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RAKESH BASANT

THE BLACK BOX
Innovation and Public Policy in India

Indias Bestselling Business Books Series
IIM Ahmedabad Business Books

PENGUIN BOOKS

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Advance Praise for the Book

This pioneering book is a must-read, not only for those interested in innovation policy in India, but also for those interested in understanding innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging economies more generally. A superb evaluation of policy in action, and the evidence on what works, what ought to but does not, but might yet do so in the future with some tweaking. R&D subsidies, tech transfer, incubators, patents, multinationals and human capitalthe coverage is comprehensive and the analysis penetratingAshish Arora, Rex D. Adams Professor of Business Administration, Duke University

For a policymaker, the broad policy perspective provided by the book is very refreshing. It not only brings out interesting insights on the conventional innovation policy instruments but also highlights the emerging role of policies that support creation of a vibrant ecosystem for innovation-driven entrepreneurship in high-tech areas. The discussion on technology business incubators, publicprivate partnership models for start-up financing, the role of higher education and mission-driven approaches to support innovation, is especially usefulK. VijayRaghavan, principal scientific adviser, Government of India

It is rare to find someone who has experience in teaching, research and early-stage investingthe author draws from his unique vantage point at the junction of all three. The importance of various policy instruments in building a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in India cannot be underestimated. This book provides useful insights on the efficacy of policies that support incubators and accelerators in higher education institutions to foster innovation-driven start-ups. The author draws upon the learnings from his teaching and research at IIM Ahmedabad and CIIE, and also from the experience of Infuse Ventures, a fund created through a publicprivateacademia partnershipSanjeev Bikhchandani, entrepreneurinvestor

Over the last sixty years, an increasing body of research has enriched our understanding of innovation. Rakesh Basant combines his deep understanding of theoretical work in the field with empirical studies of innovation in India. The result is an invaluable book, one that is required reading for all those interested in innovation studies, Indian industry or economic policy. The Black Box is scholarly, engaging, lively and thought-provoking, all at the same time. A long-awaited book by one of our leading scholars in the fieldNaushad Forbes, co-chairman, Forbes Marshall

The Black Box is a patient and insightful tutorial on innovation and public policya compendium that is a must for all policymakers and innovation scholars, especially in India. It brings together a deep understanding of how the building of technology capabilities is enabled by governments and firms, and unravels the mysteries of development through technological innovation. It draws our attention towards the new role of higher educational institutions and innovation-driven start-ups in building a vibrant socio-economic environment in India. This is a timely book when policies have to be redesigned more sharply in the wake of massive technological changes that are happening around the worldPankaj Chandra, vice chancellor, Ahmedabad University

For

my father, Iqbal Narain,

who continues to be my benchmark for a liberal academic,

and

my teacher, K.K. Subrahmanian,

who introduced me to the economics of technology

List of Abbreviations

Alternative Investment Funds	AIFs
Artificial Intelligence	AI
Asian Development Bank	ADB
Bank of India	BoI
Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme	BIPP
Build-Own-Operate	BOO
Business Model Innovation	BMI
Centre of Excellence	CoE
Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship	CIIE
Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy	CMIE
Corporate Social Responsibility	CSR
Council of Scientific Research	CSIR
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency	DARPA
Department of Energy	DoE
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion	DIPP
Department of Science and Technology	DST
Foreign Direct Investment	FDI
Foreign Exchange Management Act	FEMA
Fund-of-Funds Scheme	FFS
Global Innovation Index	GII
Government of India	GoI
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	GFCF
Higher Education Commission of India	HECI
Higher Education Institution	HEI
Human Resource Development	HRD
Indian Council of Social Science Research	ICSSR
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	IIMA
Indian Institutes of Management	IIMs
Indian Institutes of Technology	IITs
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India	ICICI
Information and Communications Technology	ICT
Institutes of Eminence	IoE
Institutes of National Importance	INI
Integrated Circuits	IC
Intellectual Property Rights	IPR
International Finance Corporation	IFC
Investor Advisory Committee	IAC
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission	JNNSM
Just-in-time	JIT
learning-by-doing, by-using, and by-interacting	DUI
Machine Learning	ML
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	MSME
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy	MNRE
National Action Plan on Climate Change	NAPCC
National Innovation System	NIS
National Institutes of Health	NIH
National Research Foundation	NRF
National Science Foundation	NSF
National Skill Development Corporation	NSDC
National Skill Development Fund	NSDF
Plant Breeders Rights	PBR
Private Equity	PE
Products, Processes and Practices	3 Ps
Protection and Utilization of Public Funded Intellectual Property	PUPFIP
Public Funded Intellectual Property	PFIP
Public-Private Partnership	PPP
Public-Private-Academia Partnership	PPAP
Purchasing Power Parity	PPP
Quality Function Deployment	QFD
Renewable Seed	REseed
Research and Development	R&D
Science and Engineering	S&E
Science and Technology	S&T
Scientific and Technologically-based Innovation

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