AFRICA IN RESEARCH PUBLICATION CITATION AND INTERNET/WEB PRESENCE: GROWTH THROUGH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS

Ranjith K Gladstone
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Ranjith K Gladstone: Adventist International Institute of advanced studies, Philippines

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Abstract: The OCED Program on Innovation, Higher Education and Research for Development (IHERD) focuses on the knowledge economy, where the Universities in Africa express their significance of knowledge production through research and development (R&D), Research Publication Citation (RPC), and Internet/Web presence (IWP). Among the 15 Adventist Universities in Africa, only 11 universities are ranked for their RPC and IWP with only three universities within the first five hundred rankings. The Lucas–Romer endogenous growth model suggests that endogenously accumulated human capital has a direct impact on human capital leaving innovation in the stock of knowledge as an exogenous factor. It is an important source of long-term growth, either because it is a direct input into research or because of its positive externalities. Moreover, the difference in their rates of human capital accumulation gives the growth rates of various countries. On the other hand, the theory of online presence management and the social presence theory signifies the role of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of these low ranking Adventist Institutions. The purpose of the case study is to seek and identify the knowledge role in their RPC as well as SEO for IWP and their rate of human capital accumulation of the selected Adventist Universities in Africa. Findings of this study recommend significant reforms for the betterment through Foreign Direct Investments in the Universities in Africa.

Keywords: AFRICA; RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; CITATION; INTERNET; WEB; PRESENCE; GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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