Thursday, April 3, 2014

IDRC releases "BRICS: National Systems of Innovation" Book Series

BRICS: National Systems of Innovation

New Delhi: Routledge, IDRC, 2013-14.

Series Editors: José E. Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Maria Clara Couto Soares, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This series of books brings together results of an intensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation in the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the challenges and opportunities faced by these dynamic and emerging economies. In discussing the impact of innovation with respect to economic, geopolitical, socio-cultural, institutional and technological systems, it reveals the possibilities of new development paradigms for equitable and sustainable growth.

 

Books in this Series

(V. 1) The Role of the State

Editors: Mario Scerri and Helena M. M. Lastres

New Delhi: Routledge, IDRC, 2013. ISBN: 9780415842549 / 390 pg.

Download Full-text PDF: http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/50905/1/IDL-50905.pdf

Includes Chapter:

India by V. V. Krishna, 138-187.

 

(V. 2) Inequality and Development Challenges

Editors: Maria Clara Couto Soares, Mario Scerri, and Rasigan Maharajh

New Delhi: Routledge, IDRC, 2013. ISBN: 9780415710329 / 372 pg.

Download Full-text PDF: http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/51766/1/IDL-51766.pdf

Includes Chapter:

Dealing with the Innovation-Inequality Conundrum: The Indian Experience by K. J. Joseph, Lakhwinder Singh and Vinoj Abraham, 149-189.

 

(V. 3) The Promise of Small and Medium Enterprises

Editors: Ana Arroio and Mario Scerri

New Delhi: Routledge, IDRC, 2013. ISBN: 9780415710367 / 262 pg.

Download Full-text PDF: http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/52039/1/IDL-52039.pdf

Includes Chapter:

On Learning, Innovation and Competence Building in India’s SMEs: The Challenges Ahead by Keshab Das and K. J. Joseph 121-160.

 

(V. 4) Transnational Corporations and Local Innovation

Editors: José Cassiolato, Graziela Zucoloto, Dinesh Abrol, and Liu Xielin

New Delhi: Routledge, IDRC, 2013. ISBN: 9780415710381 / 418 pg.

Download Full-text PDF: http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/52180/1/IDL-52180.pdf

Includes Chapter:

Foreign Direct Investment and National Innovation System: Evidence from India by Dinesh Abrol 189-280.

 

(V. 5) Financing Innovation

Editors: Michael Kahn, Luiz Martins de Melo, and Marcelo G. Pessoa de Matos

New Delhi: Routledge, IDRC, 2013. ISBN: 9780415710398 / 255 pg.

Download Full-text PDF: http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/52181/1/IDL-52181.pdf

Includes Chapter:

India by Sunil Mani 134-162.

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