Human capital and systems of innovation in African development

African Development Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-138

  Oyelaran Oyeyinka, Banji ^a   Barclay, Lou Anne ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 2542465929     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2004.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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