Developing countries and innovation: Searching for a new analytical approach

Technology in Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Srinivas, Smita ^a   Sutz, Judith ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Development; Institutions; Needs; Problem solving; Scarcity; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INNOVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

SCARCITY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COGNITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC POLICY; INNOVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 40649126914     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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