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Natural Resource Dependency and Innovation in the GCC Countries

Natural Resource Dependency and Innovation in the GCC Countries

Thomas Andersson
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781613501658|ISBN10: 161350165X|EISBN13: 9781613501665
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-165-8.ch016
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Andersson, Thomas. "Natural Resource Dependency and Innovation in the GCC Countries." Technological, Managerial and Organizational Core Competencies: Dynamic Innovation and Sustainable Development, edited by Farley Simon Nobre, et al., IGI Global, 2012, pp. 278-301. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-165-8.ch016

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Andersson, T. (2012). Natural Resource Dependency and Innovation in the GCC Countries. In F. Nobre, D. Walker, & R. Harris (Eds.), Technological, Managerial and Organizational Core Competencies: Dynamic Innovation and Sustainable Development (pp. 278-301). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-165-8.ch016

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Andersson, Thomas. "Natural Resource Dependency and Innovation in the GCC Countries." In Technological, Managerial and Organizational Core Competencies: Dynamic Innovation and Sustainable Development, edited by Farley Simon Nobre, David Walker, and Robert J. Harris, 278-301. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-165-8.ch016

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Abstract

Whether the current strong performance displayed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries proves sustainable for the long term will cast new light on the extent to which natural resource abundance can be turned into a “blessing”, rather than a “curse”, and then the requirements for that. This chapter synthesizes new evidence on the conditions for innovation in these economies, including through examination of innovative performances at firm level, collected through the first Community Innovation Survey (CIS) carried out in the GCC countries. Whereas strengths are recorded in some respects, e.g., Information and Communication Technology (ICT), education and some conditions for start-up activity, challenges remain in others, including with regard to governance. The chapter ends with recommendations what further action is required to enable better conditions for innovation both in the natural resource sector itself, and broadly in the economy.

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