Technology development and knowledge spillover in Africa: evidence using patent and citation data
Technology development and knowledge spillover in Africa: evidence using patent and citation data
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10.1504/ijtm.2009.021519
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2009
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Chun-Yao Tseng
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Chun-Yao Tseng
技术和创新受到全球化的影响，在开发新产品和服务以及更有效率或更有效地开展工作以实现可持续发展方面非常重要(Ahmed，2007)。知识溢出可以有利于技术创新，因为实体可以利用国际和国际知识来加强其技术能力。这项研究调查了与非洲的技术发展和知识溢出有关的两个主要问题。首先，本研究考察了非洲的综合技术创新能力，比较了不同国家之间的技术能力，并比较了非洲在31个技术领域的相对创新优势。其次，本研究论证了非洲技术创新的知识来源；此外，它还表现出不同类型的知识溢出，考察了基于非洲地理距离和技术距离对技术创新能力的影响。
Technology and innovation are influenced by globalisation, and they are important in developing new products and services, as well as doing things more efficiently or more effectively to achieve sustainable development (Ahmed, 2007). Knowledge spillover can be beneficial to technological innovation because the entity can take advantage of both intranational and international knowledge to strengthen its technological capability. This study investigates two main issues related to technology development and knowledge spillover in Africa. First, this study investigates aggregative technological innovation capability in Africa and compares technological capabilities among different countries; it also compares the relative innovation strengths of Africa in 31 technological fields. Second, this study demonstrates the sources of knowledge for technological innovation in Africa; moreover, it manifests the different types of knowledge spillovers that examine the effects on technological innovation capability based on the geographical distance and technological distance in Africa.