Determinants of Technological and non-technological Innovations: Evidence from Ghana’ Manufacturing and Service Sectors
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Alternative codes found
RIV/62690094:18450/23:50019384 RIV/00216275:25410/23:39919549
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15228916.2022.2113209" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15228916.2022.2113209</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2022.2113209" target="_blank" >10.1080/15228916.2022.2113209</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Determinants of Technological and non-technological Innovations: Evidence from Ghana’ Manufacturing and Service Sectors
Original language description
This paper aims at investigating the various factors driving technological and non-technological innovations in the manufacturing and service sectors in Ghana. We argue that numerous previous studies have shown that digitalization, firms’ collaborations, access to finance, engaging in research and development and certain firm characteristic such as age, size and ownership influence firms’ aptitude and incentives to be innovative. However, in the context of developing countries like Ghana, we do not know whether these same determinants also have positive effects on stimulating innovations at the firm-level. Using a sample of 549 firms sourced from the World Bank Enterprises Survey conducted between 2007 and 2013, this study finds that the adoption of digitalization promotes non-technological (organizational) innovations than technological innovations. We also find that firms’ innovation collaboration with consultants and universities rather exert no impact on technological and non-technological innovations. Our finding show that internal R&D enhance technological innovations and not non-technological innovations. The main practical implications of the study are that attempts to boosting firm-level and developing countries innovation potentials should mainly focus on improving internal R&D and innovation support activities, expanding access to finance, and upgrading Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure to enhance digitalization.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of African Business
ISSN
1522-8916
e-ISSN
1522-9076
Volume of the periodical
neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
neuvedeno
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
nestrankovano
UT code for WoS article
000843084500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85136507564