User innovation in the business enterprise sector of Maputo province in Mozambique
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2011
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Maastricht Economic and social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, United Nations University (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, NL
Abstract
Evidence of user innovation in firms in Maputo Province is presented. This results from a
case study of firms that had previously been identified in the Mozambican National
Innovation Survey 2009 as process innovators. While the observations are too few to support
statistical inferences, they demonstrate the presence of user innovation in firms and they
suggest further work on the policy implications, especially related to support for innovation
in firms that perform no research and development. The case study found little evidence of
the sharing of knowledge gained through user innovation, in contrast with findings from
industrialized countries but closer to results from the newly industrialized country of Korea.
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USER INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, MOZAMBIQUE, CASE STUDIES, INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, POLICY MAKING