Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji
Author-Email: oyeyinka@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: A Systems Perspective on Inter-Firm and Organizational Collaboration in African Industry
Abstract: Based on recent field survey data collected in three African countries, this study examines inter-firm and inter-organizational collaboration in
	 African industry. Three sets of interactions were analyzed namely: firm-firm linkages, including user-supplier and subcontracting relationships;
	 firm-university linkages; and firm-industrial association linkages. Employing univariate and multivariate analysis, we examined the channels and
	 institutions for collaboration and tested three hypotheses. Collaboration with universities was expected to promote greater firm-level technical
	 innovation resulting in greater output and product quality but little incidence of such collaboration was recorded. However, collaboration among
	 suppliers of inputs, subcontractors and firms was found to have contributed to significantly better performance
Keywords: network, networking, collaboration, industrial cooperation, industrial cooperatives, africa , industry, innovation
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2004
Number: 18
File-URL: http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2004-18.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 243 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200418