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    How much broad should be the definition of innovation to inform policy decisions for promoting innovation in developing countries? Learning from the Mexican case
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15) Dutrénit, Gabriela ; Corona, Juan Manuel ; Ramos, Carlos ; Rivera, René ; Sampedro, José Luis ; Capdevielle, Mario
    The discovery that some Japanese firms could compete successfully with their United States counterparts, and later Korean firms and from other newly industrializing countries, contributed to focus the attention of scholars and policy makers on the conditions of a successful catching up process. Hobday (1995), Kim (1997) and Lundvall et al (2006) show that most of these processes were driven by an extremely acute accumulation of innovation capabilities, which were fundamentally driven by learning from experience, imitation and adaptation, instead of by science or R&D activities. The Chinese case reinforces these findings. As these countries approach the technological frontier, scientific and technological knowledge become an essential ingredient of this process (Kodama, 2007). Literature on NSI claims that the fundamental resource of the modern economy is knowledge, and suggests that knowledge and learning are more important in the current phase of economic development than in previous historical periods. Hence, even though R&D activities are crucial when countries are approaching the frontier, other innovation activities and also important when countries are still at early stages of this process.
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    Innovation and Public Goods: Implications for Policymaking and Economic Development
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15) Capdevielle, Mario ; Corona, Juan Manuel ; Dutrénit, Gabriela ; Rivera, René ; Hernández, Carlos ; Sanchez, Marina
    Based on recent findings of an empirical study (Dutrénit, et al, 2011) funded by the Mexican Ministry of Economy, this paper examines the nature of innovation in developing countries (emphasizing the case of México) and the role of public goods in promoting private innovation. On the side of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STPI), this paper discusses the efficiency of the policymaking process when policymakers take decision on supporting innovation under a fuzzy and narrow concept of innovation activities and when the role of innovation in public goods is not well defined. The paper argues that for a better understanding of the nature of innovation and its economic and social impacts, the concept of innovation should be widened in order to include innovations in public goods and those innovations unrelated with R&D, innovations that can be very incremental but with significant effects in local terms.
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    Do linkages between commercial farmers and academic researchers influence researcher productivity? The Mexican case
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-07) Rivera, René ; Sampedro, José Luis ; Dutrénit, Gabriela ; Ekboir, Javier Mario ; Vera-Cruz, José Alexandre Oliveira
    This paper explores the effect of commercial farmers-academic researchers linkages on research productivity in fields related to agriculture. Using original data and econometric analysis, our findings show a positive and significant relationship between commercial linkages and research productivity, when this is defined as publications in ISI journals. This evidence seems contrary to other contributions that argue that strong ties with the business sector reduce research productivity and distort the original purposes of university, i.e., conducting basic research and preparing highly-trained professionals. When research productivity is defined more broadly adding other types of research outputs, the relationship is also positive and significant confirming the argument that close ties between public research institutions and businesses foster the emergence of new ideas that can be translated into innovations with commercial and/or social value.
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    Do Linkages Between Farmers and Academic Researchers Influence Research Productivity? Evidence from Mexico
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-10-02) Dutrénit, Gabriela ; Ekboir, Javier ; Rivera, René ; Sampedro, José Luis ; Torres, Arturo ; Vera-Cruz, José Alexandre Oliveira
    We explore the effect of linkages between farmers and academic researchers on research productivity in fields related to agriculture. We found a positive and significant relationship between intensive linkages with a few farmers and research productivity, when this is defined as publications in ISI journals. This evidence contradicts other contributions that argue that strong ties with businesses reduce research productivity and distort the original purposes of university. When research productivity is defined more broadly adding other types of research outputs, the relationship is also positive and significant, confirming the argument that close ties between public research institutions and businesses foster the emergence of new ideas that can result in valuable innovations. Another finding is that researchers in public institutions produce several types of research outputs; therefore, measuring research productivity only bypublished ISI papers misses important dimensions of research activities.