Universities and Knowledge-based Development in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing University-Firm Interaction in Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa
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2010
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Research on the changing role of universities in firm learning, innovation and national economic
development has not extended systematically to low income countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on an
empirical survey of firms and case studies of university practices, the article examines conditions of universities,
firms and their potential for interaction across a national system of innovation in three countries, Nigeria,
Uganda and South Africa, in order to contribute to such analysis. In so doing, it attempts to open up a research
agenda in terms of the specific challenges African countries face.
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NIGERIA, UGANDA, UNIVERSITIES, RESEARCH PROGRAMMES, INNOVATION, ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIP, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NETWORKS, RESEARCH CAPACITY, CASE STUDIES, BIOTECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Kruss, G., Adeoti, J., & Nabudere, D. (2012) Universities and
Knowledge-based Development in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing University–Firm Interaction in
Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa. The Journal of Development Studies, 48(4): 516-530. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2011.604410