India as a Pioneer of Innovation
Harbir Singh, Ananth Padmanabhan, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Abstract
What does innovation mean to and in India? What are the predominant areas of innovation for India, and under what situations do they succeed or fail? This book addresses these all-important questions arising within diverse Indian contexts: informal economy, low-cost settings, large business groups, entertainment and copyright-based industries, an evolving pharma sector, a poorly organized and appallingly underfunded public health system, social enterprises for the urban poor, and innovations for the millions. It explores the issues that promote and those that hinder the country’s rise as an in ... More
What does innovation mean to and in India? What are the predominant areas of innovation for India, and under what situations do they succeed or fail? This book addresses these all-important questions arising within diverse Indian contexts: informal economy, low-cost settings, large business groups, entertainment and copyright-based industries, an evolving pharma sector, a poorly organized and appallingly underfunded public health system, social enterprises for the urban poor, and innovations for the millions. It explores the issues that promote and those that hinder the country’s rise as an innovation leader. The book’s balanced perspective on India’s promises and failings makes it a valuable addition for those who believe that India’s future banks heavily on its ability to leapfrog using innovation, as well as those sceptical of the Indian state’s belief in the potential of private enterprise and innovation. It also provides critical insights on innovation in general, the most important of which being the highly context-specific, context-driven character of the innovation project.
Keywords:
innovation,
competition,
regulation,
technology,
liberalization,
informal economy,
institutional voids,
intellectual property,
public health,
urban poverty
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199476084 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2018 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780199476084.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Harbir Singh, editor
Mack Professor of Management and Co-director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation, The Wharton School
Ananth Padmanabhan, editor
Fellow, Carnegie India
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, editor
Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
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