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- How can open collaborative innovation help businesses scale up and seize the new opportunities of a global knowledge economy?
- Which knowledge governance policies will best ensure that the social and economic benefits of innovation are shared inclusively?
To answer these questions, we conduct case studies on high technology hubs, informal sector entrepreneurship, indigenous entrepreneurs, and performance metrics and management practices.[/norebro_text]
[norebro_text text_typo=”font_size~15||line_height~25||weight~300″]Read our Annual Reports below:[/norebro_text]
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Our researchers come from many disciplines, including law, economics, management, political science, and public policy. Open AIR is a partnership involving six leading universities—the University of Ottawa in Canada, the University of Cape Town in South Africa, the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, Strathmore University in Kenya, the Nigerian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, and the American University in Cairo, Egypt. For more information on our researchers, please see our Team page.
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[norebro_text]The Open African Innovation Research network (Open AIR) has a brief but rich history. It is the successor to several different research projects and is building on the results.[/norebro_text][norebro_text]Right now, our activities position our Africa-focused research in the middle of a growing global network, strengthening cross-regional connections amongst Africa and the rest of the world – especially in Francophone African countries.[/norebro_text]
