ADAMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
PROCEEDINGS OF GLOBELICS CONFERENCE & VALUE CHAIN TRAINING
ADAMA JUNE 2015
Strategies for industrialization: Combining the Global Value Chain
and the Innovation System Perspective
Bengt-Åke Lundvall
Globelics Secretariat
Aalborg University
The structure of the paper is as follows:
1. High growth but unsatisfactory structural transformation in Africa.
2. Ethiopia’s ambitious plan for becoming an industrial economy.
3. How can innovation and industrial policy transform growth into inclusive
development?
4. Combining integration of global value chains with building strong national