Direction of innovation in developing countries and its driving forces
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Keywords
Indigenous innovation; technology transfer; direction of innovation; sources of innovation; government policy; under-the-radar innovation; open national innovation system; 4th industrial revolution; developing countries;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
- O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2023-07-17 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-INO-2023-07-17 (Innovation)
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