Cooperative Strategies for Innovation : Exploring Untapped Opportunities in Context of India and Japan in ICT Industry

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Export Competitiveness of Select Firms from India: Glimpse of Trends and Implications

Abstract Competitiveness is becoming necessary for growth, balances, and sustainability for Indian firms. With the new government at the Centre, India seems keen to progress on next stages of competitiveness such as cooperation-driven or innovation-driven to boost employment, growth, and prosperity. Massive imports that accompany rapid growth are to be balanced with exports, an area of urgent catch-up by firms of Indian origin (FIOs). The paper used a database approach to identify differences in patterns of export performance of key firms in select polar industries using the concept of trade competitiveness index (TCI). While software players are visible giants, remarkable consistency in improvement was found in manufacturing also, and some exceptional firms were found in the auto sector. Considering the vast pool of Indian marketing and other professionals -some may be effective in international marketsthe FIOs should try to balance trade through scale-up in exports. The concepts and levels highlighted in this paper may inspire other capable firms to aim high and build necessary capabilities to play the longer-term game of international competitiveness

Competitiveness through technology management: an empirical study of the Indian software industry

Technology is one of the critical factors in deciding whether technology intensive firms are able to succeed in gaining sustainable economic growth in a highly competitive market. In order to realise sustainable development, it is very important to achieve technological competitiveness. This study is an attempt to examine the role of technology in an APP (Assets, Processes, Performance) framework with 100 firm-level data from the software industry. Using the results from the questionnaire survey, this study develops valid and reliable measures for finding out the role of technology and its significant contribution to the business outcome. Factor analysis results show that for the same level of business outcome, technological processes are a better predictor than technological assets. Further, the relationship among the technological variables (both processes and assets) and performance variables is found to be statistically significant and positive. The study concludes that the technological processes, which are very much internal to the firm, are also eternal to the firm and free from imitation by competitors. The process of economic liberalisation and increased entry of MNCs will lead to the consistent enhancement of the technological competitiveness of Indian software firms in global markets

Strategic technology management practices in select auto component joint ventures in India: a case study using SAP-LAP methodology

The automobile industry in India has gone through a lot of transformation since inception. With the liberalisation process starting in 1991, the industry has seen the entry of global auto majors in India. Due to changing customer preferences, environmental regulations, concern for safety and inclination towards entertainment, the role of technology in the auto industry has assumed great significance. In line with the global auto and auto component industry, the auto component companies in India has also gone in for technical alliances (TA), joint ventures (JV) with global auto component manufacturers, which seems to have impacted their technology management practices. This paper covers the longitudinal study of technology development at two joint venture auto component manufacturers. The methodology employed for this study is a combination of literature survey, expert opinion, comparative case analysis and SAP-LAP, a flexible systems methodology. The study finds that effective strategic technology management can contribute to faster technology absorption and overall business performance. The two cases provide valuable insights into the strategic technology management practices in joint venture organisations and exhibit the methodology adopted by the companies in their evolutions towards becoming the world-class integrated organisations.strategic technology management, technology strategy, technology policy, joint ventures, technical alliances, automobile industry, automotive component industry, SAP-LAP, India, strategic management,