Technology–oriented entrepreneurs in sub–saharan africa who are they and how are they involved in development and industrialization in africa?

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-320

  Adeboye, Titus ^a  

^a African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) Network   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Complimentarity of professional and vocational skills; Informal interrelationships; Learning agility; Mass customization; Meta dollar randd; fordist taylorist production; Receptivity to new technology; Tacit skills; Technology oriented entrepreneurs; Technopreneural state

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749847341     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629600000017     Document Type: Article

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