Policy brief: R&D, foreign technology and technical efficiency

In today’s globalising world, economists and business acknowledge the importance of innovation

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2017
Country:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Tilburg University

Abstract

In today’s globalising world, economists and business community actors acknowledge the importance of innovation for productivity growth supporting economic growth and development. However, there is little literature and theory on innovation low income countries and particularly on manufacturing firms in Africa.In the framework of a DFID-funded research project entitled ‘Enabling Innovation and Productivity Growth in Low Income Countries (EIP-LIC)’, a team of researchers from the University of Nairobi and Radboud University Nijmegen investigated the interactions of Research and Development (R&D), foreign technology and technical efficiency in firms in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The original working paper is entitled ‘R&D, Foreign Technology and Technical Efficiency in Developing Countries’ (2015) by Laura Barasa,Peter Kimuyu, Bethuel Kinyanjui, Patrick Vermeulen and Joris Knoben1

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Tilburg University (2017) Policy brief: R&D, foreign technology and technical efficiency

Policy brief: R&D, foreign technology and technical efficiency

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Published 1 January 2017
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