International records / OpenAlex research
Learning to innovate in Nigeria's cable and wire manufacturing subsector: inferences from a firm-level case study
Firm performance is known to be connected to firm-level innovation capability. Innovation capability, in turn, is an output of technological learning. This paper evaluates technological learning among firms in the cable and wire manufacturing subsector in Nigeria, using a case firm. We developed a model of the relationship between the innovative activities of the firm – as evidence of its capability – and its knowledge acquisition methodology. These are discussed within the context of the firm's stock of human capital. We found low technological innovation capability and high capability for or…
