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Challenges and Constraints for Government Agencies Supporting Firm Level Innovation: Some Reflections from South Africa

In: Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa

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  • David Kaplan

    (University of Cape Town)

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Support for technology based start-ups, often termed new technology based firms, (NTBs), initially seen solely as a concern for developed countries, is currently spreading very rapidly in developing countries. Institutions that support the development of the capacities of start-ups to innovate by providing funding are now widely accepted as integral to the National Systems of Innovation (NSI). The main focus of the chapter is an examination of one possible institutional form for the support for start-ups: namely support provided directly by a governmental agency. The paper draws largely from the “lived experience” of one such institution—namely the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) in South Africa—in order to highlight some of the challenges and constraints that developing countries are likely to face in attempting to develop start-ups by providing funding and support for innovation to such firms through the mechanism of a government agency.

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  • David Kaplan, 2021. "Challenges and Constraints for Government Agencies Supporting Firm Level Innovation: Some Reflections from South Africa," Springer Books, in: Chux Daniels & Mafini Dosso & Joe Amadi-Echendu (ed.), Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, and Innovation Policy in Africa, pages 259-277, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-58240-1_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58240-1_12
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    1. Plantinga, Paul, 2021. "Innovation and the Public Service: Facilitating Inclusive Industrial and Social Development," SocArXiv qcdjg, Center for Open Science.

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