Erika Kraemer Mbula

@uj.ac.za

Professor, College of Business and Economics
University of Johannesburg

Erika Kraemer Mbula


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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 - 1995-1999.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Economics and Econometrics, Development, Multidisciplinary
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Scopus Publications

3001

Scholar Citations

22

Scholar h-index

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Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • New directions in innovation and development: twenty years of Globelics
    E Kraemer-Mbula, S Cozzens, A Cummings, M Iizuka, R Lema, M Szapiro
    Innovation and Development, 1-20 , 2026
    2026
  • Introduction to the Special Section in Honor of Richard R. Nelson
    M Grazzi, E Kraemer-Mbula, T Treibich
    Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 1-5 , 2026
    2026
  • Household sector innovation, diffusion failure, and business ownership: evidence from South Africa
    JPJ De Jong, M Mulhuijzen, D Cowen, L Onyango, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Science and Public Policy 52 (4), 613-629 , 2025
    2025
  • Hybridization and Introgression between Sympatric Barbus Species in Kenyan Riverine Habitats Connected to Lake Victoria
    L Bornmann, E Kraemer-Mbula, R Tijssen, J Adams, R Haunschild, ...
    2025
  • Transformative innovation in times of change: Lessons for Africa from the 2020 global pandemic
    E Kraemer-Mbula, R Hanlin, R Byrne, C Daniels, A Kingiri
    African Books Collective , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • 14 Conclusion
    R Hanlin, E Kraemer-Mbula, R Byrne, C Daniels, A Kingiri
    Transformative Innovation in Times of Change: Lessons for Africa from the … , 2024
    2024
  • Evolutionary economics and LDCs: An African perspective
    J Fagerberg, E Kraemer-Mbula, E Lorenz
    Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Economics, 433-444 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Measuring frontier technology adoption in developing countries
    E Lorenz, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement, 260-277 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Measuring innovation in the informal economy: Current knowledge and open issues
    E Kraemer-Mbula
    Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement, 363-374 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Where are innovation indicators and measurement going?
    A Arundel, E Kraemer-Mbula, F Gault
    Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement, 430-432 , 2023
    2023
  • Handbook of innovation indicators and measurement
    F Gault, A Arundel, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Edward Elgar Publishing , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 219
  • Making the invisible visible: Informal innovation in South Africa
    JPJ de Jong, M Mulhuijzen, D Cohen, E Kraemer-Mbula, L Onyango, ...
    United Nations Development Programma (UNDP) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • Firm innovation and employment in South Africa: Examining the role of export participation and innovation novelty
    K Naidoo, M Bengoa, E Kraemer-Mbula, F Tregenna
    Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 59 (2), 589-604 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • Transformative innovation in times of change: Lessons for Africa from COVID-19
    CDAK Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Rebecca Hanlin, Rob Byrne
    2023
  • The effects of digital transformation on innovation and productivity: Firm-level evidence of South African manufacturing micro and small enterprises
    C Gaglio, E Kraemer-Mbula, E Lorenz
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change 182, 121785 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 563
  • Technology transfer and absorptive capacities in South Africa's medical device industry
    T Simon Ramaoka, E Kraemer-Mbula
    African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 14 (5 … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 11
  • Value Creation and Socioeconomic Inclusion in South African Maker Communities
    C Armstrong, E Kraemer-Mbula
    The African Journal of Information and Communication 2022 (29), 1-25 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Digitalization, innovation and productivity in South African micro and small enterprises
    CA Gaglio, E Kraemer-Mbula, E Lorenz
    2022
    Citations: 7
  • The Innovation and Development Agenda in Africa: Status, Challenges and Perspectives
    MH Andersen, R Hanlin, A Kingiri, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Research Policy , 2022
    2022
  • Innovation and uneven development: The challenge for low-and middle-income economies
    R Kaplinsky, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Research Policy 51 (2), 104394 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 220

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The effects of digital transformation on innovation and productivity: Firm-level evidence of South African manufacturing micro and small enterprises
    C Gaglio, E Kraemer-Mbula, E Lorenz
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change 182, 121785 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 563
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) deployments in Africa: Benefits, challenges and policy dimensions
    A Gwagwa, E Kraemer-Mbula, N Rizk, I Rutenberg, J De Beer
    The African Journal of Information and Communication 26, 1-28 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 268
  • Innovation and uneven development: The challenge for low-and middle-income economies
    R Kaplinsky, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Research Policy 51 (2), 104394 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 220
  • Handbook of innovation indicators and measurement
    F Gault, A Arundel, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Edward Elgar Publishing , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 219
  • Innovation and the development agenda
    KM Erika, W Watu
    OECD Publishing , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 199
  • The informal economy in developing nations
    E Kraemer-Mbula, S Wunsch-Vincent
    Cambridge University Press , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 166
  • The cybercrime ecosystem: Online innovation in the shadows?
    E Kraemer-Mbula, P Tang, H Rush
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change 80 (3), 541-555 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 155
  • Research excellence in Africa: policies, perceptions, and performance
    R Tijssen, E Kraemer-Mbula
    Science and Public Policy 45 (3), 392-403 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 123
  • Innovation in developing countries: examining two decades of research
    R Lema, E Kraemer-Mbula, M Rakas
    Innovation and Development 11 (2-3), 189-210 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 109
  • Is African industry competing?
    S Lall
    Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 102
  • Transforming research excellence: New ideas from the Global South
    E Kraemer-Mbula, R Tijssen, M Wallace, R McLean
    African Minds , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 68
  • Are African micro-and small enterprises misunderstood? Unpacking the relationship between work organisation, capability development and innovation
    E Kraemer-Mbula, E Lorenz, L Takala-Greenish, OO Jegede, T Garba, ...
    International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 67
  • Adapting the innovation systems framework to Sub-Saharan Africa
    E Kraemer-Mbula, W Wamae
    Innovation and the development agenda, 65-90 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 43
  • Work organisation, forms of employee learning and national systems of education and training
    E Lorenz, BÅ Lundvall, E Kraemer‐Mbula, P Rasmussen
    European Journal of Education 51 (2), 154-175 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 38
  • Do productive capabilities affect export performance? Evidence from African firms
    EK Avenyo, F Tregenna, E Kraemer-Mbula
    The European Journal of Development Research 33 (2), 304-329 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 33
  • Southern Africa
    E Kraemer-Mbula, M Scerri
    UNESCO science report: towards 2030, 535-65 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 32
  • Innovation strategies in developing countries
    E Kraemer-Mbula, R Maharajh
    Innovation and the development agenda, 133-151 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 32
  • Crime online: Cybercrime and illegal innovation
    H Rush, C Smith, E Kraemer-Mbula, P Tang
    2009
    Citations: 31
  • Industrial competitiveness in Africa: lessons from East Asia
    S Lall, E Kraemer-Mbula
    (No Title) , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 31
  • Gender diversity and enterprise innovative capability: The mediating effect of women’s years of education in Nigeria
    T Garba, E Kraemer-Mbula
    International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 10 (4), 290-309 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 27