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Technology transfer and absorptive capacities in South Africa's medical device industry

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  • Tebogo Simon Ramaoka
  • Erika Kraemer-Mbula

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This paper explores South African manufacturing of medical devices, focusing on firms’ acquisition of imported and domestic technologies through technology transfer and their related absorptive capacity. Using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods approach, this paper demonstrates that technology transfer does occur in the medical device industry in South Africa, and that the absorptive capacity displayed by firms in the industry is sufficient to facilitate technology transfer. The results of the analysis suggest that there is room for policymakers to create and promote sectoral coherence and to coordinate the various stakeholders for the industry to grow. This study contributes to the scarce literature on technology transfer in the medical device industry in Africa.

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  • Tebogo Simon Ramaoka & Erika Kraemer-Mbula, 2022. "Technology transfer and absorptive capacities in South Africa's medical device industry," African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(5), pages 1356-1368, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rajsxx:v:14:y:2022:i:5:p:1356-1368
    DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2021.1958988
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