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Innovation in India : Combining Economic Growth with Inclusive Development.
This volume evaluates the performance of innovation in India and the role of its scientific establishment.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Prologue; CHAPTER 1 Innovation in India: The Challenge of Combining Economic Growth with Inclusive Development; The broad conceptual framework of the book: The national system of innovation; The evolution of the national system of innovation as a game; Rules of the game that have impacted all sectors: Going from socialist-licence-Raj to market liberalisation in an era of globalisation; Game 1: Building Indigenous capabilities with an import substitution policy; Transition towards Game 2 of economic liberalisation.
- Policy efforts to meld growth with inclusive developmentGame outcomes: Economic growth, inclusive development, and innovation; Growth trends: Satisfactory but not extraordinary; Development indicators: Definitely lagging behind; Structural change: Whatever happened to manufacturing?; Trade: More exports but even more imports; Foreign direct investment; Investment in R & D: Getting better but still insufficient; Innovation: Lots of patents but no acceleration in productivity increases; Concluding remarks; How good are the final outcomes of the game?
- What does this book cover on innovation in India?On the rules of the game for future innovations; References; I Setting the background; CHAPTER 2 The University as a Catalyst of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and New Markets in the Indian System of Innovation; The university in the evolution of Indian science and technology; Colonial science and technology; Science, technology, and R & D in post-Independence India; Science, technology, and R & D in the post-liberalisation era; Challenges faced by science and technology establishments in promoting innovation capabilities.
- Strengths of the existing science and technology infrastructureNumbers count; Increasing accumulation of intellectual property; Support from the State; Increasing support for public-private partnerships; Support for business incubators and technology transfer; Success stories: Growth of knowledge-intensive industries, information and communication technologies, and biotechnology; Weaknesses in the science and technology system within the national system of innovation; Torch bearers of the future? A case study of innovation for rural markets; Innovation for rural development.
- Innovation via technological recombinationDiffusion of innovations and entrepreneurship via new ventures; From locally to globally competitive firms; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 3 Demand and Innovation: Paths to Inclusive Development; Introduction; The political economy of innovation supply, needs, and effective demand; On needs and effective demand; Need that is not recognized as a need; Need recognized as a need but not as a demand; Recognized, but unfulfilled demand; An Indian example from healthcare: The Jaipur Foot; Demand and innovation in economic theory.