The New Asian Innovation Dynamics: China and India in Perspective

by G. Parayil (Editor), A. D'Costa (Editor)

Overview

This empirically and conceptually rich volume identifies the emerging dynamics in the broader areas of science, technology and R&D in China and India by identifying the principal forces and actors at work that shape the new global division of labour in the internationalization of technology and innovation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230209459
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/18/2008
Series:	Technology, Globalization and Development
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	297
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

GOVINDAN PARAYIL is Professor at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Norway, where his research focus is on science, technology and sustainable innovation as well as integrating knowledge across the disciplines to study global problems within the science-technology-society interface. Before moving to Oslo, he taught at the National University of Singapore and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

ANTHONY P. D'COSTA is Professor in Indian Studies at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Before moving to CBS, he taught at the University of Washington for 18 years. He has written several books and articles on the global steel, automobile, and IT industries, and received many fellowships. He is researching the international mobility of IT workers among India, Japan, and the US. He edits Technology, Globalization and Development and India's Changing Role in the Global Political Economy book series.

Table of Contents

China, India and the New Asian Innovation Dynamics: An Introduction; A.P.D'Costa & G.Parayil The National Innovation System of China in Transition: From Plan-Based to Market-Driven System; X.Liu & N.Lundin Foreign Corporate R&D in China: Trends and Policy Issues; S.Schwaag Serger Extensive Growth and Innovation Challenges in (Bangalore), India; A.P.D'Costa Innovation in India and China: Challenges and Prospects in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology; J.J.Thomas Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Firm Strategy and Policy Interactions; K.Chaturvedi Investing in High-Tech in China: The Cases of Novo Nordisk, GN Resound, and BenQ Siemens Mobile; J.M.Kjersem & P.Gammeltoft Learning from the Bangalore Experience: The Role of Universities in an Emerging Regional Innovation System; J.Vang , C.Chaminade & L.Coenen Foreign Talent and Innovation: China and India in the Japanese Software Industry; A.P.D'Costa & T.Kobayashi Success in State Directed Innovation? Perspectives on China's Medium and Long-Term Plan for the Development of Science and Technology; C.Cao , R.P.Suttmeier & D.F.Simon Outsourcing of R&D to Asia: A Case for Continental Specializations?; A-J.Abma , H.J.van der Windt , N.F.Wieringa & M.P.Gerkema Conclusion: Science, Technology and Innovation Dynamics in India and China; G.Parayil & A.P.D'Costa

Editorial Reviews

'This book provides a clinical and analytical portrait of the dynamics of innovation in the two most populous countries of the world. It goes beyond the usual media hype on the rise of China and India in the ranking of growing economies of the world, and traces the interlinkages between government economic and R&D policies, policy stance towards multi-national enterprises and FDI, the research activities of universities, and the strategies of private business both domestic and transnational. I believe that the volume will be highly useful to all students of China, India and the potentials for, and constraints on welfare-enhancing innovation in developing countries in general'. Dr Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Director and Professor of Economics, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Culcutta University

'Parayil and D'Costa's edited book on science, technology and innovation in India and China is to be warmly welcomed. The topic is of great importance for academics, business people and policy makers. The line-up of authors assembled for this edited volume is most impressive.' Peter Nolan, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management, Chair of the University of Cambridge's Development Studies Committee

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