Elias G. Carayannis

Rafiq Dossani

Dimitris G Assimakopoulos

New Product Development (NPD) is about the ideation, formulation, and implementation of new and superior solutions in the market. Beyond the obvious need for organizations to innovate in order to compete, embedded in any NPD program are knowledge, technological expertise, and the social networks that convert these capabilities into offerings that create value at every level—for customers, industries, communities, and regions. This volume provides an array of knowledge perspective in NPD across multiple levels of analysis and geographic regions, including Europe, the United States, China, Japan, and India, to explore the dynamics of NPD in today’s global environment. Presenting case studies from such industries as ICT services, semiconductors, software development, bio-technology, higher education, and even safety for children’s toys, and drawing from a variety of theoretical perspectives, including technology and knowledge management, sociology, economic geography, and organizational behavior, the authors highlight critical success and failure factors in NPD. Among the topics covered: New product development teams, including multi-functional and multi-site teams De-localization and off-shoring of tasks and processes Individual competencies and organizational capabilities University-industry interactions, high-tech clusters, and technology transfer Technology policy

A Comparative Approach

Knowledge Perspectives of New Product Development

Henry S. Rowen

Dossani's book addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947.

Prospects for Peace in South Asia

Martin Carnoy

Rong Wang

Prashant Loyalka

Maria Dobryakova

Isak Froumin

Katherine Kuhns

Jandhyala Tilak

This is a study of higher education in the world's four largest developing economies—Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Already important players globally, by mid-century, they are likely to be economic powerhouses. But whether they reach that level of development will depend in part on how successfully they create quality higher education that puts their labor forces at the cutting edge of the information society. Using an empirical, comparative approach, this book develops a broad picture of the higher education system in each country in the context of both global and local forces. The authors offer insights into how differing socioeconomic and historic patterns of change and political contexts influence developments in higher education. In asking why each state takes the approach that it does, this work situates a discussion of university expansion and quality in the context of governments' educational policies and reflects on the larger struggles over social goals and the distribution of national resources.

Triumph of the BRICs?

University Expansion in a Changing Global Economy

Analyzes Indian public policy on telecommunications, explores what went wrong, and provides solutions with lessons for telecom companies elsewhere too, including those involved in Mexico, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Telecommunications Reform in India

Rafiq Dossani

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