03405nam 22006254a 450 991045185850332120200520144314.092-808-7106-4(CKB)1000000000483094(EBL)3039608(SSID)ssj0000178539(PQKBManifestationID)11174578(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178539(PQKBWorkID)10221751(PQKB)10385014(MiAaPQ)EBC3039608(Au-PeEL)EBL3039608(CaPaEBR)ebr10397562(OCoLC)226911960(EXLCZ)99100000000048309420070321d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIndustrial clusters and innovation systems in Africa[electronic resource] institutions, markets, and policy /edited by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and Dorothy McCormickNew York United Nations University Pressc20071 online resource (338 p.)Papers from an author's workshop funded by UNU-INTECH (now UNU-MERIT) and held in Maastricht, the Netherlands at the end of July 2004.92-808-1137-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction: Clusters and innovation systems in Africa""; ""2 Industrialization through cluster upgrading: Theoretical perspectives""; ""3 From clusters to innovation systems in traditional industries""; ""4 Industrializing Kenya: Building the productive capacity of micro and small enterprise clusters""; ""5 Small and micro enterprise clusters in Tanzania: Can they generate industrial dynamism?""; ""6 Learning in local systems and global links: The Otigba computer hardware cluster in Nigeria""""7 Power and firms� learning in the Egyptian furniture cluster of Domiatt""""8 Learning to change: Why the fish processing clusters in Uganda learned to upgrade""; ""9 The Durban Auto Cluster: Global competition, collective efficiency and local development""; ""10 Global markets and local responses: The changing institutions in the Lake Victoria fish cluster""; ""11 Government support and enabling environment for inter-firm cluster cooperation: Policy lessons from South Africa""; ""12 Institutional support for collective ICT learning: Cluster development in Kenya and Ghana""""13 Conclusion and policy implications""""Index""Industrial clustersAfricaCongressesTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsAfricaCongressesIndustrial locationAfricaCongressesRegional planningAfricaCongressesAfricaEconomic policy21st centuryCongressesElectronic books.Industrial clustersTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsIndustrial locationRegional planning338.8/7Oyelaran-Oyeyinka Oyebanji874801McCormick Dorothy1941-122155MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451858503321Industrial clusters and innovation systems in Africa1953059UNINA