Modes of Innovation and the Evolution of the South African National System of Innovation
Abstract This paper uses the concepts of means of innovation and modes of innovation to introduce an alternative approach to the understanding of the evolution of the South African system of innovation. Modes of innovation are defined in terms of ownership and control patterns of the means of innova...
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Tshwane University of Technology
2009
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| Online Access: | http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001622 |
| Summary: | Abstract
This paper uses the concepts of means of innovation and modes of innovation to introduce
an alternative approach to the understanding of the evolution of the South African system of
innovation. Modes of innovation are defined in terms of ownership and control patterns of
the means of innovation, as well as the role played by human capital. The relationship
between ideology and modes of innovation is briefly examined. This paper lays the basis for
an alternative approach to the analysis of the transition of South Africa’s economic structure
from apartheid to democracy and of the rifts and continuities in that transition. |
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