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Erika Kraemer Mbula

Professor, College of Business and Economics · University of Johannesburg

https://researchid.co/erikakm
@uj.ac.za
34Scopus Publications
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Research Interests

Innovation studies

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies, Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House) - 2005-2009. Thesis: Building technological capability in developing countries: A study of ICT firms in South Africa Name of University, Supervised by Prof. Sanjaya Lall and Prof. Adrian Wood. Masters in Science and Technology Policy (with distinction), Science and Policy Research Unit (SPRU) - 2001-2003. Thesis: Building Capabilities: Can Sub-Saharan countries learn from the East Asian experience? Supervised by Prof. Martin Bell. Degree in Economics, University of Cantabria, Spain - 19...

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Introduction to the Special Section in Honor of Richard R. Nelson
    Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2026
  2. New directions in innovation and development: twenty years of Globelics
    Innovation and Development, 2026
  3. Household sector innovation, diffusion failure, and business ownership: Evidence from South Africa
    Science and Public Policy, 2025
  4. Evolutionary economics and LDCs: An African perspective
    Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Economics, 2023
  5. Measuring innovation in the informal economy: Current knowledge and open issues
    Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement Second Edition, 2023

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