ISBInsight is the Flagship Research Periodical of the Indian School of Business
How important are strong intellectual property rights to spurring innovation in India? Surveying the evidence presented in the articles in this issue, Professor Anand Nandkumar reiterates the importance of IP regimes but also argues for recognising the role of weaker IP regimes in fostering informal and grassroots innovation systems.
Read moreThe first of the ISBInsight Short Guide series based on insights from our archives.
Read moreA recent webinar, co-organised by the Centre for Learning and Management Practice at ISB, featured an in-depth conversation between Professor Sarang Deo, Associate Professor of Operations Management and Executive Director of the Max Institute of Healthcare Management and Dr Amit Jotwani, Co-founder at Onco.com. An edited transcript of the discussion follows.
Read moreIn the first Industry Speak from the ISBInsight Student Challenge, Sridhar Sidhu, who leads Enterprise Information Security at Wells Fargo in India and Philippines, spoke with Poornima Bushpala and Syed Hussaini about the cybersecurity function and the agility of fintech.
Read moreDr Gopichand Katragadda, then Chief Technology Officer at the Tata Group, spoke at the India Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition Conference organised by ISB in New Delhi in March 2018. Professor Anand Nandkumar caught up with him afterwards to understand how organisations can build innovation cultures in the digital age.
Read moreHome-based innovation in India has been oriented more towards the process dimension. Adoption of quality management practices paved way for incremental innovation. On the other hand, the main drivers of innovation have shifted to the R&D centres of Multi-national Enterprises (MNEs). Rishikesha Krishnan argues that the evolution of start-ups and their contributions to product or technological innovation in India is worth studying.
Read moreThe Indian market is not a monolith but a constellation of many smaller markets, argues Professor Siddharth Shekhar Singh. In the first of the India Inside series, Sumita Thakur caught up with Professor Singh on the finer points of doing business in India.
Read moreIn working with farmers, we have shifted the value creation paradigm from the last-mile to the ‘first-mile’, says S. Sivakumar, Group Head, Agri & IT Businesses, ITC in an ISBInsight Student Challenge Industry Speak interaction with Ankur Badonia.
Read moreRecent books received on innovation, economics and public policy
Read moreAs a rapidly growing economy, India will soon encounter the middle-income trap. The Indian economy will need to build a sustainable policy framework, founded on strong property rights and rule of law, to hurdle the middle-income trap and compete in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Drawing on findings from the 2019 International IP Index, Hemal Shah of the United States Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Centre presents a perspective.
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