Session VI.5 Innovations in New Technologies: IT and BT
Plenary Session –1: Innovation Policy, Competitiveness and Economic Development
Chair : Jose Cassiolatio
Speakers
Ashok V Desai
Martin Fransman
Pronab Sen
Luc Soete
Jyoti Bhat
Banji Oyelaren Oyeyinka
Plenary Session –2: South-South Cooperation for Promoting Innovations in Developing Countries
Chair : Abdulkader Djeflat
Speakers
UNDP Representative (t b c)
Ashok Parthasarathi
Veena Jha
Gabriela Dutrenit
Mammo Muchi
S. Prahalathan
Plenary Session –3 Innovations for Addressing Rural—Urban Divide
Chair : Rasighan Mahahraj
Speakers
Helana Lastres
Andy Hall
A.D.Damodharan
Susan Cozzens
Rishikesha Krishnan
Plenary Session IV: Innovation System for Addressing the Development Paradox of Kerala
Chair : Nawas Meeran
Speakers
P K Michael Tharakan
P.Mohanan Pillai
S.M. Vijayanand
C. Balagopal
M. Radhakrishna Pillai
P.Nandakumar
Plenary Session – V: Innovation in India and China: Comparative Perspective
Chair: D.Narayana
Speakers
B A Lundvall
Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Shulin GU
Rajah Rasiah
Sunil Mani
Guisheng Wu
CEO FORUM: India’s in the 21st century
Chair: KK George, Director, CSES, Kochi
K.J.Joseph, Professor, CDS
Presentation by: Veena Ravichandran, IDRC
Session I-1 Innovation: Conceptual Issues
Chair: Jorge Katz
Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec: Why some countries develop (while other stay poor): The role of "capabilities" in development.
Saeed Parto, Tomamso Ciarli and Saurabh Arora: Economic Growth, Innovation Systems, and Institutional Change: An Assessment and a Framework
Aradhna Aggarwal: Liberalisation, Technology Policies and Acquisition of Technological Capabilities: A Study of Indian Industry
Lena Tsipouri: The Community Innovation Survey and the European Innovation Scoreboard: Their merits and paradoxes
Discussants: Jorgen Lingaard and Manuel Godhinho
Session Organizers: Shalini Rudra and T.K.Subramanian
Session I-2 Sectoral innovation systems
Chair: Naushad Forbes
Franco Malerba: The evolution of sectoral systems in various countries.
Martin Fransman: How Successful have the World’s Leading Countries been in their 25-year Experiment with the Liberalisation of Telecoms?: The Case of the United Kingdom
Sunil Mani: The incremental innovator Vs the trader : Contrasts between the sectoral systems of innovation of the Indian pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries
Yi Wang & Guisheng WU: The evolution of telecommunications system of innovation in China: transformation, technology opportunity and producer-user interactive learning
Discussants: Ashok V Desai and Eduardo Viotti
Session Organizers: Braja Bandhu Swain and Rijesh.R
Session I-3 Innovations in New Technologies: IT and BT
Chair: R. Nagaraj
Susan Cozzens, Sonia Gatchair and Dhanaraj Thakur: Distributional Assessment of Emerging Technologies: A framework for analysis
Britta Augsburg and Jan Philipp Schmidt: Free/Open source Software for Micro finance – Increasing Efficiency and Extending Benefits to the very Poor
Rossitza Rousseva: Approach for analyzing technological capabilities in latecomer software companies
Balaji Parthasarathy and Janaki Srinivasan: Innovation and its Social Impacts: The Role of Ethnography in the Evaluation and Assessment of ICTD Projects
Ivan Hernandez, Fernando Aleman and Marco Duenas "Parquesoft": creative destruction Vs. destructive creation of a software industry clusters in Cali and Bogota, Colombia Discussants: Mark Tomlinson and B. Mahesh Sarma
Session Organizers Varinder Jain and Rajeev Sharma
Session I-4 Regional innovation systems and rural- urban divides
Chair: D Narayana
Aurilio Sergio Caiado:Regional Development and Innovation in Brazil: The Peculiarities of a Developing Country.
Marcelo Matos and Helena M. M. Lastres: Local productive and creative systems in Brazil: Competence building, sustainability and competitiveness in the case of the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro
Vikram Chadha: An Assessment of the Regional R&D Effort in India: An Inter- State Analysis of some Selected Industrially Advanced States
Jan Vang & Cristina Chaminade: Building RIS in Developing Countries: Policy Lessons from Bangalore, India
Discussants S Rajeswari Raina and Jose Borello
Session Organizers Nandana Baruah and Beena S
Session I-5 New IPR Regime and Innovation
Chair: A D Damodaran
Sverker Alänge, Rolando Jiménez, Ulf Petrusson and Sari Scheinberg: Intellectual Properties: Alternative Strategies to Value Creation in Life Sciences
Rakesh Basant: Intellectual Property Rights Regime and Creation of Innovation Based Enterprises in India
Sujit Bhattacharya: Harmonization of Patent Rules and Regulations and its Plausible Implications in Developing Countries: A Case Study of India
Ju Liu, Yan-gao Xiao and Jing Liu: Benefiting from Technological Innovation through Patenting strategy: A Case Study of A Textile Company in China
Discussants: Erika Kramer and Padmashree Ghel Sampath
Session Organizers Alice Sebastian and Suja Janardhan
Session I-6 FDI: Spillovers and Competitiveness
Chair: Roberto Gamarra
Angathevar Baskaran and Mammo Muchie: The Impact of the National Innovation Systems on the Flow and Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment to National Economies
Carlo Pietrobelli and Federica Saliola: Global and Domestic Supply Chains: Does the Governance Matter for Local Suppliers’ Performance?
Jojo Jacob and Bart Los: The Importance of Absorptive Capacity for Gains from Foreign Technology Spillovers: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Saidi Yahia and Bougerra Rabah: Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction
Discussants: M Parameswaran and Jo LorentzenSession Organizers: Remya Prabha and PrabhuDas
Session II-1 Innovation: Conceptual Issues
Chair: Jyothi Bhat
Angathevar Baskaran and Rebecca Boden: Knowledge Capital and Globalization: Towards a new conceptual model
Peaceman Ndodoxolo Sopazi and Theo Andrew: Cultural and Language-based Conceptual Innovation Issues and Impacts on Technological Innovations
Ali Maleki and Mohammad Pakniat: Taxonomy of Industrial Taxonomies: Implications of Inter-Sectoral Diversity for Building Taxonomy
Analia Erbes, Veronica Robert, Gabriel Yoguel and José Borello: Diffusion and appropriation of knowledge in different organizational structures
Andrea Morrison, Roberta Rabellotti and Carlo Pietrobelli: Global Value Chains and Technological Capabilities: A Framework to Study Industrial Innovation in Developing CountriesDiscussants: Annika Rikne and Franco Malerba
Session Organizers Jayasekhar, Sumalatha R.S
Session II-2 Sectoral innovation systems Chair: Claes Brundenius
Neelam Singh: Learning, Innovation and Competence Building in SMEs: The Case of Indian Automotives
Mamata Parhi: Looking Beyond the Firm-specific Determinants of New Technology Diffusion: An Analysis of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Adoption in Indian Automotive Industry
Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Mai Fujita: China’s Threat and Opportunity for Thai and Vietnamese Motorcycle Industries: A Sectoral Innovation System Analysis
Jorge Niosi & Majlinda Zhegu: Co-Evolution of Industries, Regional Innovation Systems And Public Policies: The Case Of Aircraft Industry
Discussants Cristina Chaminade and John Adeoti
Session Organizers: Sreepriya.S and Alex philip
Session II-3 Innovations in New Technologies: IT and BTChair: Martin Fransman
Erika Kraemer-Mbula: Innovation policies and innovation systems: The case of Information Technologies in South Africa
Jose Luis Sampedro Hernandez: Innovation capabilities in software industry through the interfaces creation between users and producers: the case of the Mexican Firms
Márcia da Mota Darós: Innovation in Services: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in the Travel and Tourism Industry of Brazil and South Africa - lessons to other developing countries
Hassan Omowunmi: E-Governance and Capacity Building – Case Study of the four Local Governments Areas in Osun State of Nigeria
Efthymia Kesidou and Marjolein Caniels: Mechanisms of Localized Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation: the case of the Uruguayan Software Cluster Discussants: Rajah Rasiah and Vinoj AbrahamSession Organizers Varinder Jain and Rajeev Sharma
Session II-4 Regional Innovation Systems
Chair : Sussen Cozzens
Conceição (Connie) Vedovello, Valeria Judice, and Anne-Marie Maculan: Strategic Issues Related To The Technological Parks In Brazil
Shyama Ramani, Roger Coronini and Raja Venkataramani: Where should a technology park be located in a region? Whom should it include? : A case study of Gujarat using data on scientific publications and patents
Saviotti Pier Paolo: Technoparks as catalysts of economic development.
Roberto Gamarra: The Human Learner - CICS Framework: A Proposal for India's Development
Nina Kazakova and Vazgen Atoyan:Lics Within Regional Innovation Systems In Emerging Market Economy
Discussants: Shulin Gu and Andy HallSession Organizers Beena S and Syam Prasad
Session II-5 New IPR Regime and Innovation
Chair: V Santhakumar
Marisella Ouma: Pharmaceuticals, Innovation and product patents; A lesson from India
Kalpana Chaturvedi and Joanna Chataway: Innovation in the post-TRIPs regime in Indian pharmaceutical firms: implications for pharmaceutical R&D model
Bhaven Sampat: The Effects of Indian Pharmaceutical Product Patent Protection: An Analysis of the Mailbox Applications
Moutushi Hati: Does the New Intellectual Property Rights regime impede Innovation in Developing countries: A Case study of the Indian Pharmaceutical industry
Padmashree Gehl Sampath: Breaking the Fence: Can Patent Rights Deter Biomedical Innovation in Technology Followers?
Discussants: Sunil Mani and Ju LiuSession Organizers Harilal M.S and Alice Sebastian
Session II-6 FDI: Spillovers and Competitiveness
Chair: Abdelkader Djeflat
Singh Lakhwinder: Foreign Direct Investment, Technological Spillovers and Economic Growth
G. Chidambaran Iyer: Effect of Foreign firms and their linkages on Domestic firms in the Indian Manufacturing Industry
Marin Anabel, Subash Sasidharan and Costa Ionara: MNC Subsidiaries and Technology Diffusion in Late Industrialising Countries: A comparison between Argentina and India
Ionara Costa & Anabel Marin: Technological Profile of MNC Subsidiaries in Argentina and Brazil
Discussants Rakesh Basant and Jayaprakash Pradhan
Session Organisers Amarendra Das and Remya Prabha.G
Session III.1 Innovation: Conceptual Issues
Chair: Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Helena M. M. Lastres and José Eduardo Cassiolato: Systems of innovation: is it all true?
Gabriela Dutrénit, Martin Puchet, Luis Sanz-Menendez, Morris Teubal and Alexandre O Vera-Cruz: Co-evolution of science and technology and innovation: a three stage model of policies
Manuel Mira Godinho, Tiago Pereira and Sandro Mendonça: A taxonomy of National Innovation Systems: Lessons from an exercise comprising a large sample of both developed, emerging and developing economies
Mercy Escalante Ludeña, Adalberto Fischman and José de Jesús Pérez Alcázar : Innovation networks frameworks in the learning economy - a comparative study
Charles Edquist and Leif Hommen Comparing National Systems of Innovation in Asia and Europe:Growth, Globalisation, Change, and Policy
Discussants: Bengt Ake Lundvall and Carlo PietrobelliSession Organizers T.K.Subramanian,Shalini Rudra
Session III.2 Sectoral innovation systems
Chair: Britta Augsburg
Keun Lee and Minho Yoon: International, Intra-national, and Inter-firm Knowledge Diffusion and Technological Catch-up: Japan, Korea, and Taiwan in the Semiconductor Industry
Ting Lin Lee: From "Nuts & Bolts" to "Bits & Bytes"- The Evolution of Taiwan ICT in a Global Knowledge-based Economy
Kari Kristinsson and Rekha Rao: Learning to Grow: A Comparative Analysis of the Wind Turbine Industry in Denmark and India
Rosane Argou Marques: Sectoral Innovation System in Brazil: Reflections about the accumulation of technological capabilities experienced by SME suppliers to the aeronautic industry and the role of research institutions, national buyers and foreign buyers
Savita Bhat and Krishnan Narayanan: Technological Strategies and Exports: A study of Indian Basic Chemical Industry
Discussants: Kavita Mehra and R. Nagaraj
Session Organizers Braja Bandhu Swain and Sripriya.S
Session III.3 Innovations in New Technologies: IT and BT
Chair: Guisheng Wu
K J Joseph & Vinoj Abraham: Missing links in India’s innovation system for ICT; An analysis of ICT diffusion in India’s manufacturing sector
Rajesh Upadhyayula: What drives performance of Indian IT firms in Clusters
Matias Ramirez and Peter Dickenson: Knowledge workers and regional innovation in China’s ICT sector
Fernando Perini: Multinational companies and the emerging knowledge networks in the Brazilian ICT sector
Discussants: Helena Barnard and Peter Gammeltoft
Session Organizers Neethi P and Rajeev Sharma
Session III.4 LICS in SMEsChair: N Shanta
Cristina Chaminade & Jan Vang Upgrading in Asian clusters: Rethinking the importance of interactive learning"
Rajah Rasiah: Systemic Quad and Dynamic Clustering: Learning and Innovation in Penang and Johor
Blanca Martins& José María Viedma Martí: Innovating through the lens of social entrepreneurship to tackle poverty reduction.
José E. Cassiolato, Stalllivieri Fabio and Campos Renato Ramos: Measuring Learning and cooperation for innovation at local level: indicators of RedeSist for the clothing industry
Discussants: Lakhwinder Singh and Susan Cozzens
Session Organisers Nadhanael.G.V and Nirmal Roy
Session III.5 BRICS and Potential for South –South CooperationChair: Ashok Parthasarathi
Dinesh Abrol: The challenge of transformation of Indian system (s) of innovation
Xiaobo Wu and Rufei Ma: Secondary Innovation: the Experience of Chinese Enterprises in Learning, Innovation and Capability Building
Kathuria R,: Options to accelerate rural telecommunication development in India
Jayan Jose Thomas : India and China in the Knowledge Economy: Rivals or Allies? Case Studies of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
C Veeramani: India and China: Changing Patterns of Comparative Advantage?
Discussants: Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Mammo MuchieSession Organisers Nandana Baruah and Sreerupa
Session III.6 FDI: Spillovers and Competitiveness
Chair: K Pushpangadan
Manikandan A.D: Performance of Foreign Multinationals and Domestic Companies in India Since Liberalisation: A Comparative Study
Huiping Li: Integration and the Accumulation of Technological Capability: A Case Study of An International Joint Ventures in China
Wei Zhang and Jian Du: FDI, technological regime, and innovative effort: Evidence from China
Ming-feng Tang: A Comparative Study on the Role of National Technology Transfer Centres in Different Chinese Universities
Discussants : C.Veeramani and Claudia De FuntesSession Organizers Prabhu Das and Sunitha A.S
Session IV.1 Innovation: Conceptual Issues