Assessing the relationships between human capital, innovation and technology adoption: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 122, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-33

  Danquah, Michael ^a   Amankwah Amoah, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption of technology; Human capital; Innovation; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INNOVATION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; GROWING BODIES; HUMAN CAPITALS; INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; PANEL DATA; SUB-SAHARAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; PANEL DATA; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 85018429126     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.04.021     Document Type: Article

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