%0 Journal Article
%T Research and development absorptive capacity: a M¨¡ori perspective
%A Katharina Ruckstuhl
%A Maria Amoamo
%A Ngaire Hiria Hart
%A Richard Pollock
%A Te Taka Keegan
%A William John Martin
%J K¨­tuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2019.1580752
%X ABSTRACT This paper presents a view of research and development absorptive capacity from a M¨¡ori perspective. The assessment is part of a case study of a longitudinal programme ¨C Science for Technological Innovation: Kia kotahi mai ¨C Te Ao Putaiao me te Ao Hanagarau that aims to increase Aotearoa New Zealand¡¯s capacity to use sci-tech for economic benefit. The paper finds that while Aotearoa New Zealand¡¯s macro policy and meso institutional levels have become more responsive to M¨¡ori research and development demands, at the micro level of the individual or the firm there are still constraints given the small numbers of M¨¡ori in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In response to this, a novel model of M¨¡ori sci-tech capacity is under development that considers not only research and development technical capacities, but also the human and relational capacities required to accelerate absorptive capacity to respond to M¨¡ori social and economic aspirations
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1177083X.2019.1580752