Catching Up to the Technological Frontier? : Understanding Firm-level Innovation and Productivity in Kenya

Kenya s economy has undergone a significant process of structural transformation over the last decade. Since 2002, the economy has shown an accelerating trend with GDP growth increasing steadily from below 1 percent in 2002 to 7 percent in 2007. Af...

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Main Author:	Cirera, Xavier
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AUTOMATION AVAILABILITY OF DATA BALANCE SHEET BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MODELS CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ASSETS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE COLLABORATION COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE R&AMP;D COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHTS CORPORATE ALLIANCES CREATIVE DESTRUCTION CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMS DELIVERY METHODS DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION DIFFERENT TYPES OF INNOVATION DIGITALIZATION DISCUSSIONS DISPLACEMENT DRIVERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUIPMENT EXPLORATION EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE EXTERNAL SOURCES EXTERNAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK FOR INNOVATION GROWTH THEORY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES ICT IDEA IMPACT OF KNOWLEDGE INCOME INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS INCREMENTAL INNOVATION INCREMENTAL INNOVATIONS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION INNOVATION ACT INNOVATION EFFORTS INNOVATION INDICATORS INNOVATION INPUTS INNOVATION OUTCOME INNOVATION OUTCOMES INNOVATION OUTPUTS INNOVATION POLICY INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATION PROCESSES INNOVATION PROGRAMS INNOVATION SURVEYS INNOVATIONS INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR INNOVATIVE FIRMS INNOVATIVE PROCESS INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTEGRATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVENTIONS INVESTMENT IN KNOWLEDGE INVESTMENTS IN INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATION KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITIES KNOWLEDGE ASSETS KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEADING LICENSES LOGISTICAL SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET INFORMATION MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKETING MEASURING INTANGIBLE ASSETS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES METRICS MODEL INNOVATION NETWORKS NEW ENTRANTS NEW MARKETS NEW PRODUCT NEW PRODUCTS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONAL CAPITAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OUTPUTS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY SUPPORT PRIVATE SECTOR PROCESS INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATIONS PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH QUALITY OF INNOVATION R&AMP;D RADICAL INNOVATIONS RESULT RESULTS SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SKILLED LABOR SOURCES OF INFORMATION SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE STRONG TIES SUCCESSFUL INNOVATIONS TARGETS TAX INCENTIVES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE SERVICES TRAINING INVESTMENTS TRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNSKILLED LABOR USES UTILITY MODEL UTILITY MODELS VALUE CHAINS VISION WAGES WORK FORCE WORKPLACE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24117673/catching-up-technological-frontier-understanding-firm-level-innovation-productivity-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21684