Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Wamae, Watu
Author-Email: watu.wamae@gmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: CEDERS, Faculté des Sciences Economique et Gestion, Université de la Méditerranée 
Title: A Technology Acquisition Model: The Role of Learning and Innovation
Abstract: This paper theoretically analyses the dynamics of knowledge accumulation
	 with the aim of understanding how developing economies can effectively
	 engage in the process of knowledge accumulation. The main focus is on
	 the complementarity between competence building and innovation. Our
	 analysis is based on a simple standard economics model for the sake of
	 clarity in understanding the link between the need for collaboration and
	 competition in the innovation process at the national level. We find
	 that the importance of developing an absorptive capacity in the
	 knowledge generation process cannot be over-emphasized.  
Classification-JEL: O11, O30, O40
Keywords: absorptive capacity, competences, domestic innovation, 
	 developing countries 
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2006
Number: 2006-022
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2006/wp2006-022.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2006022