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Browsing Research Articles (Institute for Technological Innovation (ITI)) by Type "Article"
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-03)Scientific journals play an important role in academic information exchange and their assessment is of interest to science authorities, editors and researchers. The assessment of journals is of particular interest to ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2023-09)With the understanding that universities play multiple social purposes, we aimed to provide an estimation of the economic impact of the public universities in South Africa. Using models described in the literature, ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-03)An unprecedented outbreak of the Ebola virus in 2014 claimed more than 1000 lives in West Africa and the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency. This outbreak will undoubtedly promote additional ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016-11)The results of an effort to identify the performance of energy and fuels research in South Africa during the most recent period (2003–2013) are reported. Bibliometric approaches have been employed in order to assess the ...
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(Institute of Business Administration, 2009)Biotechnology has been identified as a priority area for the national innovation system in South Africa. Since 2003 new structures have been established in the country in order to enhance biotechnology research and innovation ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017-11)We report the results of an effort to measure the contribution of copyright-based industries to the South African economy. Following the methodology of the World Intellectual Property Organization, we identify the copyright ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-03)We present the direct and indirect contributions of higher education institutions in South Africa to certain macroeconomic indicators such as GDP and employment, with the ultimate purpose of establishing their importance ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2018)Research and development (R&D) activities that lead to innovation can contribute highly to a country’s economic growth and development. However, research output can be expressed in different forms, such as research ...
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(Bentham Open, 2008-05-01)This article reports the results of a mapping and comparative assessment exercise of the field of energy & fuels research in South African higher education institutions. Even though assessment of research activities is ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2010-01)Within a short period, Eskom has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) for the third time since the 2008 electricity crisis, proposing a multiyear price determination for the periods 2010-2011 ...
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(Energy Research Insitute, University of Cape Town, 2009-05)Energy poverty affects more than 40% of the world’s population. Fuels and appliances used by low-income groups have been of low-quality, expensive, non-durable and have posed serious health and safety risks to users. ...
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(South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2021-12-17)BACKGROUND: Experts recommend support to patents for stimulating innovation. Also, the South African government supports patents, in particular, international patents. In this paper it is examined how this strategy can be ...
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International positioning of South African electricity prices and commodity differentiated pricing (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2013-03-16)The South African electricity industry has seen a dramatic increase in prices over the past 3 years. This increase has been blanketed across all sectors and is based on a number of factors such as sector, usage and, in ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2002-11)This paper reports on research into the technology transfer activities of South African aviation industry companies. The technologies surrounding the maintenance function were investigated, since this is one of the main ...
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(Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2007-03)This article presents part of the findings of the Research Marketing and Technology Commercialization Survey conducted in South Africa during 2005 and 2006. Part IV (Q4) of this survey was designed to examine nine drivers ...
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An overview of the electricity externality analysis in South Africa within the international context (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2010-11)Externalities are an integral part of South Africa’s electricity power generation sector as the country is highly dependent on coal as the primary fuel source. While there have been significant efforts to account for the ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2011-11-01)Intellectual property rights systems are important policy instruments in the armoury of governments. They have the potential to have favourable or adverse consequences for the relevant national system of innovation, ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2002)This paper gives a review of the theory of technology transfer mechanisms. It is intended as an overview for practitioners. Technology transfer is defined and the technology transfer process discussed. Various technology ...
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(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012)This article reports the findings of a scientometric analysis of South Africa’s research performance during the period 2000–2010. A multitude of government incentives were introduced during the period and their effects ...
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(Water Research Commission, 2014-10)Regular assessment of the state of water research and development (R&D) in South Africa is a necessary component of science policy and successful R&D implementation. Among others, effective R&D has a direct impact on water ...
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