Political challenges of innovation in the developing world

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 151-171

  Doner, Richard F ^a   Hicken, Allen ^b   Ritchie, Bryan K ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic resources; External threats; Structural vulnerabilities; Technological trajectories; Veto players

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INNOVATION; MODELING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; POLITICAL POWER;

EID: 61649120632     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2008.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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