The evolution of the South African science, technology and innovation system 1994–2009: An exploration

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.C. Marais ◽  
M. Pienaar
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
The South ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Innovation and technological change in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 466-488
Author(s):  
Erika Kraemer-Mbula ◽  
Rasigan Maharajh
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation ◽  
Radical Transformation

This chapter explores the main achievements and remaining challenges in the governance of the South African science, technology, and innovation (STI) system. While reflecting on the inherited features from the apartheid period, it focuses on the period between the two White Papers in 1996 and 2019. The chapter discusses the main shifts in policy emphasis (intents) of these two policy/institutional developments and connects them to the STI system performance and its measurement. It shows that the drastic shift in policy orientation towards addressing social imperatives and the quantitative improvements in the STI outputs since 1994, have not materialized in a radical transformation of the economy or the social relations inherited from apartheid. The chapter argues that the assessment of the STI system needs to be expanded through an evolutionary lens in order to activate the needed systemic transformations.

scholarly journals La collaboration scientifique et technologique en Amérique du Nord : un point de vue Canadien

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-296
Author(s):  
Charles H. David ◽  
Paul Dufour ◽  
Janet Halliwell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
North American ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Canada, as a country with a small, open economy, faces the immediate challenge of learning to shape dynamic comparative advantage in the emerging international economy. About 75 % of Canada's trade linkages are with the United States, and a very large component of the Canadian experience of « globalization » is driven by North American economic integration. This integration is taking place in the absence of institutions and policy mechanisms to promote and manage science, technology, and innovation relations on a continental scale. Bilateral s & T arrangements centered on the United States presently characterize the North American innovation System. Circumstances in North America pose three sets of challenges to Canadian s & T policy. 1) Science and technology are increasing in importance in international trade, environmental, and social/cultural matters. This means that Canada must learn to improve its management of an increasingly internationalized domestic s & T System. 2) Canada must cultivate mutually beneficial bilateral s & T relationships with its two partners in NAFTA, Mexico and the United States. 3) Canada must identify where its interests lie in the development and governance of trilateral and international rules and arrangements for science, technology, and innovation.

scholarly journals Creation and Implementation of a Municipal Science, Technology and Innovation System - An Experience Report

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 193-208
Author(s):  
Lucas Ribeiro Novais de Araújo ◽  
Danyllo Albuquerque ◽  
José Nilton Silva ◽  
Rijkaard Dantas de Santana ◽  
Morganna Karolinne Lúcio Alves Tito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Innovation System ◽  
Experience Report ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

scholarly journals Fostering place-based coalitions between social movements and science for sustainable urban environments: A case of embedded agency

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1386-1411
Author(s):  
Matias Ramirez ◽  
Javier Hernando Garcia Estevez ◽  
Oscar Yandy Romero Goyeneche ◽  
Claudia E Obando Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
System A ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Community ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

The objective of this paper is to contribute to an important debate concerning the interaction between place-based social movements and the science, technology and innovation system. Our central proposition is that place-based social movements can facilitate unique local heterogeneous alliances with key actors of the science and technology system. A process of bricolage can emerge from these alliances whereby social movements are supported by the technical knowledge of the science community, and in turn, the priorities of the scientists are influenced by the agendas of the social movements, leading to new forms of knowledge production. We build on this to argue that these place-based engagements can create significant agency towards changes in socio-technical and socio-ecological systems in urban environments, especially in societies where regulatory oversight is weaker and social movements in areas that overlap science, technology and innovation are a common expression of civil society demand for change. Our argument is developed through a study of a social movement in defence of an urban wetland in Bogota.

scholarly journals Science, Technology and Innovation Bibliometric Evaluation SME´s in order to improve Brazilian economic growth

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 01-14
Author(s):  
Juliana Krieger de Oliveira ◽  
Antônio Martins de Oliveira Júnior ◽  
Beatriz Augusta Ferreira Santos
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
National Development ◽  
Fundamental Relation ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Innovation has been pointed out as one of the main tools for the countries' economic development facing globalization. For economic growth to happen in an egalitarian way, it is necessary to strengthen, expand, consolidate and integrate a country's research and innovation capacities, that is, strengthening its National Science, Technology and Innovation System. In this system, it is primordial that t there is a close relationship between research institutes, ST & I developers, and companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), considered to be key players in the socio-economic development of countries. Brazil already presents initiatives that seek to strengthen relations and encourage the development of technology among these actors. This article aims to discuss the relationships between the CT & I sector and its relations with SMEs, especially in Brazil, so that together they allow the development of the economy. For this, a brief literature review was carried out, which was structured in: Relation between ST&I and the national development, where will be treated some countries experience and where brazilian hystorical process will be shown; The importance of SMEs for a country economic growth, where the relations between ST&I and SME will be treated and also its indicators. Despite the innovation power for the development of the countries economies is in constant discussion, it is still a need for discussion between companies and SMEs as a fundamental relation for the growth of companies and consequently for the socio-economic growth, since as SMEs are today driving forces for development. For the central dialogue current in Brazil, the proceedings of these countries between ST & I and companies are required.

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