Browsing School of Economics (SE) Collections by Subject "Innovation"

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    • Does Size Matter? Scale, Corruption and Uncertainty 

      Forgues-Puccio, Gonzalo; Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (2012)
      We study the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model in which growth occurs endogenously ...

    • Essays on governance, public finance, and economic development 

      Okumu, Ibrahim Mike (University of St Andrews, 2014)
      This thesis is composed of three distinct but related essays. The first essay studies the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based ...

    • Innovation and employment growth: evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa 

      Okumu, Ibrahim Mike; Bbaale, Edward; Guloba, Madina Mwagale (Springer open, 2019-02)
      This paper estimates the association between innovation and employment growth among manufacturing firms in Africa. The paper uses a cross-sectional World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset in which innovation is categorised ...

    • Labour productivity among small-and medium-scale enterprises in Uganda: the role of innovation 

      Okumu, Ibrahim Mike; Buyinza, Faisal (Springer, 2018)
      Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey data for Uganda, this paper employs the quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between labour productivity and innovation among SMEs. Innovation involves the ...