This study examines how firm-level resources interact with regional institutional quality to
explain innovation in East Africa. We hypothesize that the institutional environment within …

Although innovation studies in developing countries acknowledge the importance of
resources for firm innovation, their emphasis tends to be on bottlenecks created by resource …

Given the role that innovation plays as an engine for economic development, we examined
the enabling factor of institutions in Africa. Particularly, attention was given to determining …

Innovation is of pivotal importance to economic growth in both developed and developing
countries. The current research seeks to provide insights on how human and institutional …

The impact of innovation on firm performance has been a matter of significant interest to
economists and policy makers for decades. Although innovation is generally regarded as a …

Using firm data, this study investigates the various sources of firm learning, investment and
linkages, and their importance for product innovation in Tanzania. The analysis reveals …

This paper examines the significance of external knowledge sources as impacting factors on
innovation by incorporating a variety of external sourcing strategies, the firm's internal …

This paper presents the findings of a study on the innovative behaviour of over 50 firms in a
Sub-Saharan African country, Nigeria. The study examines the engineering and agro-allied …

Firms in emerging markets are often reluctant to invest in innovation because of the
institutional voids endemic to such markets. Addressing the gap in the literature concerning …

Despite the high profile of the issue in current policy formulations in low-income countries
(LICs), there is little large firm level survey based empirical evidence on innovativeness and …