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Has India become more innovative since 1991? Analysis of the evidence and some disquieting features

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2009

of 1991. A variety of conventional (in the absence of new indicators such as the results of innovation surveys) are … I engage myself with the literature on measuring innovation using a variety of indicators. In the third section I … sectoral systems of innovation such as in the case of the pharmaceutical industry. In the process of analyzing and piecing …

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International trade, R & D spillovers and productivity: Evidence from Indian manufacturing industry

Parameswaran, M. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This paper examines the effect of trade facilitated R & D spillovers on the productivity of manufacturing firms in India. Though developing countries are considered as the major beneficiaries of trade facilitated R&D spillovers, detailed empirical investigations in their context are lacking. The...

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Information technology and productivity: Evidence from India's manufacturing sector

Joseph, K.J; Abraham, Vinoj - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

While India's remarkable performance in IT software and service exports may be inspirational for other Indian industries and more so for other countries in the south, the moot question is how has India fared in terms of harnessing this technology for enhancing manufacturing productivity. This...

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The Sectoral system of innovation of Indian pharmaceutical industry

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2006

The paper undertakes a detailed mapping out of the sectoral system of innovation of India's pharmaceutical industry …. The industry is one of the most innovative industries in the Indian manufacturing sector. The innovation system of the … right, strong government research institutes and private sector enterprises which have invested in innovation. The TRIPS …

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Financing of industrial innovations in India How effective are tax incentives for R & D?

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2008

The paper surveys the instruments that are available for innovation financing in India. It identifies three such …

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Visible hand: Public policy and economic growth in the Nehru era

Balakrishnan, Pulapre - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This paper investigates the relationship between the policy regime and growth during 1950-64 termed here `the Nehru era'. While there exist valuable early appraisals of the period, access to new data and fresh information allows for a longer and comparative view of the outcome. We find...

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Rights-based strategies in the prevention of domestic violence

Panda, Pradeep Kumar - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2003

This study is an attempt to broaden the discussion about the prevention of domestic violence against women informed by a rights-based strategy. Specifically, the study discusses the critical elements of a human rights framework to reduce domestic violence, present research findings on the...

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Government intervention in industrial R & D: Some lessons from the international experience for India

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 1997

There is now substantial empirical evidence, based essentially on the experience of developed countries, that there is underinvestment in industrial R&D consequent to the gradual withdrawal of the state. It is generally observed that government can solve this problem of underinvestment in two...

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The Growth performance of India's telecommunication serivices industry, 1991-2006: Can it lead to the emergence of a domestic manufacturing hub?

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

India's economy is much more integrated with rest of the world now than it was in 1991. Several factors have facilitated this, some fiscal and some physical. One of the most important physical factors is the spectacular growth of telecommunications in India. An important facet of this revolution...

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Coping with globalisation: Public R & D projects in telecommunications technologies in developing countries

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2004

The paper focuses on the response strategies of public research systems in various advanced developing countries (Brazil, India and Korea) to specific challenges paused by increasing integration of their respective host economies with rest of the world. These challenges have dented holes in the...

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