Constraints and Opportunities for Innovation in Green Enterprises: Implications for Land and Water Management in Rural Uganda
Shinyekwa, Isaac and Kiwala, Yusuf (2018). Constraints and Opportunities for Innovation in Green Enterprises: Implications for Land and Water Management in Rural Uganda. UNU-INRA Working Paper. UNU-INRA.
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Sub-type Working paper Author Shinyekwa, Isaac
Kiwala, YusufEditor Quartey, Vicentia Y.
Ayuk, Elias T.Title Constraints and Opportunities for Innovation in Green Enterprises: Implications for Land and Water Management in Rural Uganda Series Title UNU-INRA Working Paper Volume/Issue No. No. 31 Publication Date 2018-09-21 Place of Publication Accra Publisher UNU-INRA Pages ix, 34 pages Language eng Abstract This paper examines the factors that hamper innovation and the opportunities for innovation in green enterprises. A descriptive analysis of secondary data of 423 enterprises was done, includ-ing the 2014 National Innovation Survey, retrieved from Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST). In addition, a comparative case study analysis of three green enter-prises was also undertaken to allow for a more detailed and contextualized investigation. The re-sults show that cost and market factors are the key hindrances to innovation in green enterprises. Furthermore, the emerging customers and suppliers from BRICS, the potential for local fertilizer market and increased demand for knowledge on organic farming provide great opportunities for innovations in green enterprises. Finally, the study finds that green enterprises in the agricultural sector mainly depend on information from customers, suppliers and indigenous knowledge from local production networks for innovation. These results have important policy implication for those companies that want to improve eco-innovation, management of resources and the types of actions within firms most suitable for improving their eco-innovative behavior. Keyword Eco-innovation
Green SMEs
Uganda
Constraints and oppotunitiesCopyright Holder UNU-INRA Copyright Year 2018 Copyright type Fair use permitted ISBN 9789988633301 -
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