Open Innovation and Knowledge Appropriation in African Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs)

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dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19315
dc.contributor.authorDe Beer, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-18T17:06:41Z
dc.date.available2016-01-18T17:06:41Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-15
dc.description.abstractThis article seeks enhanced understanding of the dynamics of open innovation and knowledge appropriation in African settings. More specifically, the authors focus on innovation and appropriation dynamics in African micro and small enterprises (MSEs), which are key engines of productivity on the continent. The authors begin by providing an expansion of an emergent conceptual framework for understanding intersections between innovation, openness and knowledge appropriation in African small-enterprise settings. Then, based on this framework, they review evidence generated by five recent case studies looking at knowledge development, sharing and appropriation among groups of small-scale African innovators. The innovators considered in the five studies were found to favour inclusive, collaborative approaches to development of their innovations; to rely on socially-grounded information networks when deploying and sharing their innovations; and to appropriate their innovative knowledge via informal (and, to a lesser extent, semi-formal) appropriation tools.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Beer, J., & Armstrong, C. (2015). Open innovation and knowledge appropriation in African micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 16, 60-71. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19315en_ZA
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2077-7213 (online version)
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2077-7205 (print version)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/19315
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19315
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.idhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-2579
dc.subjectopen innovation, collaborative dynamics, knowledge appropriation, access to knowledge (A2K), intellectual property (IP), micro and small enterprises (MSEs), informal sector, Africaen_ZA
dc.titleOpen Innovation and Knowledge Appropriation in African Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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