Today, Public policy apart from addressing the concerns/aspirations of the nation, must also be WTO complaint. All the subsidies are on the chopping mat, exceptions are few. One such an exception is subsidy to Ramp;D. This article gives a (Indian) historical perspective on this subject. The...

Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was developed to explain computer usage behaviour. This concept later found applications in studying adoption of consumer products like Cellular phones. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the importance of user motivations and perceptions in...

Proliferation of Sub-national innovation networks, a relatively new concept, promises to be an alternative to centralized national innovation system. To be an independent entity, its growth must come from within. This paper attempts to develop the concept further in the Indian context. It...

The path of Samp;T information flow from the generators to the end users is long winded and also beset with hurdles. While low demand discourages the creation of an elaborate information resource base and a service system, lack of facilities restricts strengthening of the demand force. It takes...

The success of Silicon Valley start-ups has led many countries to look at the beneficial impact of start-ups in creating jobs, improving economic standard of region, providing cutting edge to competition of nation. Not many of the attempts to transplant this typical US system in alien...

India has not adopted the import-innovate-export paradigm of ASEAN countries, yet the gains in absorption capacity of Indian firms seem impressive. As India has not followed the trajectory of ASEAN neighbors, it is interesting to examine the future scenarios of technology partnering. Would large...

With economists discovering direct relation between technology change and economy growth, management gurus basing their theories of competitive advantage on innovations and world bank spreading the gospel of social development driven by knowledge adoption, the perceived importance of innovations...

Clusters are groups of firms, related actors, and institutions that are located near one another and that draw productive advantage from their mutual proximity and connections. Clusters arise and grow because the firms within them profit materially from the presence of powerful...

Beginning of COVID-19, expectations are rampant on India resorting to compulsory license to protect its large population from virus carnage. Also price controls on drugs and medical devices seemed to work against Indian patients getting proper healthcare based on new technologies. But what...