Firm-Level Innovation In Africa

Abiodun Egbetokun is the Head of the Science Policy and Innovation Studies Department of the National Centre for Technology Management, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in the Economics of Innovation from Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. His research focuses mainly on the microeconomic sources and effects of innovation and entrepreneurship.Richmond Atta-Ankomah is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. He also holds the position of Visiting Research Fellow with the Development Policy and Practice Unit of the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. His research focuses on industrial development and firm-level innovation issues. Oluseye Jegede is a Senior Researcher in the SARChI Industrial Development Unit in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Technology Management. His main areas of research are science, technology and innovation policy, and economic development.Edward Lorenz is a Professor of Economics at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France and a member of the University of Côte d’Azur, France. He also holds the position of Assigned Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. His work focuses on the comparative analysis of work organization and firm-level competency building in national innovation systems.

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