Mapping, measuring and managing African national systems of innovation for policy and development: the case of the Ghana national system of innovation

The impact on development of technology and knowledge transfer in Chinese MNEs in sub-Saharan Africa: The Ghanaian case

“…Meanwhile, the innovation by MNEs is influenced by home country bias (Tsuge & Bartels, 2003), exposing domestic firms to FDI/MNEs through, inter alia, subcontracting or supply relationships (Bartels, et al, 2009) is necessary but not sufficient to achieve effective T&K transfer. This suggests the need for deliberate policy making towards technology development (Bartels & Koria, 2014;Cassiolato & Lastres, 2000). , however, observed that since the dynamics of technological knowledge acquisition and utilisation are not fully understood by policy makers in Ghana the resulting policy lacunae has led to low T&K transfer: Fragmented policies show weak links between industrial and technology development, trade and FDI, technology transfer, education and human capital development.…”

Determinants of research collaboration towards a knowledge-based economy in Ghana

“…Nevertheless, the involvement of university researchers in research collaboration and the capacity of collaboration to drive research and innovation depend on the existence of an enabling environment. Particularly important is an environment that includes structures, systems and incentives that support research collaboration and that will therefore encourage the building of collaborative intentions that will eventually be translated into action (Bartels and Koria, 2014; D’Este and Perkmann, 2011). As stipulated by the theory of planned behaviour (Ajzen, 1991), intention is a strong predictor of actual behaviour; hence, analysis of intention and its predictors is essential to the design of appropriate interventions for the promotion of the desired behaviour.…”

“…In spite of the various national and institutional interventions, a study by Bartels and Koria (2014) on Ghana’s national system of innovation established that the system faces the challenges of extensive coordination failures, an ineffective framework of incentives and a lack of connectivity between actors. Moreover, although in 2000 the government of Ghana launched the first national science and technology policy, the absences of a national research policy and a national research fund have been identified as major sources of coordination failure and ineffectiveness in Ghana’s innovation system (Amankwah-Amoah, 2016).…”

Spawning migration of Labeobarbus species of Lake Tana across the Gilgel Abay River Weir, Ethiopia: The challenges to fish spawning migration and proposed management solutions

“…Also needed was restriction of illegal fishing nature-like bypass channels) should also be considered, with the government providing incentive measures for the latter. As highlighted by Zinabu (2021) and Bartels and Koria (2014), the participation of various stakeholders, including regional and federal authorities, is also an important goal.…”