User innovation in the business enterprise sector of Maputo Province in Mozambique

Baltazar Zita, Júlia Eva and Hermíneo Lopes, Avelino (2011). User innovation in the business enterprise sector of Maputo Province in Mozambique. UNU-MERIT.

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  • Author Baltazar Zita, Júlia Eva
    Hermíneo Lopes, Avelino
    Title User innovation in the business enterprise sector of Maputo Province in Mozambique
    Publication Date 2011
    Publisher UNU-MERIT
    Abstract Evidence of user innovation in firms in Maputo Province is presented. This results from a case study of firms that had previously been identified in the Mozambican National Innovation Survey 2009 as process innovators. While the observations are too few to support statistical inferences, they demonstrate the presence of user innovation in firms and they suggest further work on the policy implications, especially related to support for innovation in firms that perform no research and development. The case study found little evidence of the sharing of knowledge gained through user innovation, in contrast with findings from industrialized countries but closer to results from the newly industrialized country of Korea.
    Keyword User innovation
    Development
    Knowledge sharing
    JEL O31
    O33
    O34
    Copyright Holder UNU-MERIT
    Copyright Year 2011
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