Learning to innovate in Nigeria's cable and wire manufacturing subsector: inferences from a firm-level case study

Abiodun Egbetokun, W.O. Siyanbola and A.A. Adeniyi

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2010, vol. 7, issue 1, 55-74

Abstract: Firm performance is known to be connected to firm-level innovation capability. Innovation capability, in turn, is an output of technological learning. This paper evaluates technological learning among firms in the cable and wire manufacturing subsector in Nigeria, using a case firm. We developed a model of the relationship between the innovative activities of the firm – as evidence of its capability – and its knowledge acquisition methodology. These are discussed within the context of the firm's stock of human capital. We found low technological innovation capability and high capability for organisational and marketing innovation. Preparedness for technological learning is relatively poor with a staff training intensity of 5% and an innovation intensity of 0.0075%. We therefore propose stronger interconnectedness between the National Innovation System and the creation of industry-specific structures that could enhance learning.

Keywords: technological learning; innovation capability; innovation intensity; sub-sector; cable and wire manufacturing; actors; Nigeria; knowledge acquisition; staff training. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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