Local Innovation Networking Dynamics: Evidence from South Africa

The dynamics of local innovation networking are under-researched in the global South at large. While the concept of a National Innovation System (NIS) has existed in the South African policy domain for two decades, there is little, if any, empirical evidence of innovation networking at the local lev...

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Published in:European journal of development research 2018-09, Vol.30 (4), p.749-767
Main Authors: Booyens, Irma, Hart, Tim G. B., Ramoroka, Kgabo H.
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Development Economics
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Embeddedness
Innovations
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Rural communities
Social Sciences
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