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Technology in Society, 2008
This paper analyses the inadequacy of IPRs to foster R&D for vaccines and drugs for neglected dis... more This paper analyses the inadequacy of IPRs to foster R&D for vaccines and drugs for neglected diseases with main importance for developing countries. It does so by providing an analysis of legal and economic aspects of IP as they relate to R&D for these diseases. Based on this, the paper discusses in how far IPRs encourage innovation in different national and socio-economic contexts. Special emphasis is also given to the need to take the nature of different markets and the level of economic development into account in the making of global IPR frameworks. This poses the question whether IPRs can contribute to the creation of a market. With regard to this question, the paper argues that IPRs alone are not enough to create a market.
The aim of this article is to discuss the role of intermediate organizations in supporting differ... more The aim of this article is to discuss the role of intermediate organizations in supporting different forms of interactive learning and capability building in small-scale business initiatives in emerging innovation systems in developing countries, using data from Tanzania and El Salvador. It is argued that different types of intermediate organizations have played key roles in linking marginalized economic actors to sources of knowledge and other resources that are essential for capability upgrading and innovation in both traditional and more differentiated economic activities. They thus play an important role in linking innovative activity, to maintaining and upgrading the quality of existing jobs in crisis, generating new ones where opportunities arise, and providing income crucial for family well-being in countries characterized by low levels of human development and high levels of inequality.
African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technologi... more African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technological capabilities, upgrading and catching up. Also, firms in least developed countries are characterised by very low levels of absorptive capacity.
International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 2008
This paper examines the linkages and interactive learning processes between foreign and local act... more This paper examines the linkages and interactive learning processes between foreign and local actors in an innovation system in Tanzania. Specifically, the importance of a mediator organization to absorb and transfer knowledge from the foreign to the local sector is examined. The potential application of emerging knowledge spillovers to wider local users is thus evaluated. Empirical evidence suggests that although the potential exists for the wider application of technology and knowledge spillovers, a number of key constraints partly hinder the achievement of this potential and the proper functioning of an innovation system. Tel: +46 (0) 46 2227468 Mobile: +46 (0) 709 767667 Fax: +46 (0) 46 2224161
Technology in Society, 2008
This paper analyses the inadequacy of IPRs to foster R&D for vaccines and drugs for neglected dis... more This paper analyses the inadequacy of IPRs to foster R&D for vaccines and drugs for neglected diseases with main importance for developing countries. It does so by providing an analysis of legal and economic aspects of IP as they relate to R&D for these diseases. Based on this, the paper discusses in how far IPRs encourage innovation in different national and socio-economic contexts. Special emphasis is also given to the need to take the nature of different markets and the level of economic development into account in the making of global IPR frameworks. This poses the question whether IPRs can contribute to the creation of a market. With regard to this question, the paper argues that IPRs alone are not enough to create a market.
The aim of this article is to discuss the role of intermediate organizations in supporting differ... more The aim of this article is to discuss the role of intermediate organizations in supporting different forms of interactive learning and capability building in small-scale business initiatives in emerging innovation systems in developing countries, using data from Tanzania and El Salvador. It is argued that different types of intermediate organizations have played key roles in linking marginalized economic actors to sources of knowledge and other resources that are essential for capability upgrading and innovation in both traditional and more differentiated economic activities. They thus play an important role in linking innovative activity, to maintaining and upgrading the quality of existing jobs in crisis, generating new ones where opportunities arise, and providing income crucial for family well-being in countries characterized by low levels of human development and high levels of inequality.
African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technologi... more African countries lag clearly behind developed countries when it comes to accumulating technological capabilities, upgrading and catching up. Also, firms in least developed countries are characterised by very low levels of absorptive capacity.
International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 2008
This paper examines the linkages and interactive learning processes between foreign and local act... more This paper examines the linkages and interactive learning processes between foreign and local actors in an innovation system in Tanzania. Specifically, the importance of a mediator organization to absorb and transfer knowledge from the foreign to the local sector is examined. The potential application of emerging knowledge spillovers to wider local users is thus evaluated. Empirical evidence suggests that although the potential exists for the wider application of technology and knowledge spillovers, a number of key constraints partly hinder the achievement of this potential and the proper functioning of an innovation system. Tel: +46 (0) 46 2227468 Mobile: +46 (0) 709 767667 Fax: +46 (0) 46 2224161