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Author |
: Matthew L. Smith |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262525411 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262525410 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Open Development by : Matthew L. Smith
Experts explore current theory and practice in the application of digitally enabled open networked social models to international development. The emergence of open networked models made possible by digital technology has the potential to transform international development. Open network structures allow people to come together to share information, organize, and collaborate. Open development harnesses this power, to create new organizational forms and improve people's lives; it is not only an agenda for research and practice but also a statement about how to approach international development. In this volume, experts explore a variety of applications of openness, addressing challenges as well as opportunities.Open development requires new theoretical tools that focus on real world problems, consider a variety of solutions, and recognize the complexity of local contexts. After exploring the new theoretical terrain, the book describes a range of cases in which open models address such specific development issues as biotechnology research, improving education, and access to scholarly publications. Contributors then examine tensions between open models and existing structures, including struggles over privacy, intellectual property, and implementation. Finally, contributors offer broader conceptual perspectives, considering processes of social construction, knowledge management, and the role of individual intent in the development and outcomes of social models. ContributorsCarla Bonina, Ineke Buskens, Leslie Chan, Abdallah Daar, Jeremy de Beer, Mark Graham, Eve Gray, Anita Gurumurthy, Havard Haarstad, Blane Harvey, Myra Khan, Melissa Loudon, Aaron K. Martin, Hassan Masum, Chidi Oguamanam, Katherine M. A. Reilly, Ulrike Rivett, Karl Schroeder, Parminder Jeet Singh, Matthew L. Smith, Marshall S. SmithCopublished with the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC)
Author |
: Fred Gault |
Publisher |
: IDRC |
Total Pages |
: 233 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781849800365 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1849800367 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Innovation Strategies for a Global Economy by : Fred Gault
Provides an agenda for future work on activities to improve understanding of innovation strategies in the medium and short term.
Author |
: OECD |
Publisher |
: OECD Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 155 |
Release |
: 2010-08-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789264088924 |
ISBN-13 |
: 926408892X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Innovation and the Development Agenda by : OECD
Innovation drives long-term economic growth. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa.
Author |
: Prasada Reddy |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2011-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136844973 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113684497X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Global Innovation in Emerging Economies by : Prasada Reddy
In recent decades, there have been significant changes in the way corporate innovation activities are performed. They include changes in the innovation process, flexibility to outsource certain innovation activities, and by far, the most important one, wider choice in the location of innovation. What caught the most attention of is the trend towards globalization of research and development (R&D) and thereby performance of innovation activities away from the home countries. The main concerns relate to the two new trends: First, the multinational corporations (MNCs) locating strategic innovation activities in some countries outside the industrialized world, which can be referred to as ‘emerging economies’; and Second, since 2000, some companies from the emerging economies have started entering the global markets with innovative products and services, developed through their own R&D. Both these new developments have managerial implications for companies and policy implications for the host countries (where such R&D is performed), as well as for the home countries of the companies. Further, innovative products and services resulting from R&D activities in emerging economies seem to better address the needs of consumers at the bottom-of-the-pyramid in other developing countries. This book explores and analyzes these issues. This research presented in Global Innovation in Emerging Economies is applicable to both the industrialized and developing worlds, although from different perspectives – the former would like to prevent relocation of R&D from their countries, and the latter want more of R&D-related investments.
Author |
: Eduardo Albuquerque |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 311 |
Release |
: 2015-01-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781784711108 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1784711101 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Developing National Systems of Innovation by : Eduardo Albuquerque
Interactions between firms and universities are key building blocks of innovation systems. This book focuses on those interactions in developing countries, presenting studies based on fresh empirical material prepared by research teams in 12 countries
Author |
: Robert McLean |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 2019-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429886386 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429886381 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Scaling Impact by : Robert McLean
Scaling Impact introduces a new and practical approach to scaling the positive impacts of research and innovation. Inspired by leading scientific and entrepreneurial innovators from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East, this book presents a synthesis of unrivalled diversity and grounded ingenuity. The result is a different perspective on how to achieve impact that matters, and an important challenge to the predominant more-is-better paradigm of scaling. For organisations and individuals working to change the world for the better, scaling impact is a common goal and a well-founded aim. The world is changing rapidly, and seemingly intractable problems like environmental degradation or accelerating inequality press us to do better for each other and our environment as a global community. Challenges like these appear to demand a significant scale of action, and here the authors argue that a more creative and critical approach to scaling is both possible and essential. To encourage uptake and co-development, the authors present actionable principles that can help organisations and innovators design, manage, and evaluate scaling strategies. Scaling Impact is essential reading for development and innovation practitioners and professionals, but also for researchers, students, evaluators, and policymakers with a desire to spark meaningful change.
Author |
: Suhas Ketkar |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2008-09-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780821377062 |
ISBN-13 |
: 082137706X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Innovative Financing for Development by : Suhas Ketkar
Developing countries need additional, cross-border capital channeled into their private sectors to generate employment and growth, reduce poverty, and meet the other Millennium Development Goals. Innovative financing mechanisms are necessary to make this happen. 'Innovative Financing for Development' is the first book on this subject that uses a market-based approach. It compiles pioneering methods of raising development finance including securitization of future flow receivables, diaspora bonds, and GDP-indexed bonds. It also highlights the role of shadow sovereign ratings in facilitating access to international capital markets. It argues that poor countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan Africa, can potentially raise tens of billions of dollars annually through these instruments. The chapters in the book focus on the structures of the various innovative financing mechanisms, their track records and potential for tapping international capital markets, the constraints limiting their use, and policy measures that governments and international institutions can implement to alleviate these constraints.
Author |
: Oncioiu, Ionica |
Publisher |
: IGI Global |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2013-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466629356 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466629355 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Business Innovation, Development, and Advancement in the Digital Economy by : Oncioiu, Ionica
Digital technologies maintain an important tool in todays business economy. As the economy continues to change, businesses seek out solutions in order to enhance and develop their organization. Business Innovation, Development, and Advancement in the Digital Economy highlights the competitive advantages on the emerging digital economy. Bringing together the classic economy theory and the developments of new technology, this book provides research on current innovations in the digital economy. It is vital resource for practitioners, researchers as well as graduate and undergraduate students.
Author |
: Jussi S. Jauhiainen |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 173 |
Release |
: 2019-11-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000730005 |
ISBN-13 |
: 100073000X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Innovation for Development in Africa by : Jussi S. Jauhiainen
This book uncovers the many ways in which innovations and innovation system development policies have become crucial to development policy formation across Africa. As new instruments, actors and tools emerge in development cooperation, the role of innovation in the societal development of developing countries needs to be addressed fully. This book delves into subjects as diverse as the changing development policies between the Global North and South, the role of innovation in international aid and development policies, the role of public, private and non-governmental sectors, universities and other development actors, and the potential for inclusive innovation in local communities. In particular, the book asks who benefits from innovation-focussed development policies, and if and how practical innovation instruments include the global poor. Written in an accessible and engaging style, the book includes a range of discussion questions and further reading suggestions to suit a range of readers, from students right through to policy makers and practitioners, or anyone else looking for an introduction to innovation policies and development in Africa.
Author |
: Helen Moser |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 76 |
Release |
: 2016-05-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442259546 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144225954X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Transformative Innovation for International Development by : Helen Moser
This study—the result of a collaboration between CSIS and the JICA Research Institute in Japan—reviews U.S. and Japanese public and private approaches to innovation, including building innovation ecosystems and promoting smart cities technology. It also presents two case studies that explore a specific innovative technology and its development impact. First is innovation-enabling platforms, including the Bohol Fabrication Lab, in the Philippines. Second is innovative approaches to urbanization, including a smart cities approach, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The report discusses challenges and approaches to supporting innovation in developing country contexts. It concludes with recommendations and final thoughts for developing-country governments, bilateral donors and multilateral organizations, and other actors to create an agenda around operationalizing transformative innovation for sustainable development and poverty reduction.