Recommendations

"...well developed ability to identify problems, present and explain them, and to suggest solutions...."

(Prof. Uwe Cantner, Chair of Microeconomics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. August 12, 2011).

"...I have worked closely with him [Abiodun] since he was a master’s degree student in our department and he has consistently demonstrated outstanding scholarly abilities. He finished on top of his MSc class...he has published extensively in the last 3 years and some of his articles have appeared in major journals in the field such as the International Journal of Technology Management and the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital...I am very confident of his potential... "

(Prof. M. O. Ilori, Nigeria's First Professor of Technology Management; former Director, TPDU, OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Technology, OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. May 17, 2010)

"...He has gained considerable useful international research and training experience, having participated in several conferences and workshops including the DIMETIC Doctoral Training Sessions organised by the DIME Network of Excellence...His publications in several reputable journals cover a broad range of relevant issues..his ability...is not questionable...He is also morally and emotionally stable..."

(Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Director of the Monitoring and Research Division at UN-HABITAT and Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands. April 10, 2010)

"...His delivery on the job and in his academic pursuits have shown him to be a diligent and brilliant person with a bright scholarly mind. He finished in the top 25% of his BSc class...he has had significant opportunities to learn as a researcher and scientific author, having participated in over 5 major research projects and produced over 25 journal papers, technical reports and conference papers on topical issues in the last 3 years. The research projects include those funded by the World Bank and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). His publications cover a broad range of relevant issues including innovation systems and management, entrepreneurship, Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), industrial organization and strategic management....and he also teaches Technological Entrepreneurship, R&D and Innovation Management, and Strategic Management of Technology on a Postgraduate Diploma run by our Centre in English language...He has shown himself to be morally sound and emotionally stable; with an outstanding ability to work well independently and within a team. I have confidence in his ability..."

(Dr. Willie Siyanbola, PhD [Sussex]; DG/CEO of NACETEM, frontline Nigerian technocrat and Material Scientist. April 1, 2010)

"...His work centres mainly on how to harness STI for development within the developing country context..."

(Dr. O. O. Olamade, Former Head, Technology Innovation and Enterprise Studies [TIES] at NACETEM and Director of NACETEM's North-Central Zonal Office in Abuja, Nigeria. August 23, 2008)

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