Through a longitudinal analysis of Bangalore’s development over two centuries leading to its present status as Asia’s largest ICT cluster, it is observed that cluster-development is primarily a function of the entrepreneurial activities of people rather than a of an ‘ecosystem’ created...

Structural change is an important driver of productivity growth at the aggregate level. While previous productivity decompositions account for the contributions of market entry and exit, they overlook continuing firms that switch from one industry to another. We develop an improved productivity...

Copyright duration has been or is being extended in many countries. Technological and demographical changes were cited by a US Senate report to argue for US copyright term extension. This paper analyzes the validity of the arguments. Simulation of a model of the information product market...

This article is a chapter in a book that critically examines prevalent policy one-liners for ICT regulation. In this case, the statement 'ICT regulation should be technology-neutral' is analysed. It starts with an overview of e-policies that mention this as a starting point. Next, the various...