Systems of Innovation and Development

Cassiolato, José Eduardo; Lastres, Helena Maria Martins; Maciel, Maria Lúcia

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“…Application of the innovation system concept (Freeman, 1995;Lundvall, 1992;Nelson, 1993;Metcalfe, 1995;Edquist, 1997) to developing countries is relatively recent but is increasing rapidly even though there are a number of reasons why this is not straightforward (Arocena and Sutz, 1999;Cassiolato, Lastres and Maciel, 2003;Edquist, 2001;Intarakamnerd, Chairatana and Tangchitpiboon, 2002;Lundvall et al, 2009). …”

Section: Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems: Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?

2011

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Section: Innovation Systemsmentioning

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Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems: Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?

2011

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“…Notable exceptions are Chudnovsky et al (2006) and López and Orlicki (2006) for Argentina; Cassiolato et al (2003) and Goedhuys (2007) for…”

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Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity: Uruguayan Manufacturing Firms

Cassoni

Ramada

2010

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Documents published in the IDB working paper series are of the highest academic and editorial quality. All have been peer reviewed by recognized experts in their field and professionally edited. The information and opinions presented in these publications are entirely those of the author(s), and no endorsement by the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the countries they represent is expressed or implied. This paper may be freely reproduced provided credit is given to the Inter-American Development Bank. Terms of use: Documents in HC79.T4 C37 2010Abstract * Uruguay's inability to sustain high levels of economic growth cannot be fully explained by external shocks, the prevailing institutional setting or the level of human capital accumulation. Instead, low investment in knowledge capital stands as a most likely explanation. This hypothesis is supported by empirical evidence analyzed in this study. Returns on innovation were found to be significant, promoting a non-negligible acceleration of labor productivity gains. However, the propensity to innovate and the intensity of the effort expended critically depend on the firm's already having a high internal efficiency level. As firms' behavior is differentiated depending on the type of innovation output pursued, the significantly higher frequency of processes relative to product-innovative firms is matched by the larger impact of novel processes with respect to products on labor productivity. However, the degree of novelty of process innovation is significantly inferior to that of product innovation. The research points to inadequate choices of input mixes as the underlying cause. Policy recommendations center on finding adequate channels to generate and disseminate information on the optimal input mixes depending on the type of innovation output sought. JEL: O31, O32, D21

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“…(Fu, Pietrobelli, & Soete, 2011;Kim, 1980), or the building up of innovation systems e.g. (Arocena & Sutz, 2000;Cassiolato, Lastres, & Maciel, 2003;Lundvall, Vang, Joseph, & Chaminade, 2009;Muchie & Gammeltoft, 2003) or 'pro-poor or from the poor' innovation (e.g. Gupta, 2012;Hall et al, 2012).…”

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Framing resource-constrained innovation at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’: Insights from an ethnographic case study in rural Bangladesh

Pansera

Owen

2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Resource constrained-innovation at the so-called 'Bottom of the Pyramid' (BOP) in developing countries has attracted the attention of a growing number of scholars, who present different and sometimes conflicting narratives within which such innovation is framed. These variously frame innovation as supporting the opening up of new markets in the BOP (the 'poor as consumers') where multi-national companies are key actors, or grassroots, indigenous innovation aimed primarily at social and environmental goals, such as inclusion, empowerment and sustainability. These narratives are however largely theoretical in nature, with only limited empirical evidence from the field. We present the results of an ethnographic study in rural Bangladesh in which we explored the framing and dynamics of resource constrained innovation. We found that rather than following any one particular narrative presented in the literature, innovation framings merge and co-exist through a process of hybridisation. Our research suggests that further empirical study of such processes of hybridisation in the field could be valuable for understanding resource-constrained innovation and associated social change at the BOP. This may have broader relevance for a world where resource constraint may become an increasingly ubiquitous phenomenon.

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Systems of Innovation and Development

Cited by 133 publications

References 15 publications

Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems: Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?

Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems: Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?

Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity: Uruguayan Manufacturing Firms

Framing resource-constrained innovation at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’: Insights from an ethnographic case study in rural Bangladesh

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