Research Scholarly Works

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Buchana, Y. (2023). Eco-innovation and agricultural sustainability: empirical evidence from South Africa’s agricultural sector. Innovation and Development, 1-20.
• Buchana, Y. & Sithole, M. (2022). Towards a conceptual framework for measuring innovation in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan developing countries. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development,1-11. Routledge.
• Kahn, A., Sithole, M & Buchana, Y. (2022). An analysis of the impact of technological innovation on productivity in South African manufacturing firms using direct measures of innovation. South African Journal of Economics, 90(1), 37-56.
• Kasongo, A., Sithole, M. & Buchana, Y. (2021). Empirical analysis of innovation and productivity in services firms: The case of South Africa. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 1-13. Routledge.
• Kruss, G., Sithole, M., Buchana, Y. (2021). Towards an indicator of R&D and human development. Development Southern Africa, 38(2), 248-263. Routledge.
• Sithole, M; Buchana, Y. (2021). Effects of innovation activities on employment growth in upper-middle-income countries with high unemployment rates. Development Southern Africa, 38(3), 371-390. Routledge.
• Buchana, Y., Garbutt, M & Seymour, L.F. (2018). Identifying micro‐level generative mechanisms of ICT‐enabled performance improvement in resource‐constrained healthcare organisations: A critical realist perspective. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries.
• Buchana, Y., & Seymour, L.F. (2015). Theorising inter-organisational health information systems as complex adaptive systems in the context of emergency medical services. Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Research Conference on South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 1-7.
• Buchana, Y., & Visvanathan, N. (2014). The Effect Of Mobile BI On Organisational Managerial Decision-Making. Journal of Applied Business Research, 30(4), 1003-1018.

Conference Presentations

• Buchana, Y. (2023). A cluster analysis of innovation barriers in the agricultural sector: A k-modes machine learning algorithm approach. Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, Atlanta, USA.
• Buchana, Y. (2023). Problematising the role of STI policy in agricultural innovation in developing countries: The case of South Africa. Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, Atlanta, USA.
• Buchana, Y., Sithole, M.M., Kruss, G., & Majokweni, P. (2022). Investigating patterns of innovation in agricultural businesses: Evidence from South African AgriBIS 2016-201. Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa Conference, Windhoek, Namibia.
• Buchana, Y., & Sithole, M.M. (2019). Exploring the influence of absorptive capacity on innovation performance of non-R&D intensive firms: Evidence from South Africa. Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, Atlanta, USA.
• Habiyaremye, A. & Buchana, Y. (2019). Co-operative learning and innovation co-creation in university community engagement projects. Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, Atlanta, USA.
• Buchana, Y. (2019). Innovation collaboration mechanisms enabling innovation performance in a triple helix innovation ecosystem: Evidence from South Africa. The Triple Helix Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Buchana, Y., & Seymour, L. F. (2017). Institutional Logics of IT-enabled Organizational Performance in Resource Constrained EMS Organizations. Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Boston, USA.

Research Reports

• Buchana, Y., Sithole, M., Kruss, G., Ralphs, G., Kahn, A., Majokweni, P., & Sigenu, V. (2024). Modernising South Africa’s agricultural sector through innovation: Results from the South African Agricultural Business Innovation Survey, 2019-2021. Human Sciences Research Council. (download)
• Buchana, Y., Sithole, M., & Kruss, G. (2021). Innovation performance in South African commercial agriculture, forestry and fisheries businesses, 2016-2018: Results of a baseline survey with key national and sectoral trends. Human Sciences Research Council.(download)
• Buchana, Y., Sithole, M., Moses, C., Kruss, G., Ralphs, G., Kahn, A., & Kasongo, A. (2020). Innovation performance in South African businesses, 2014-2016: Activities, outcomes, enablers, constraints. Human Sciences Research Council.(download)

Policy Briefs

• Buchana, Y. (2024). Towards a unified eco-innovation policy framework for sustainable agriculture in South Africa. HSRC.
• Majokweni, P., Kruss, G., Kahn, A., Sithole, M., & Buchana, Y. (2022). Adoption and diffusion of advanced ICTs in South Africa’s agricultural sector: Policy issues and implications. HSRC.
• Buchana, Y., Sithole, M., & Majokweni, P. (2022). Promoting innovation collaboration in South Africa: Unveiling patterns and barriers. HSRC.
• Buchana, Y., & Sithole, M. (2020). Innovation and employment growth in South Africa: Effects and implications. HSRC.
• Kruss, G., Sithole, M., & Buchana, Y. (2020). Towards an R&D indicator and human development. HSRC.