Research-driven industrial production, although commonly associated with the twentieth century, developed in the nineteenth century. Science, technology, institutions, business practices, and the industry-knowledge of historical actors evolved together to create new paradigms of…
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This research study identifies the role of library and information centres at the major science and technology related universities and research institutes in the six GeC countries i.e. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, in relation to the insti…
Using a comparative methodology the thesis analyses the patentability of pharmaceutical and related inventions in the UK and South Africa. The viewpoint adopted is that of the industry actors, who are engaged in the conception through to the commercialisation of inventions, alth…
Agriculture is highly dependent on and sensitive to weather. Warming effects result from greenhouse gas emissions and aerosols from a small number of countries but its impact will be felt on a global scale. So far, agricultural productivity growth has sustained the continuous gl…
This research investigates the roles of competition, trade policies, and credits as factors affecting innovation and offers theoretical and empirical analysis to study the interrelationships between these variables. In the theoretical parts, we develop a number of predictions. T…
This dissertation investigates how competition among heterogeneous firms affects R&D in quality enhancement in a quality-ladder type framework for a Cournot oligopolistic industry. The research also analyzes the welfare implications of various policies that promotes R&D. Some of…
This dissertation addresses economic growth and development from an intergenerational perspective. The first essay develops an endogenous growth model with overlapping generations, driven by the technological change through firms' research and development (R&D) activities. It th…