Innovation and Learning Experiences in Rapidly Developing East Asia

Rasiah, Rajah; Thiruchelvam, K.; Lee, Keun

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“…As globalization increased, non-market coordination and the integration of the national market into more complex systems, such as global value chains, required the adoption of policy instruments that facilitate the management of different interfaces and coordination mechanisms, as well as dealing with market and system failures [46,47]. Examples of market and system failures include: (i) The absence of key systemic actors and lack, or poor availability, of appropriate capabilities or competences to face technological change; (ii) technological locking hampering the development of new technologies [48,49]; (iii) weak interaction among agents in the system; (iv) inadequate habits and practices for innovation to occur [50,51]; and (v) insufficient infrastructure for innovation, i.e., financial, scientific, and physical [6,52].…”

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Open Innovation and Innovation Intermediaries in Sub-Saharan Africa

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This study explores the innovation intermediaries' landscape in sub-Saharan Africa, considering Science Granting Councils (SGCs) as the key intermediaries in the system. Based on extensive desk research, personal interviews, and an online survey, the study discusses the roles and functions performed by SGCs as intermediators and influences of science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy. The results of the analysis corroborate the need for institutional and systemic changes to enable SGCs to perform their role. The realities, resources, and constraints at the local level cry out for the adaptation of current and future partnerships to the local context. The study concludes that only by tailoring partnerships to the development of capacity at the local level can SGCs perform effectively as influencers of national STI policy and mediators of partnerships with foreign development actors.

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