The Political Economy at district level in Indonesia
In this LEDCast episode Christian Schoen of mesopartner and Dr. Christian von Luebke of Stanford University discuss the political economy at...
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20 of 68 episodesExperiences in Cluster Development - interview with Lindqvist
In this episode, Frank Wältring of mesopartner interviews Dr. Göran Lindqvist on the learning experiences in cluster development since 2003....
LEDCast: Cluster facilitation
In this LEDCast episode, Frank Waeltring interviews Ifor Ffowcs-Williams on the role of a "cluster facilitator". The difference between clus...
LED in post recovery disaster areas
In this episode, Dr. Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke of mesopartner interviews professionals of the international NGO World Vision: Elvire Douglas, Hu...
Natasha Walker on facilitation - part 2 of 2
This is the 2nd part of the interview between Shawn Cunningham and Natasha Walker on facilitation.
Natasha Walker on facilitation - part 1 of 2
Shawn Cunningham interviews Natasha Walker on the essence of facilitation. During the conversation they share some practical tips and also a...
Announcement of the death of Jorg Meyer-Stamer
As many listeners are aware, Dr. Jorg Meyer-Stamer passed away on the 1st of May, 2009. In this short announcement Shawn Cunningham commit o...
Case #16: The Provincial Competitiveness Index in Vietnam
Edmund Malesky explains the conceptual foundation and the impact of the PCI, an exercise that has been running in Vietnam for some years, un...
Innovation #3: Analysing an innovation system in South Africa
John Lawson, Geoff Ritson and Jorg Meyer-Stamer discuss the outcomes of a RALIS exercise, i.e. a quick diagnosis of the innovation system ar...
Case #15: Cluster promotion in Western Cape province, South Africa
Nigel Gwynne-Evans of the Department of Economic Development in the Western Cape, South Africa, shares his experience with ten years of clus...
Value Chains #7: Lessons learnt in value chain promotion
Jorg Meyer-Stamer has a conversation with Jim Tomecko (GTZ, Thailand) on some of the main lessons learnt in value chain development initiati...
A conversation with Jorg Meyer-Stamer, part 2
Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke and Frank Waeltring interview Jorg Meyer-Stamer on the second part of his career, working as an advisor and trainer an...
A conversation with Jorg Meyer-Stamer, part 1
Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke and Frank Waeltring interview Jorg Meyer-Stamer on the first part of his career, when he was working in academia and p...
Innovation #2: Innovation Systems
Shawn and Jorg explore the relevance of national, regional and sectoral innovation systems and discuss practical ways of changing the way in...
Innovation #1: Introduction
Kicking off a new series, Shawn and Jorg have a conversation on some basic concepts and issues around innovation.
Cases #14: The evolution of carnival in Trinidad
Clive Pegus tells Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke how the carnival in Trinidad is an important factor in the local economy, not only due to its growth...
Tools #11: The Boston Matrix
In another presentation from mesopartner's Africa Academy on LED, Colin Mitchell presents a variation of the Boston Matrix, a simple tool to...
Tools #10: The Leaking Bucket
In a presentation from mesopartner's Africa Academy on LED, Afia Darkwa-Amanor presents the Leaking Bucket, a tool that allows to leverage m...
Tools #9: Polarity management
In a presentation from mesopartner's Africa Academy on LED, Shawn Cunningham presents the concept of polarity management, i.e. an approach t...
Tools #8: The Vegetable Garden: A practical way to explain the "enabling environment"
In a recording from mesopartner's first Africa Academy on LED, Sonja Ende uses the metaphor of a vegetable garden to explain the principles...