This paper is extracted from MISTRA’s book Why Innovations Live or Die: South Africa’s innovation system. They can be freely downloaded, along with the Preface and Contents pages, to give readers insight into the volume:
Briefing Paper
Life and death in the national system of innovation (NSI): The role of public sector innovation
Geci Karuri-Sebina, Mjumo Mzyece, Pierre Schoonraad and Nsizwa Dlamini
22 March 2024
This paper is extracted from MISTRA’s book Why Innovations Live or Die: South Africa’s innovation system. They can be freely downloaded, along with the Preface and Contents pages, to give readers insight into the volume:
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