This book explores how policies targeting public research institutions, such as universities, contribute to the appropriation of biotechnology through national innovation systems. Around the world, biotechnology has become a driving force for...
The political dramas unfolding in Tunisia, Egypt, and other Middle Eastern countries present pivotal opportunities. These events improve the prospects for harnessing science and its values to advance sustainable and equitable development, openness...
In recent decades, there have been significant changes in the way corporate innovation is performed. They include changes in the innovation process, flexibility to outsource innovation activities, and most importantly, the location of innovation...
Globalization, the information age, and the rise of the knowledge-based economy are significantly transforming the way we acquire, disseminate, and transform knowledge. And, as a result, knowledge production is becoming closer and more directly...
The workshop on which this volume is based represents one of the first formal activities of the "Canada–Latin America Initiative on Biotechnology, the Environment and Sustainable Development" (CamBioTec). The decision by IDRC to host this...
The aim of this paper is to enhance Canadian and British efforts by looking at seven very different approaches in Africa, and offering suggestions for ways forward. There are three key issues that need to be addressed to develop successful and...
This paper discusses North–South partnerships to build capacity for science and technology (S&T) in Southern countries. Partnerships for S&T capacity building in Africa are not new and vary in scale, scope, and character. The contexts for...
This book is particular in the sense that it applies the concepts of the theory of mining clusters to the analysis of Latin America’s mining industry. The research shows that ultimately the industry’s competitive advantages, like those of any other...
This synopsis report was prepared under the auspices of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Working Group on Educational Research and Policy Analysis (WGER&PA), in collaboration with the ADEA Secretariat. The...
All economic activity depends on the environment. This simple fact has spurred the international community into giving more and more attention to the environment in general and the environmental performance of industry in particular. The Bottom Line...