6th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies (MEIDE)
Cape Town, South Africa
November 21-23, 2012
Center for Science, Technology & Innovation Indicators (CeSTII),
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
UNU-MERIT, United Nations University
UNU-MERIT (United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology) is pleased to announce that the 6th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE) will be held on November 21-23, 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. This year’s conference will be co-organized with the OECD-IHERD (Innovation, Higher Education and Research for Development) Program and CeSTII (Center for Science, Technology & Innovation Indicators) of the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa.
The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers from around the world to discuss the importance of innovation for economic growth and development. This year we would like to emphasize applications of the concepts of inclusive innovation, indigenous innovation and user innovation. We would also like to enlarge the topics coverage to include other aspects of development than innovation, such as studies on science, education, trade, migration or policy evaluation. Priority will be given to empirical studies that are devoted to developing countries and that are based on micro data, such as innovation surveys, R&D surveys, firm and household surveys, patents, publications, or research grants. There is also room for methodological and theoretical papers as well as for evidence from case studies.
Examples of topics:
• Innovation, productivity and firm performance
• Innovation, education, health, human capital, and social capital
• Innovation in universities and public institutions
• Technology adoption and diffusion
• Innovation and employment
• Innovation and internationalization
• Innovation and the role of financial institutions
• Inclusive innovation
• Indigenous innovation
• Innovation and international trade
• Firm learning/upgrading and exports
• Effectiveness of innovation policies
• Innovation metrics
• Non-technological innovations
• User innovations
• Migration and development
• Policy evaluations
• Eco-innovation
• Innovation and agriculture
• Intellectual property rights
• Scientific careers and mobility
• Productivity and spillovers in scientific research
• Cooperation and scientific research networks
Practical information
A visa may be required to enter South-Africa for some of the participants. There will be no conference fee. An attempt will be made to raise money to cover some of the hotel or travel costs for paper presenters.
Local organizer: Neo Molotja (CeSTII)
Scientific committee:
Théophile Azomahou (UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University)
William Blankley (CeSTII)
Xiaolan Fu (University of Oxford)
Fred Gault (UNU-MERIT and Tschwane University)
Mulu Gebreeyesus (UNU-MERIT)
Dominique Guellec (OECD)
Norbert Janz (UNU-MERIT and Applied University in Aachen)
Jacques Mairesse (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, INSEE)
Gillian Marcelle (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)
Pierre Mohnen (UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University)
Neo Molotja (CeSTII)
Caroline Paunov (OECD)
Moses Sithole (CeSTII)
Submission: Researchers are invited to submit a paper by June 1, 2012. Extended abstracts and incomplete papers will also be accepted for submission, but preference will be given to full papers. Please submit using the submission form. If your proposal is accepted, a formal invitation form will be sent to you, upon request, for application of visas to South Africa.
Important dates
Submission deadline: June 1, 2012
Notification of acceptance: June 21, 2012
Sending paper to organizers: November 16, 2012
MEIDE 6 conference: November 21-23, 2012
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