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A new class of entrepreneurs, often operating below the market and policy radar, is pioneering new, disruptive modes of innovation that address the social and environmental concerns that public policy is currently struggling to deal with. In the June 2010 edition of LINK LOOK Andy Hall argues that an emphasis on the private sector in innovation systems thinking — and an assumption that this means companies — has obscured the importance of other forms of entrepreneurship. Many of these have a long history in development practice. Perhaps it is time to look below the radar and support the entrepreneurship we find there. |
NEW DISCUSSION PAPERS FROM LINK IN RIU SERIES LINK is pleased to announce the publication of new discussion papers in the RIU Discussion paper series, all available for download from the Research Into Use section of the this website and from www.researchintouse.com. RIU (Research Into Use) is a research and development programme designed to put agricultural research into use for developmental purposes and to conduct research on how to do this. The programme is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and follows earlier investments by DFID in agricultural and natural resources research supported through its renewable natural resources research strategy (RRNRRS).
FORTHCOMING JOURNAL ARTICLES Two papers from RIU Research Fellow Ann Kingiri are set to appear as articles in peer-reviewed journals in the coming months. The first, titled “Conflicting Advocacy Coalitions in an Evolving Modern Biotechnology Regulatory Sub-System: Policy Learning and Influence of Kenya’s Regulatory Policy Process” is to be published in Science and Public Policy. The second, titled “The Contested Framing of Biosafety Regulation as a Tool for Enhancing Public Awareness: Insights from the Kenyan Regulatory Process and BioAWARE Strategy”, will appear in the Tailoring Biotechnologies journal. Both articles are scheduled to be published in 2011. Details can be found at the Research Into Use section of this website. RIU RESEARCH FELLOW AT GLOBELICS 2010 RIU Research Fellow Vamsidhar Reddy presented a paper at the 2010 Globelics (Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems) conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 1, 2010. Vamsi’s paper, titled “Exploring Mechanisms for Putting Agricultural Value Chain-Oriented Research into Use: Empirical Cases from the Research Into Use Programme”, examines the innovation trajectories of three RIU-supported projects in South Asia. The conference paper will be out as an RIU discussion paper in the coming weeks.
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