| Type | Conference presentation (keynote) |
| Event | Globalization of Production Models and Innovation in Emerging Economies |
| Organized by | ISID, CSH & CERCC |
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Date | November 19–20, 2010 |
| Role | Keynote presentation |
| Slides | Download the presentation (PDF) |
A keynote delivered at the International Seminar on the Globalization of Production Models and Innovation in Emerging Economies, New Delhi (November 19–20, 2010).
In short: Why industrial research and development concentrates so heavily in particular regions — and how a firm’s location shapes how much it innovates.
About the talk
This keynote examined why firms’ R&D activity varies so much by region within India — the role that regional factors play in industrial research and innovation. It argued that innovation is not evenly distributed: a firm’s location, and the regional environment around it, strongly influence whether and how much it invests in R&D, helping explain why some regions become innovation centres while others lag.
What the talk covered
- R&D is geographically concentrated — industrial research clustered heavily in a few regions, with the top regions accounting for the large majority of national R&D activity.
- Regional environment shapes firm innovation — knowledge infrastructure, skilled labour, the presence of research institutions, and industrial clustering all influenced firms’ R&D decisions.
- Location as a determinant — beyond a firm’s own characteristics, where it operated helped determine how much it innovated.
- Implications for innovation policy — building regional innovation capacity, not just firm-level incentives, matters for spreading R&D more widely.
Get the slides
The full presentation is available as a PDF:
⇩ Download the presentation (PDF)
Related research on this site
This presentation led to the author’s published work:
- Regional Heterogeneity and Firms’ R&D in India — the full journal article (Innovation and Development, 2011).
