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Title Innovation through knowledge networks: the African experience
Full text http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/11295/13949
Date 2013
Author(s) Were, Jacinta
Abstract Many organizations are moving away from hierarchical structures to more fluid management set ups to achieve quick solutions to problems. Networks are proving to be very quick and effective method of sharing knowledge to facilitate innovative thinking among African labour force. They are smarter and faster than hierarchies. Development of knowledge networks can accelerate development process in Africa through enabling the sharing of indigenous knowledge and rich culture that exists in Africa. This paper explores the potential of knowledge networks and how they can contribute to innovative development.
Subject(s) Knowledge networks; Open Access Publishing; Economic Commission for Africa; Innovation
Language en
Type of publication Presentation
Format application/pdf
Identifier Were, Jacinta. 2011. Innovation through knowledge networks: the African experience. Paper presented at the CODIST-11 Workshop on " Promoting Innovation Development and Diffusion in Africa through Open Access Publishing" organized by The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 May 2011
Repository Nairobi - University of Nairobi
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