India's innovation blueprint how the world's largest democracy is becoming an innovator superpower
In 2010, India celebrated its 60th anniversary as an independent sovereign republic. India is the fourth largest economy by gross domestic product. Economically, it is building itself as a formidable force and global influence. At the same time India has fundamental challenges: its inequities are vi...
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Oxford, England ; Cambridge, England :
Chandos Publishing
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Chandos Asian studies series.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628028806719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; India's Innovation Blueprint: How the world's largestdemocracy is becoming aninnovation superpower; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; About the author; Preface; Foreword; 1 Introduction; Notes; 2 The tipping point eras; A three-dimensional framework to study India; 1947: Licence Raj thinking; India's decline begins; What the 60 years achieved; The disconnects; 2007: The beginning of the innovation era; Notes; 3 India's place in the new world order; An upswing in the 2000s; Innovation geo-dynamics: structural shifts
- Washington, Beijing and Delhi: new power centres?Notes; 4 Enviable growth; Liberalisation breaks ground for Entrepreneurship; Why Innovation is critical to sustain growth; Evidence for innovation-led competitiveness; Notes; 5 Groundbreaking changes; Globalisation 1970; The light bulb and the radio; The dial tone; Television; Computing; Mobile communications; The unforgettable Ambassador; Twenty-five years later; Note; 6 Innovation foundation; Institutional infrastructure; Industry-academia collaborations; National research programmes; Government commitment; Impressive results
- Gaps in India's innovation systemNotes; 7 Gargantuan opportunities andmindless pitfalls; Accelerating rural development; Balancing the portfolio; Examples of rural engagement; Lessons from NREGS; Paradox in the trenches; Challenges of a noisy democracy; Rural development and the political process; The cost of change; Mismanaged natural resources; Infrastructure: elusive planning and missing accountability; Opportunities in infrastructure: public-private partnerships; Social change, an imperative; Notes; 8 Enhancing rural GDP throughinclusive innovation; An inclusive innovation portfolio
- India's inclusive innovatorsThe national innovation system imperative; Notes; 9 Formalising innovation through anational innovation system; National innovation system - the concept; Evolving an NIS for India; NIS and globalisation; Lessons from the US innovation model; Role of the government in NIS; Policy dimensions; Policy areas; Establishing an environment for innovation; Maintaining currency, relevance, dynamism and collaboration; Conclusions; Notes; Index
