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Technological Leapfrogging and Manufacturing Value-added in sub-Saharan African (1990-2018)

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  • Segun Michael Ojo
  • Edward Oladipo Ogunleye

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This study examines the impact of technological leapfrogging on manufacturing value-added in SSA. The study utilizes secondary data spanning 1990 to 2018. The data is analyzed using cross-sectional autoregressive distributed lags (CS-ARDL) and cross-sectional distributed lags (CS-DL) techniques. The study found that technological leapfrogging is a positive driver of manufacturing value-added in SSA. This implies that SSA can copy the foreign technologies and adapt them for domestic uses, rather than going through the evolutionary process of the old technologies that are relatively less efficient. If the governments of SSA could reinforce their absorptive capacity and beef up productivity through proper utilization of the existing technology. The productive activities of the domestic firms will stir new innovations and discoveries that will eventually translate into indigenous technology

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  • Segun Michael Ojo & Edward Oladipo Ogunleye, 2021. "Technological Leapfrogging and Manufacturing Value-added in sub-Saharan African (1990-2018)," Papers 2103.16049, arXiv.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2103.16049
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