Innovation under the Radar The Nature and Sources of Innovation in Africa
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
: B - 22B - Development Studies
- Unit of assessment
- 22 - Anthropology and Development Studies : B - 22B - Development Studies
- Output identifier
- 15845
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781316869482
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781107183100
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This book draws on almost a decade of research to provide the first major survey-based analysis of the channels for effective diffusion of innovation in and to Africa in the formal and informal sectors. It combines in-depth studies of 30 cases with rigorous statistical analyses of specifically designed multi-wave, multi-country, firm-level surveys. Some 500 firms were surveyed in Ghana in 2013 and 2015-16, creating a rare longitudinal dataset; 300 firms were surveyed in Tanzania in 2015-16. In-depth studies of digital innovation in Kenya and the impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on African innovation and development were also undertaken.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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