Cirera, Xavier2015-04-022015-04-022015-03-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21684Kenya s economy has undergone a significant process of structural transformation over the last decade. Since 2002, the economy has shown an accelerating trend with GDP growth increasing steadily from below 1 percent in 2002 to 7 percent in 2007. After a slowdown in GDP growth to 1.5 percent and 2.7 percent in 2008 and 2009 respectively, economic growth started to rebound in 2010. Amidst this positive growth context, in October 2013, the Kenyan Government launched the Second Medium-Term Plan (MTP-2) of the Vision 2030. The aim of Kenya s Vision 2030 is to create a globally competitive and prosperous country with a high quality of life by 2030 and to shift the country s status to upper-middle income level.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYAUTOMATIONAVAILABILITY OF DATABALANCE SHEETBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTSBUSINESS INTELLIGENCEBUSINESS MODELSCAPABILITIESCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL ASSETSCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCENTERS OF EXCELLENCECOLLABORATIONCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE R&DCOMPETITIVENESSCOPYRIGHTCOPYRIGHTSCORPORATE ALLIANCESCREATIVE DESTRUCTIONCUSTOMIZATIONCUSTOMSDELIVERY METHODSDEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIONDIFFERENT TYPES OF INNOVATIONDIGITALIZATIONDISCUSSIONSDISPLACEMENTDRIVERSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SECTORSEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEMPLOYMENT GROWTHENABLING ENVIRONMENTENTERPRISE SURVEYENTERPRISE SURVEYSEQUIPMENTEXPLORATIONEXTERNAL KNOWLEDGEEXTERNAL SOURCESEXTERNAL SOURCES OF INFORMATIONFACTORS OF PRODUCTIONFINANCIAL CONSTRAINTSFIRM PERFORMANCEFRAMEWORK FOR INNOVATIONGROWTH THEORYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RESOURCESICTIDEAIMPACT OF KNOWLEDGEINCOMEINCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTSINCREMENTAL INNOVATIONINCREMENTAL INNOVATIONSINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONINFORMATION FLOWSINFORMATION INFRASTRUCTUREINNOVATIONINNOVATION ACTINNOVATION EFFORTSINNOVATION INDICATORSINNOVATION INPUTSINNOVATION OUTCOMEINNOVATION OUTCOMESINNOVATION OUTPUTSINNOVATION POLICYINNOVATION PROCESSINNOVATION PROCESSESINNOVATION PROGRAMSINNOVATION SURVEYSINNOVATIONSINNOVATIVE ACTIVITIESINNOVATIVE BEHAVIORINNOVATIVE FIRMSINNOVATIVE PROCESSINSTITUTIONINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINTANGIBLE ASSETSINTEGRATIONINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICESINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINVENTIONSINVESTMENT IN KNOWLEDGEINVESTMENTS IN INNOVATIONKNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATIONKNOWLEDGE ACTIVITIESKNOWLEDGE ASSETSKNOWLEDGE CAPITALLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLEADINGLICENSESLOGISTICAL SYSTEMSMANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMARKET ACCESSMARKET FAILURESMARKET INFORMATIONMARKET SHAREMARKET SHARESMARKETINGMEASURING INTANGIBLE ASSETSMEDIUM ENTERPRISESMETRICSMODEL INNOVATIONNETWORKSNEW ENTRANTSNEW MARKETSNEW PRODUCTNEW PRODUCTSNEW TECHNOLOGIESNEW TECHNOLOGYORGANIZATIONAL CAPITALORGANIZATIONAL CHANGEORGANIZATIONAL CHANGESORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIONORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIONSORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREOUTPUTSPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY SUPPORTPRIVATE SECTORPROCESS INNOVATIONPROCESS INNOVATIONSPRODUCT INNOVATIONPRODUCT INNOVATIONSPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTION PROCESSESPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHQUALITY OF INNOVATIONR&DRADICAL INNOVATIONSRESULTRESULTSSCIENTIFIC INFORMATIONSKILLED LABORSOURCES OF INFORMATIONSOURCES OF KNOWLEDGESTRONG TIESSUCCESSFUL INNOVATIONSTARGETSTAX INCENTIVESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURETECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRADE SERVICESTRAINING INVESTMENTSTRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGETYPE OF KNOWLEDGETYPES OF KNOWLEDGEUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNSKILLED LABORUSESUTILITY MODELUTILITY MODELSVALUE CHAINSVISIONWAGESWORK FORCEWORKPLACECatching Up to the Technological Frontier?ReportWorld BankUnderstanding Firm-level Innovation and Productivity in Kenya10.1596/21684