Science and technology in South Africa: Regional innovation hub or passive consumer?

Daedalus

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 205-234

  Kahn, Michael J ^a   Reddy, B Daya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY;

CULTURE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0001194957     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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