Innovation Imperatives for the Caribbean

FOCUS ON KNOWLEDGE FLOWS

• Innovation involves bidirectional knowledge flows, ecosystems that involve intense linkages and interactions through which knowledge circulates freely are more effective • Actors in knowledge circulation processes perform more effectively when they have shared meanings, understanding and objectives • There are no simple trade-offs between openness to knowledge sourced outside national borders and the strengthening of domestic technological capabilities (Marcelle 2014, 2004, Bell 2009).