Impact of Firm-Level Innovation on Productivity of manufacturing and Service firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorNdicu, Simon
dc.contributor.authorBarasa, Laura
dc.contributor.authorNgui, Dianah
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-06T09:58:53Z
dc.date.available2023-07-06T09:58:53Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the impact offirm-level research andinnovation on the productivity of Sub-Saharan Africanfirms in2014–2018. This study utilizes World Bank Enterprise Surveys on2,867 manufacturing and servicefirms conducted in SSA in 2018/19. Endogenous Switching Regression (ESR) was used as theprimary estimation methodology. The results indicated thatResearch and Development spending positively and significantlyimpacts manufacturingfirms’productivity. In addition, serviceinnovation has a positive and significant effect on theproductivity of servicefirms. In contrast, product innovation isinsignificant to manufacturingfirms’productivity. Lastly, processinnovation is significant only to the manufacturingfirms and notthe servicefirms. These results suggest that Sub-Saharan Africanfirms did not realize maximum innovation productivity gainsduring the study period. Nonetheless, the results imply that otherthan the conventional factor-driven production, Sub-SaharanAfricanfirms have the potential to drive their productivitythrough semi-endogenousfirm-level innovationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAfrican Economic Research Consortium (AERC)en_US
dc.identifier.citationNdicu, S., Barasa, L., & Ngui, D. (2023). Impact of firm-level innovation on productivity of manufacturing and service firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Innovation and Development, 1-22.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2023.2210435
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26106
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor \& Francisen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectimpact evaluationen_US
dc.subjectfirm-level innovationen_US
dc.subjectproductivityen_US
dc.subjectpropensity score matchingen_US
dc.subjectendogenous switching regressionen_US
dc.titleImpact of Firm-Level Innovation on Productivity of manufacturing and Service firms in Sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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