Title: New organisational and institutional vehicles for managing innovation in South Asia : opportunities for using research for technical change and social gain

Authors: Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S. and Hall, Andy and Sulaiman V., Rasheed

Place: Maastricht

Publisher: United nations university (UNU). Maastricht economic and social research and training centre on innovation and technology (MERIT)

Year: 2010

Journal: UNU-MERIT working paper series

Volume: 2010-054

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Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: agricultural innovations, development strategies, private sector, rural development, asia

Abstract: Four new modes of innovation are explored: contract farming, organised retailing, hybrid enterprises, and social venture capital. The first two illustrate the role the private corporate sector can play. The second two modes combine features of bottom-of-the-pyramid and below-the-radar innovation.

URL: http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2010/wp2010-054.pdf

Document type: E-article