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Research Articles (Institute for Technological Innovation (ITI))
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-09)With the understanding that universities play multiple social purposes, we aimed to provide an estimation of the economic impact of the public universities in South Africa. Using models described in the literature, ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2023)The South African bioeconomy strategy did not clearly articulate the measurement framework to monitor the implementation of the strategy. This paper provides an analysis of bioeconomy patents, the most prolific organizations ...
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(South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2021-12-17)BACKGROUND: Experts recommend support to patents for stimulating innovation. Also, the South African government supports patents, in particular, international patents. In this paper it is examined how this strategy can be ...
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(Springer, 2020-10)This document provides an analysis of bioeconomy research in South Africa and it discusses sources of growth in the country’s bioeconomy literature in general. We performed bibliometric analysis as indexed in the Web of ...
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(Water Research Commission, 2018)This article investigates water-related research in the Southern African Development Community. Water issues are part of the region’s science and technology priorities as 4countries receive less rain than the global average ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2018)Research and development (R&D) activities that lead to innovation can contribute highly to a country’s economic growth and development. However, research output can be expressed in different forms, such as research ...
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(Elsevier, 2019-03)This study assessed the inventive activity through patents registered by South African researchers worldwide using the WIPO database. South Africa is the most prolific producer of patents in the African continent. In this ...
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(Routledge, 2018-05)The paper aims to define the optimal thresholds of publications and Research and Development (R&D) expenditure and to investigate their impacts on patenting in OECD and BRICS countries. To do so, we use a dataset of 25 ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017-11)We report the results of an effort to measure the contribution of copyright-based industries to the South African economy. Following the methodology of the World Intellectual Property Organization, we identify the copyright ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016-11)The results of an effort to identify the performance of energy and fuels research in South Africa during the most recent period (2003–2013) are reported. Bibliometric approaches have been employed in order to assess the ...
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(Springer, 2014-03)Scientific co-authorship of African researchers has become a fashionable topic in the recent scientometric literature. Researchers are investigating the effects, modes, dynamics and motives of collaboration in a continental ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2016-08)The purpose of this paper is to review, summarize, and critically assess the academic studies that have dealt with either the causal relationship between energy consumption and growth or the determinants of energy demand ...
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(Taylor and Francis and NISC (Pty) Ltd., 2016-06)A scientometric analysis of selected research priority areas in South Africa was done using the Web of Science database for a period 2002 - 2012. The performance of the country in the areas of biotechnology, energy, ...
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(Elsevier, 2016-09)Being a semi-arid country with limited fresh water resources and also a fossil fuel based energy intensive country, South Africa encounters the added pressure of allocating limited water resources. Roughly 90% of electricity ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-03)An unprecedented outbreak of the Ebola virus in 2014 claimed more than 1000 lives in West Africa and the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency. This outbreak will undoubtedly promote additional ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2015)This paper reports an investigation of the use of the Durban University of Technology (DUT) Library intranet as a knowledge management (KM) tool. The general objectives of the investigation were to establish what KM practices ...
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(Association for Information Science and Technology, 2015-08)The causal relation between research and economic growth is of particular importance for political support of science and technology as well as for academic purposes. This paper revisits the causal relationship between ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-03)Scientific journals play an important role in academic information exchange and their assessment is of interest to science authorities, editors and researchers. The assessment of journals is of particular interest to ...
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(Elsevier, 2015-03)Energy-environmental impacts associated with non-renewable electricity generation have attained critical importance in South Africa. These impacts are quantified in order to obtain a monetary cost relative to local ...
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(Water Research Commission, 2014-10)Regular assessment of the state of water research and development (R&D) in South Africa is a necessary component of science policy and successful R&D implementation. Among others, effective R&D has a direct impact on water ...