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That technology is a vital requisite input for economic growth is indisputable. Productivity equation demonstrates the place of technology in economic activities, and many researches, focused on either on theoretical or empirical concerns, have sought to address the issues of technological change and productivity. It is not the goal of this book to go into the synthesis of literature and concepts at the center of academic research on technological change, and or accounting for technology in economic growth.
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Agola, N.O. (2016). Introduction. In: Technology Transfer and Economic Growth in Sub-Sahara African Countries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49557-5_1
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