For the purpose of the current study, selection criteria for successful innovation leaders further
included the following:
x Creative and research work under their leadership had proceeded further than basic or applied
research in the research and innovation value chain.
x Their research had manifested in one or more of the following:
o patent(s) were granted;
o license(s) were granted for commercial application; and/or
o research work has culminated in innovation strategies and/or government policy derived from
research