Discussion Papers are available in PDF format.

2005

DP 2005-10 Breaking the Fence: Can Patent Rights Deter Biomedical Innovation in “Technology Followers”? (PDF 275 KB) by Padmashree Gehl Sampath Abstract

DP 2005-9 Dependence on Primary Commodities and Poverty Traps in Sub-Saharan Africa: Devising strategies and building capabilities for diversification (PDF 574 Kb) by Alexis Habiyaremye Abstract

DP 2005-8 Diffusion of New Technology in Indian Auto Component Industry: An Examination of the Determinants of Adoption (PDF 445 Kb) by Mamata Parhi Abstract

DP 2005-7 Learning, Product Innovation and Firm Heterogeneity in Tanzania, by Micheline Goedhuys Abstract
This paper was published as "Learning, product innovation and firm heterogeneity in developing countries, evidence from Tanzania" in Industrial and Corporate Change, 16, 269-292

DP 2005-6 New Technologies and Indian SMEs (PDF 260 Kb) by Kaushalesh Lal Abstract

DP 2005-5 Firms’ Learning Capabilities under a New Economic Environment: A Case Study of Mexican Auto Parts Firms (PDF 353 Kb) by Bertha Vallejo Abstract

DP 2005-4 Firms’ Creative Capabilities, the Supporting Innovation System and Globalization in Southern Latin America: A Bleak Technological Outlook or a Myopic Standpoint? Evidence from a Developing Region in Brazil (PDF 312 Kb) by Paulo N. Figueiredo and Conceição Vedovello Abstract

DP 2005-3 Science and Technology Development Indicators in the Arab Region: A Comparative Study of Gulf and Mediterranean Arab Countries (PDF 256 Kb) by Samia Satti O. M. Nour Abstract

DP 2005-2 Learning Through Inter-Organizational Interactions:Public Research Institutes in the Nigerian (Bio)pharmaceutical System of Innovation (PDF 229 Kb) by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and Padmashree Gehl Sampath Abstract

DP 2005-1Systems of Innovation and Underdevelopment: An Institutional Perspective
(PDF 313 Kb) by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka Abstract