Papers by Ganesh N Prabhu
Social Science Research Network, 1997
This article provides a grounded process description of product innovation projects that are init... more This article provides a grounded process description of product innovation projects that are initiated by industrial firms and implemented jointly with not-for-profit technology institutions such as technological universities and government research laboratories. This process description is limited to those joint product development projects between collaborators with complementary expertise, which are of strategic importance to both collaborators and involve the joint creation of new technology or significant improvement over present technology. The process description contributes significantly to the literature on collaborative product development by depicting in detail the essential linkage of antecedent conditions and motivations for the joint project initiation, to the actual project implementation process in which the two collaborators contribute complementary resources, and further to the project's expected consequences. It also shows how knowledge is created and transferred in projects of this type. The general process description has been developed by synthesizing in-depth case studies of such university-industry joint product innovation projects, and aids understanding of effective processes for their initiation and implementation.
The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Sep 1, 2001
the allied dunbar charitable trust was born out of UK-based Allied Dunbar Assurance's founder's c... more the allied dunbar charitable trust was born out of UK-based Allied Dunbar Assurance's founder's commitment at its inception in 1971 to provide 1.25% of its pretax profits towards community development, as a way of giving back to the community for drawing from its resources. Although initially the committed fund was released by the firm directly on a need or request basis to several community development organisations in the UK, the Allied Dunbar Charitable Trust was subsequently formed in 1974 and charged with managing these funds more effectively towards community development. Allied Dunbar is reported to have given more than £28 million to charitable causes by 1998 (Alliance 1998). The Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Community Trust Limited was established after the merger of their parent firms-Zurich Financial Services and Allied Dunbar Assurance-in 1999. Allied Dunbar Charitable Trust initiated the 'India Pro-* The authors would like to thank the Ford Foundation of America for financing the research. We are grateful to staff of Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Community Trust Limited and all the coordinators and participants from the five partner NGOs in India for spending considerable time with us. A longer version of this case study with details of each partner NGO was published in S. Heap, NGOs Engaging with Business: A World of Difference and a Difference to the World (NGO Management Policy Series no. 11; Oxford, UK: INTRAC, 2000).
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 1997
This paper presents an empirically derived model of the process through which industrial firms th... more This paper presents an empirically derived model of the process through which industrial firms that lack internal resources in a particular technology area to implement certain research and development (R&D) projects on their own, initiale nad implement them jointly with not-for-profit research institutions. Such joint R&D projects are typically initiated by smaller, technologically less advanced firms in developing countires, with the underlying objective of training themselves in the relevant technology area and acquiring new technological resources from more advanced local research institutions, while simultaneously and rapidly completing the immediate R&D project. This process model has been developed by drawing from and synthesizing several in-depth case studies of such projects. In developing countries, joint R&D projects of this nature are important, as they can be more effective than formal technology training programmes for not-for-profit research institutions to fulfil their charter by transerni...
Saïd Business Schoo, 2010
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021
Educational policies and school level interventions are often targeted at average students and in... more Educational policies and school level interventions are often targeted at average students and inclusive policies meant for students with disability are no exception. How do gifted or high performi...
India in the Global Software Industry, 2004
We draw lessons for policy and practice from six in-depth case studies of software product develo... more We draw lessons for policy and practice from six in-depth case studies of software product development projects in India. The six projects were chosen to provide a diversity of industrial contexts, types of firms, types of products, types of markets, and levels of customisat ion. We provide the salient features of each project and a crosscase analysis of the major issues, strategies adopted and trade-offs made in them. We draw implications for policy makers and managers of software product development projects in India and other developing countries.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1999
Abstract: Development financial institutions (DFIs) in developing countries regularly face challe... more Abstract: Development financial institutions (DFIs) in developing countries regularly face challenges in the micro-level assessment of technology to support their decisions of financing proposed technology development investments by firms and technology institutions. These financing decisions are also guided by national technological priorities such as achieving technological self-reliance and addressing energy-environmental concerns. DFIs are therefore well placed to consciously channel technology finance into ...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1999
Strategic alliances between organisations for R&D, both pure and applied, is a topic ... more Strategic alliances between organisations for R&D, both pure and applied, is a topic of considerable research interest (Farr and Fisher, 1992; Forrest and Martin, 1992; Hladik, 1988; Ouchi and Bolton, 1988; McDonald and Geiser, 1985), both from the field of inter-organisational research (see Borys and Jemison, 1989; Oliver, 1990; Ring and Van de Ven for structuring reviews) and from the field of R&D. Joint R&D has largely been studied between competing firms as the area of collaboration within competition evokes ...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1999
Abstract This article presents the historical development, structure and process of implementing ... more Abstract This article presents the historical development, structure and process of implementing the Indian Sponsored Research and Development (SPREAD) program, as a successful model of promoting university-industry-government interaction and technology collaboration. SPREAD was a technology support program implemented by the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, a development financial institution, on behalf of the Government of India. Sponsored as a pilot project by the World Bank in 1991, the ...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1999
ABSTRACT A grounded process typology of knowledge transfer between academics and practitioners em... more ABSTRACT A grounded process typology of knowledge transfer between academics and practitioners emerged from a synthesis of case study research involving forty interviews of participants involved in twelve university-industry joint product development projects. Initial combinations of contextual and technical knowledge levels of participants in relation to the actual product development project requirements were found to set four different ideal types of knowledge transfer processes in such projects. The term contextual knowledge refers to ...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1997
ABSTRACT This paper documents the formal and informal project quality assurance modes adopted acr... more ABSTRACT This paper documents the formal and informal project quality assurance modes adopted across organizations within joint R&D projects between firms and technology institutions. It draws data from a diverse set of in-depth case studies developed by the author during an earlier process study of such projects.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
Abstract The recent boom in the new economy of internet based commerce has created a large number... more Abstract The recent boom in the new economy of internet based commerce has created a large number of firms with a variety of business models that aim to leverage the power of the internet to further their business goals. In this paper we attempt to provide a conceptual framework for understanding e-commerce business models on a number of important dimensions-nature of consumer activity, nature of e-commerce activity, target customers, targeting strategy, revenue generating modes, procfactfcerwce delivery modes, payment ...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1997
ABSTRACT This paper presents an empirically derived model of the process through which firms, tha... more ABSTRACT This paper presents an empirically derived model of the process through which firms, that typically lack the resources and/or expertise in a particular technology area to implement certain strategic R&D projects of their interest on their own, initiate and implement them in the form of technology training ventures jointly with not-for-profit technology institutions. These firms are keenly interested in training themselves and acquiring the resources required for future R&D in that technology area and do so simultaneously and ...
Research Policy, 2003
Developmental financial institutions (DFIs) in emerging economies regularly assess new technology... more Developmental financial institutions (DFIs) in emerging economies regularly assess new technology platforms to support their investments in new ventures, established firms, and technology institutions (TIs). Their financing decisions are guided by national priorities such as achieving technological self-reliance. By providing attractive financing options and related support, DFIs are well placed to consciously channel finance into designated priority technology areas. To better understand DFI roles, we conducted multiple interviews with participants affiliated with DFIs, firms and TIs in India. From data gathered from these interviews and secondary data on DFIs in emerging economies, we develop a preliminary framework to suggest that DFIs, when proactive in making technology assessments, form an important link between developing a firm's absorptive capacity and building a nation's innovative capacity. Also, DFI financing facilitates new venture creation in the context of underdeveloped capital markets prevalent in emerging economies. To illustrate these roles, we consider technology support programs of DFIs in India and their role in the information technology (IT) industry.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 1997
This paper presents the case research methodology developed and adapted while conducting several ... more This paper presents the case research methodology developed and adapted while conducting several in-depth process case studies of multi-organizational R&D projects, each of which involved a triad consisting of a diverse set of organizations. This research adapted and improvised upon existing organizational level case research methodologies, while applying them to the multi-organizational project context The paper covers the research objective, the definitions used, the research questions, the choice of the case study methodology, selection of cases, the process of data collection, and the process of case development and analysis including the improvisations made on existing case research methodology. However, the basic theoretical and contextual rationale for undertaking this research, and its results, are outside the scope of this paper. Teaching cases with decision problems in interesting and new multi-organizational contexts are currently being developed from the research cases developed in this study.
Academy of Management Review, 2000
Privatization has become a popular strategy to promote economic development in emerging, developi... more Privatization has become a popular strategy to promote economic development in emerging, developing, and developed economies. Despite its popularity, little attention has been devoted to examination of the organizational and managerial implications of privatization or to the effect of privatization on companies' ability to innovate and engage in entrepreneurial activities. In this article we discuss privatization's increasing importance and present a model that links privatization to a firm's entrepreneurial activities. We conclude with a discussion of issues that we believe deserve scholars' attention in theory development and subsequent empirical examination. The global economic landscape is undergoing unprecedented change that is multifaceted and wide ranging in nature (Hitt, Harrison, & Ireland, in press b; Ireland & Hitt, 1999) and that is clearly evident in the adoption of privatization as a strategy on a worldwide basis. The primary purpose of this strategic option is to promote economic development in emerging, developing, and developed economies. Emerging economies and their markets, however, are characterized by economic, social, or political instability (Hitt, Dacin, Levitas, Arregle, & Borza, in press a). There are also substantial differences in the institutional infrastructure between emerging and developed economies (Newman, this issue). Given that the idiosyncratic characteristics of an economy's structure can profoundly affect the rules of exchange in its markets (North, 1990), these differences can have a major effect on the outcomes that countries or companies can achieve through privatization. Following decades of experimentation with various systems of state ownership and control, many nations have adopted privatization strategies as a centerpiece of their national policiespolicies that aim to promote and support social progress and economic development or to initiate economic renewal. Over $700 billion in assets have been privatized in the world's economies in the last decade alone, approximately 40 percent of which has occurred in emerging economies (Ramamurti, this issue). Brazil is expected to privatize as much as $80 billion in assets before its ongoing conversion of public assets to private ownership is completed (Doh, this issue). Countries using privatization strategies as a primary policy tool to induce and promote economic growth represent most of the world's regions, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. By placing the means of production outside of state ownership and control, privatization unleashes the forces and discipline of the free mar-Duane Ireland was on the faculty at Baylor University while working on this special topic forum. 509 * Macro * Form (typology) *Structure Innovation * Micro * Process C uture Venturing Second-order effects * Learning * Greater technological opportunities * Access to networks
the allied dunbar charitable trust was born out of UK-based Allied Dunbar Assurance’s founder’s c... more the allied dunbar charitable trust was born out of UK-based Allied Dunbar Assurance’s founder’s commitment at its inception in 1971 to provide 1.25 % of its pre-tax profits towards community develop-ment, as a way of giving back to the com-munity for drawing from its resources. Although initially the committed fund was released by the firm directly on a need or request basis to several community devel-opment organisations in the UK, the Allied Dunbar Charitable Trust was subsequently formed in 1974 and charged with manag-ing these funds more effectively towards community development. Allied Dunbar is reported to have given more than £28 mil-
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