Document Type
Book Chapter
Subject Area(s)
Innovation Studies, Development Studies, Information Science, Intellectual Property Law
Abstract
This chapter provides findings from a Ugandan case study that examined innovation transfers between informal-sector automotive artisans and formally employed researchers at Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT). Th e primary site studied was CEDAT’s Gatsby Garage, an automotive workshop where it was found that the informal-sector artisans were central to innovative processes but were at the same time driven more by sharing impulses than by concern for the intellectual property (IP) implications of their work. Based on these findings, it is argued that Ugandan policy-makers need to seek policy tools to support innovation transfers between informal and informal sectors, and that the tools need to cater for a wide range of innovation incentives.
Publication Info
Published in Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa, ed. Jeremy de Beer, Chris Armstrong, Chidi Oguamanam and Tobias Schonwetter, 2014, pages 59-76.
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