Drivers of Technological Innovations: Evidence from Kenya’s Micro and Small Enterprises

dc.contributor.authorNjiraini, Peter
dc.contributor.authorOmolo, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorGachanja, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-23T11:36:55Z
dc.date.available2022-05-23T11:36:55Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-31
dc.descriptionA Research Article in the International Journal of Current Researchen_US
dc.description.abstractGrowth of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) is fundamental to the Kenyan economy. These enterprises play a pivotal role in Kenya’s overall economic growth. In spite of the role that MSEs play, their growth is usually constrained by a host of factors. One avenue through which enterprises enhance their growth and survival is through technological innovation. In Kenya, the knowledge on how technological innovation can be harnessed to facilitate MSEs growth is nascent and inconclusive at best. This paper uses a knowledge production function approach to analyze factors that can be used to drive the innovation capability of MSEs. It uses a bivariate probit model and data from World Bank Enterprise Survey data for 2013 to examine some of the key drivers of process and product innovations amongst MSEs. Results from the study identified enhanced capital intensity, increased foreign partnership, listing in the capital markets and a focus beyond local markets as some of the factors that influence technological innovations. Meanwhile policies aimed at enhancing technological innovation should target more of the newly established MSEsen_US
dc.identifier.citationNjiraini, P., Omolo, J., and Gachanja, P. (2018). “Drivers of Technological Innovations: Evidence from Kenya’s Micro and Small Enterprises”, International Journal of Current Research, Volume 10, Issue No. 05, pp 69942-69946en_US
dc.identifier.issn0975-833X
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23774
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSCRen_US
dc.subjectEmpirical analysisen_US
dc.subjectInterpretation of resultsen_US
dc.subjectApproach,en_US
dc.titleDrivers of Technological Innovations: Evidence from Kenya’s Micro and Small Enterprisesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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