Erika Kraemer‐mbula
Biographic Data
| ID | 4154956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erika Kraemer‐mbula |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erika |
| FAMILY NAME | Kraemer‐mbula |
| SIGNATURE | MBULA E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1779-2126 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
New directions in innovation and development
This paper takes stock of twenty years of Globelics, a community that has transformed how innovation and development are understood in a global context. It shows how Globelics has contributed to placing the global South more centrally in innovation studies by putting learning, innovation and competence building at the heart of development. Reviewing contributions across five key themes, the paper highlights how Globelics has opened new conceptual…
The effects of digital transformation on innovation and productivity
This paper studies the relationships among the use of digital communication technologies, innovation performance and productivity, using an extended version of the Crepon-Duguet-Mairesse (1998) model, for a sample of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in a middle-income country, South Africa. Based on the results of an original survey carried out in 2019, we investigate these links for a sample of 711 manufacturing MSEs located in Johannesburg. W…
Captives of Capital? Exploring economic models as recursive and performative agents
Innovation and the performance of informal enterprises in developing countries
Purpose Examining the impact of gender on various aspects of business performance has gained research and policy traction, although the empirical evidence remains inconclusive. This paper aims to focus on one type of business, namely, informal enterprises and one dimension of business performance, namely, product innovation, to better understand how product innovations affect employment in both female- and male-owned informal enterprises. Design/…
Do Productive Capabilities Affect Export Performance? Evidence from African Firms
Innovation in developing countries
This article examines how the literature on innovation in developing countries has developed in the social science-related disciplines over the last two decades. While increasing fourfold in the last decade compared to the decade before, the bulk is on middle-income emerging economies. These emerging economies, especially China, increasingly shape the thematic orientation of the literature. In this respect, low-income countries remain marginal, a…
Gender diversity and enterprise innovative capability
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether female workers’ years of education do mediate the influence of gender diversity on innovative capability of enterprises in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study uses three waves Nigeria Enterprise Surveys panel dataset collected in 2007, 2009 and 2014, for a sample of 1,566 enterprises to circumvent the problems associated with application of cross-sectional designs in mediation…
Innovation in developing countries
This article examines how the literature on innovation in developing countries has developed in the social science-related disciplines over the last two decades. While increasing fourfold in the last decade compared to the decade before, the bulk is on middle-income emerging economies. These emerging economies, especially China, increasingly shape the thematic orientation of the literature. In this respect, low-income countries remain marginal, a…
Gender diversity and enterprise innovative capability
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether female workers’ years of education do mediate the influence of gender diversity on innovative capability of enterprises in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study uses three waves Nigeria Enterprise Surveys panel dataset collected in 2007, 2009 and 2014, for a sample of 1,566 enterprises to circumvent the problems associated with application of cross-sectional designs in mediation…
Innovation and the performance of informal enterprises in developing countries
Purpose Examining the impact of gender on various aspects of business performance has gained research and policy traction, although the empirical evidence remains inconclusive. This paper aims to focus on one type of business, namely, informal enterprises and one dimension of business performance, namely, product innovation, to better understand how product innovations affect employment in both female- and male-owned informal enterprises. Design/…
Do Productive Capabilities Affect Export Performance? Evidence from African Firms
Gender diversity and enterprise innovative capability
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether female workers’ years of education do mediate the influence of gender diversity on innovative capability of enterprises in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study uses three waves Nigeria Enterprise Surveys panel dataset collected in 2007, 2009 and 2014, for a sample of 1,566 enterprises to circumvent the problems associated with application of cross-sectional designs in mediation…
Captives of Capital? Exploring economic models as recursive and performative agents
Innovation and the performance of informal enterprises in developing countries
Purpose Examining the impact of gender on various aspects of business performance has gained research and policy traction, although the empirical evidence remains inconclusive. This paper aims to focus on one type of business, namely, informal enterprises and one dimension of business performance, namely, product innovation, to better understand how product innovations affect employment in both female- and male-owned informal enterprises. Design/…
Do Productive Capabilities Affect Export Performance? Evidence from African Firms
Innovation in developing countries
This article examines how the literature on innovation in developing countries has developed in the social science-related disciplines over the last two decades. While increasing fourfold in the last decade compared to the decade before, the bulk is on middle-income emerging economies. These emerging economies, especially China, increasingly shape the thematic orientation of the literature. In this respect, low-income countries remain marginal, a…
The effects of digital transformation on innovation and productivity
This paper studies the relationships among the use of digital communication technologies, innovation performance and productivity, using an extended version of the Crepon-Duguet-Mairesse (1998) model, for a sample of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in a middle-income country, South Africa. Based on the results of an original survey carried out in 2019, we investigate these links for a sample of 711 manufacturing MSEs located in Johannesburg. W…
New directions in innovation and development
This paper takes stock of twenty years of Globelics, a community that has transformed how innovation and development are understood in a global context. It shows how Globelics has contributed to placing the global South more centrally in innovation studies by putting learning, innovation and competence building at the heart of development. Reviewing contributions across five key themes, the paper highlights how Globelics has opened new conceptual…
Economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Industrial organization (3 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic and Technological Innovation (2 works) · Empirical evidence (2 works)