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Knowledge, technology, and cluster-based growth in Africa

World Bank, Zeng, Douglas Zhihua

2008

Overview

Africa is on the move, demonstrating in recent years a significant potential for economic growth. Although the region still faces many challenges, it is also generating pockets of economic vitality in the form of enterprise clusters that are contributing to national, regional, and local productivity. Through case examples from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book provides an understanding of how these dynamic enterprise clusters were formed and have evolved, and how knowledge, human capital, and technology have contributed to their success.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO CAPITAL / ACCESSORIES / Africa / African studies / Afrika / Afrika südlich der Sahara / AGENTS / APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY / ARTISAN / ARTISANS / ATTRIBUTES / AUTOMOBILE / AUTOMOTIVE / BARRIERS TO ENTRY / BASIC / BASIC SKILLS / Blumen / BUSINESS ACTIVITIES / BUSINESS CENTER / BUSINESS CENTERS / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / Business enterprises / Business enterprises -- Africa / BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT / BUSINESS SECTOR / BUSINESS SERVICES / BUSINESS VALUE / BUSINESSES / CAPABILITIES / CAPABILITY / CAPITAL CITIES / CERTIFICATES / CITIES / COLLABORATION / COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES / COMMODITIES / COMMODITY / COMMUNICATION FACILITIES / COMMUNICATION SERVICES / COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY / COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY / COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE / COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT / COMPETITIVENESS / COMPONENTS / COMPUTER HARDWARE / COMPUTER SCIENCES / Computerindustrie / COMPUTERS / CONSUMER GOODS / COPYING / COPYRIGHT / CURRICULA / CUSTOM / CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS / DECISION-MAKING / DEVICES / DOI / DYNAMIC ENTERPRISE / E-MAIL / ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES / ECONOMIC ACTIVITY / Economic growth / ECONOMIES OF SCALE / EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS / EDUCATIONAL REFORMS / ELECTRIC MOTORS / ELECTRICITY / ELECTRONICS / ENABLING ENVIRONMENT / ENGINEERING / ENGINEERS / ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT / Enterprise zones / Enterprise zones -- Africa / Enterprises / EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING / Export / EXPORT MARKETS / EXPORT PROMOTION / Fahrzeugindustrie / Fallstudie / FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS / Fischerei / FLOW OF INFORMATION / FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT / FOREIGN EXCHANGE / FOREIGN INVESTMENTS / FORMAL EDUCATION / Getränkeindustrie / Gewerbegebiet / Ghana / GLOBAL ECONOMY / GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE / GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY / GLOBAL MARKET / GLOBAL MARKETS / GLOBALIZATION / GROWTH STRATEGIES / GROWTH STRATEGY / Großunternehmen / HANDICRAFT / HANDICRAFTS / Handwerk / Handwerksbetrieb / Holzverarbeitung/Holzverarbeitende Industrie / HUMAN CAPITAL / ICT / IDS / INDUSTRIAL BASE / Industrial clusters / Industrial clusters -- Africa / INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT / INDUSTRIAL TRAINING / Industriepolitik / Industrieunternehmen / Industriezweig / Industry / INFORMATION EXCHANGE / INFORMATION SERVICE / INFORMATION SERVICE CENTERS / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / Informeller Sektor / INNOVATION / INNOVATION SYSTEMS / INNOVATIONS / INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS / INTERFACE / INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY / INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS / INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS / INTERNET ACCESS / INVENTIONS / JOINT VENTURES / Kenia / Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen / KNOW-HOW / Knowledge / KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION / KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT / KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY / KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT / KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS / KNOWLEDGE REVOLUTION / LEARNING / LEARNING PROCESSES / LICENSES / LICENSING / MANUFACTURING / MARKET ACCESS / MARKET DEMAND / MARKET DEMANDS / MARKETING / MARKETING STRATEGY / MATERIAL / Mauritius / Metallindustrie / MOBILE PHONE / MOVEMENT OF GOODS / NATURAL RESOURCES / NETWORKING / NEW TECHNOLOGIES / NEW TECHNOLOGY / Nigeria / Obst- und Gartenbau / OPEN UNIVERSITY / PHONE CARDS / PHONE LINES / PHOTO / PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE / POLICY SUPPORT / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION / PRIVATE SECTORS / PRODUCT DESIGNS / PRODUCT INNOVATIONS / PRODUCTION PROCESSES / PRODUCTIVITY / PROTOTYPES / PUBLIC GOODS / PUBLISHING / PURCHASING POWER / QUERIES / R&D / Regionales Cluster / RESULT / RESULTS / SEARCH / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SERVICE PROVIDERS / Südafrikanische Republik / TACIT KNOWLEDGE / Tansania / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE / TECHNICAL SKILLS / TECHNICAL SUPPORT / TECHNICAL TRAINING / TECHNICIANS / TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT / TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY / TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT / Technologiepark / Technology / TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT / TECHNOLOGY POLICY / TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT / TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER / TELECOM / TELECOMMUNICATIONS / TELEPHONE / TERTIARY EDUCATION / Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie / TRAINING ACTIVITIES / TRAINING INSTITUTES / TRAINING PROGRAMS / TRANSACTION / TRANSMISSION / TRANSMISSIONS / Uganda / UNIVERSITIES / Unternehmenskooperation / USERS / VALUE CHAIN / VALUE CHAINS / Verarbeitende Industrie / WEALTH CREATION / Wein / Wirtschaftliche Konzentration
• ISBN: 0821373064, 9780821373064, 9780821373071, 0821373072