the processes of expansion of the company, identify key features of its internationalisation, marketing and technological strategy and capabilities, and discuss implications for research and policy and questions for future research.Design/methodology/approachThis is a case study. The paper uses quantitative and qualitative information collected from existing datasets and documents and new information from open ended interviews. This study method is exploratory.FindingsFirst, new entrants from emerging economies should and can adopt an unique technological and marketing approach that distinguish them from incumbents to be able to overcome entry barriers in global concentrated markets. Second, technological capacities need to be complemented with regulatory and political to succeed in highly dynamic, uncertain and regulated sectors like seeds.Research limitations/implicationsPolicies oriented to support business from emerging countries in highly dynamic sectors need to consider technological alternatives.Originality/valueGrupo Don Mario is a case of great interest since it expanded in a period in which the global seed market concentrated massively through an unprecedented process of mergers and acquisitions, which involved the disappearance of hundreds of independent seed companies.

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Innovation in developing countries: examining two decades of research

Cited by 43 publications

References 56 publications

Connecting Scientists Residing Abroad: A Review of Converciencia as a Practice to Engage the Guatemalan Scientific Diaspora From 2005–2020

Connecting Scientists Residing Abroad: A Review of Converciencia as a Practice to Engage the Guatemalan Scientific Diaspora From 2005–2020

Potenziale entwickeln und Wissen teilen: deutsche Unternehmen in Afrika

Growing from the South in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario

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