Public- Versus Private-Sector Research and Development: A Comparative Analysis of Two Indian R&D Project Groups

V. Suchitra Mouly and Jayaram K. Sankaran

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2007, vol. 37, issue 1, 80-102

Abstract: The present study undertakes a comparative analysis of a government R&D team and an in-house R&D team of a listed company and analyzes how and why a public-sector R&D team failed where a comparable private-sector R&D team succeeded. The findings speak to the influence of sector/environmental context on the behavior of R&D project groups. The public R&D organization, to which the government R&D team belonged, was different from the private company on the dimensions of ownership, funding, and nature of the R&D product. These differences influenced the relative success of the private R&D team through differential processes for project selection and the recruitment of R&D personnel.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.2753/IMO0020-8825370104

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