Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji | 2005
- Author(s): Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji
- Publisher: United nations university. Institute for new technologies (UNU-INTECH)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: science and technology policy, developing countries, capacity building, co-operation between organizations, africa south of sahara
North-South partnerships to build capacity for science and technology in Africa are discussed. The linear technology-transfer model has failed, and a systems conception of the process is advocated.
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji and Sampath, Padmashree Gehl | 2007
- Author(s): Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji and Sampath, Padmashree Gehl
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: innovations, development policy, competition, technological change, economic growth, socio-economic indicators, east africa, kenya, tanzania, uganda
Case studies of competitiveness, technology and innovation policy, and knowledge infrastructure in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda were conducted and lessons were drawn as to how innovation success can be enhanced.
Pal, Suresh | 1999
- Author(s): Pal, Suresh
- Publisher: National centre for agricultural economics and policy research
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, funds, competition, technology transfer, india
The merits and demerits of two competitive agricultural technology funds in India, a national and a grassroots one, are examined. The need for funding agricultural technology transfer programmes is emphasized.
Palmberg, Christopher | 2002
- Author(s): Palmberg, Christopher
- Publisher: VTT group for technology studies
- Pages: --
- Keywords: industrial processing, technological innovations, technological change, timber, food
Case studies of innovative capabilities in timber and food processing industries suggest that opportunities to innovate relate mainly to the continuous development of in-house process technologies, induced by competitive markets.
Pant, Laxmi Prasad | 2010
- Author(s): Pant, Laxmi Prasad
- Publisher: United nations university (UNU). Maastricht economic and social research and training centre on innovation and technology (MERIT)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, project evaluation, evaluation research, rural development
Social innovation assessment provides critical learning lessons for social innovation generation and overall performance improvement in collaborative research and development interventions at the organisational, network and system levels.