Editorial
Special Issue on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition in India
Introduction
The Special Issue on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition in India marks the maiden effort of the journal to bring out theme-based research through special issues. This issue consists of articles by David J. Teece, Thomas W. Tusher Professor in Global Business at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, and Chairman, Berkeley Research Group, and co-authors Edward F. Sherry, Chief Economist, Expert Research Associates and Peter C. Grindley, Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group; Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson & Managing Director, Biocon Ltd, and former Chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; Kirti Gupta, Director of Economic Strategy, Qualcomm; and Justice S Ravindra Bhat of the High Court of Delhi. The issue includes a Round Table feature article on “Gender and its rising role in modern Indian innovation and entrepreneurship” by Chirantan Chatterjee and Swapnika Ramu; the Round Table feature also consists of a panel discussion on Women and Innovation in India which was part of 1st India Conference on Innovation, Intellectual Property & Competition, December 2015, held at IIM Bangalore, with inputs from leading women innovators and scientists in the country. All the articles, authored by established names in the field, were put through a single fast track review.
The special issue also features book reviews by doctoral students of IIM Bangalore. “Grassroots Innovation: Minds on the Margins are not Marginal Minds ", by Anil K Gupta, Penguin Random House India, 2016, is reviewed by Priyatam Anurag and “The Broken Ladder – The Paradox and Potential of India’s One billion”, by Anirudh Krishna, Penguin Random House India, 2017, is reviewed by Ravi Shankar Pandey.
The Guest Editor for the Special Issue on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition in India is Chirantan Chatterjee, a leading academic in the field. Chirantan Chatterjee is a professor at the Indian School of Business in the Economics and Public Policy area, where he is also the Bharti and Max Research Fellow in Public Policy and Healthcare. Professor Chatterjee was earlier a faculty member at IIM Bangalore between 2011 and 2016 where he held the Young Faculty Research Chair. We commend Professor Chatterjee’s efforts.
We look forward to more such special issues in the years to come.
With best wishes to all readers,
Nagasimha Balakrishna Kanagal
Editor-in-Chief
IIMB Management Review
India
Email address: eic@iimb.ac.in