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Factors Affecting Engagement and Commercialization Of Innovation Activities of Firms in Tanzania

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Title Factors Affecting Engagement and Commercialization Of Innovation Activities of Firms in Tanzania
 
Creator Osoro, Otieno
Kirama, Stephen; University of Dar es salaam
Vermeulen, Patrick
 
Description This paper analyses the commercialization of innovations in Tanzania, using firm level data. Specifically, it assesses the relative importance of firm, innovation and environmental level factors in commercialization, and how innovation is linked with commercialization. The analysis reveals that firm investment in internal research and development significantly impact both product innovation and commercialization of innovations in Tanzania, implying internal knowledge base is the main link between innovation and commercialization of innovations. Commercialization of innovations in Tanzania is influenced by cooperation with domestic and foreign firms, investment in research and development, and purchase of intangible technology with cooperation with domestic firms having the largest impact on commercialization, followed by investment in research and development. Knowledge acquisition and firm cooperation with other firms have greater impact on commercialization when undertaken by firms with histories of doing so in the past than when undertaken by firms for the first time.
 
Publisher Dar es Salaam University Press
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2017-03-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/463
 
Source Tanzania Economic Review; Vol 4, No 1-2 (2014): Tanzania Economic Review
2507-7740
0856-3373
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/463/630
 
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