In this paper we attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of academic rese... more In this paper we attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of academic research and patenting in India. Academic research is conceptualised as a research production process where research inputs (like research time and number of research scholars) are transformed into research outputs in the form of publications and patents. We expect research inputs by a faculty member to be an outcome of his/her own decision-making process, which in turn determine his/her research outputs. Exogenous parameters, like faculty background, faculty attitude, research sponsorship and institutional factors, are expected to influence both set of endogenous variables (research inputs and outputs). We specify this production function as a recursive simultaneous equation model and estimate the structural parameters using standard econometric methods. Our results clearly identify several drivers of academic research and patenting in India, in terms of faculty background, faculty attitude and other parameters, from which we arrive at concrete policy lessons for patenting of academic research in India. In particular, we argue that putting in place institutional structures will not serve the purpose without addressing the fundamental issues of research environment, culture and attitude in the first place. In a sense, therefore, introducing an IPR legislation alone may not act as an instant magic formula to energise Indian academic research for commercial application.
India’s stance at the WTO has undergone a sea change since the beginning of the Uruguay Round of ... more India’s stance at the WTO has undergone a sea change since the beginning of the Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations. This paper attempts to trace the shifting coordinates of India’s position at the WTO. By focussing on three specific areas of negotiations, namely agriculture, services and TRIPS, the paper presents a political economy analysis of how India’s stance at the WTO has evolved over time and what have been the underlying key drivers, both domestic and international, responsible for this shifting position. We show that domestic drivers have played the critical role in shaping India’s stance at the WTO, while the role of economic diplomacy cannot be ignored either. The paper concludes that against the backdrop of the current global financial crisis and economic slowdown, it is in India’s interest to see through a logical conclusion of the Doha round. Indeed, India’s heightened profile at the WTO at the present juncture, presents an unprecedented opportunity to use the platform of WTO negotiations as a major foreign policy instrument to play a constructive leadership role.
In this paper we attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of academic rese... more In this paper we attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of academic research and patenting in India. Academic research is conceptualised as a research production process where research inputs (like research time and number of research scholars) are transformed into research outputs in the form of publications and patents. We expect research inputs by a faculty member to be an outcome of his/her own decision-making process, which in turn determine his/her research outputs. Exogenous parameters, like faculty background, faculty attitude, research sponsorship and institutional factors, are expected to influence both set of endogenous variables (research inputs and outputs). We specify this production function as a recursive simultaneous equation model and estimate the structural parameters using standard econometric methods. Our results clearly identify several drivers of academic research and patenting in India, in terms of faculty background, faculty attitude and other parameters, from which we arrive at concrete policy lessons for patenting of academic research in India. In particular, we argue that putting in place institutional structures will not serve the purpose without addressing the fundamental issues of research environment, culture and attitude in the first place. In a sense, therefore, introducing an IPR legislation alone may not act as an instant magic formula to energise Indian academic research for commercial application.
India’s stance at the WTO has undergone a sea change since the beginning of the Uruguay Round of ... more India’s stance at the WTO has undergone a sea change since the beginning of the Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations. This paper attempts to trace the shifting coordinates of India’s position at the WTO. By focussing on three specific areas of negotiations, namely agriculture, services and TRIPS, the paper presents a political economy analysis of how India’s stance at the WTO has evolved over time and what have been the underlying key drivers, both domestic and international, responsible for this shifting position. We show that domestic drivers have played the critical role in shaping India’s stance at the WTO, while the role of economic diplomacy cannot be ignored either. The paper concludes that against the backdrop of the current global financial crisis and economic slowdown, it is in India’s interest to see through a logical conclusion of the Doha round. Indeed, India’s heightened profile at the WTO at the present juncture, presents an unprecedented opportunity to use the platform of WTO negotiations as a major foreign policy instrument to play a constructive leadership role.
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