INNOVATION DYNAMICS WITHIN EMERGING SOLAR INDUSTRIES IN OIL-RICH COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY Authors: Dr. Georgeta Vidican and Dr. Yasser Al-Saleh Masdar Institute of Science and Technology P.O. Box 54224, Abu Dhabi, UAE gvidican@masdar.ac.ae ; yalsaleh@masdar.ac.ae Paper prepared for the Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, 6-9 July 2011 Under review in the International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development