Tech hubs, innovation and development

Jiménez, Andrea; Zheng, Yingqin

doi:10.1080/02681102.2017.1335282

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“…Innovation hubs are physical and communal spaces where technology and entrepreneurship enthusiasts gather to obtain and share knowledge, skills and resources that are often used to develop ideas and build businesses [18]. Tech hubs employ hybrid income generation models that include public and private partnerships, paid co-working space, consulting services and paid skills development.…”

Section: Innovation Hubs In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But as much as many countries in Africa leapfrogged their way to wide accessibility and use of ICTs, comprehensive digitalization is still rare, and many niche actors have trouble to upscale and establish their technologies [15]. And although the quantity of those hubs is constantly increasing, its impacts and actual outputs are highly debated, asking for more in-depth research in this field [16][17][18][19].…”

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Influence in Technological Innovation Spaces: A Network Science Approach to Understand Innovation for Sustainability in the Global South

Schmitt

Muyoya

2020

Sustainability

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The number of scholars working on transition concepts in the Global South is rapidly increasing. In this context, a substantial amount of research output particularly focusses on niches and how they affect transition towards sustainability in a wider framework of the multi-level-perspective. At the same time, there is a growing interest in digital technology and its effect on sustainability challenges. In this article, we combine the two fields, and by utilizing social media data, we create an innovative network science approach to analyze the production environment of digital innovations in Africa. We focus on three innovation hubs that we conceptualize as niches and innovation intermediaries that not only create communities to develop, test and implement new technology but also function as networks to discuss and form new ideas around innovations. Our key findings show how local communities are embedded in larger innovation structures. The connections between local stakeholders and global actors are predominantly created through bridge actors, who hold key positions in their communities. With tools from network science, we demonstrate that these linking elements can regulate and steer discussions and therefore, strongly influence digital niche environments. Utilizing geographical location data, we can also see that the online space of technological innovations in Africa is heavily cantered in urban areas.

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Section: Innovation Hubs In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Influence in Technological Innovation Spaces: A Network Science Approach to Understand Innovation for Sustainability in the Global South

Schmitt

Muyoya

2020

Sustainability

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“…Improvements that are part of their social context, making them feel that they are capable of owning their own work: an entrepreneur. Thus, reflecting upon innovation in entrepreneurship education, it can be said that it is directly linked to the search for new business ideas (Kahn, 2018;Jimenéz & Zheng, 2018;Asemokha et al, 2019). Dornelas (2008), Ribeiro et al (2018), Bosco et al (2019) and Hill (2019) recall that the teaching of entrepreneurship emerged to supply professional qualification of former combatants of World War II.…”

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Developing Professional Skills of the Convict through Entrepreneurship Education

Balabuch¹,

Francisco²,

Pinheiro³

et al. 2019

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The aim of this study was to propose an innovative model for the development of the convict's professional skills through the teaching of Entrepreneurship. The importance of this research resides in the survey and presentation of data that show the possibility of developing the convict's professional skills, which may provide their reinsertion in the labor market. Therefore, it is an exploratory study with qualitative approach that comprises two stages: sampling and analytical, which support the development and application of the model named Professional Education Program with emphasis on the Entrepreneurial Spiral-PEP with EnSp. Thereafter, the data analysis and the development of professional skills are presented, and the results point positively to the promotion of teaching Entrepreneurship to the convict through the PEP with EnSp. Thus, it becomes evident the opportunities for learning and development of the convicts' professional skills through the teaching of Entrepreneurship, with an innovative model, in order to promote employability among individuals who need to be reinserted in the labor market.

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“…An interconnected world can support integrated approaches, providing the enabling contexts for creation and utilization of digital innovations to support dialogue and cooperation in achieving global development and realization of the benefits for sustainable livelihoods. Jiménez and Zheng (2018) highlight that both individual and collective capabilities play a role in the outcomes of innovation processes, and the value derived in addressing concepts of empowerment and equalities. It is recognized that the process of innovation in ICT4D involves the development context, people and technologies.…”

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Contextual reflections on innovations in an interconnected world: theoretical lenses and practical considerations in ICT4D

Bailey

Osei-Bryson

2018

Information Technology for Development

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Tech hubs, innovation and development

Cited by 56 publications

References 51 publications

Influence in Technological Innovation Spaces: A Network Science Approach to Understand Innovation for Sustainability in the Global South

Influence in Technological Innovation Spaces: A Network Science Approach to Understand Innovation for Sustainability in the Global South

Developing Professional Skills of the Convict through Entrepreneurship Education

Contextual reflections on innovations in an interconnected world: theoretical lenses and practical considerations in ICT4D

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