Sources of Innovation and Technology Capability Development in the Indian Automobile Industry

Dinar Kale ()
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Dinar Kale: ESRC Innogen Centre, Development Policy and Practise, Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology, The Open University

Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), 2012, vol. 4, issue 2, 121-150

Abstract: In the last decade the Indian auto industry has shown increasing levels of technological sophistication and significant growth. The Indian auto industry consists of local firms with indigenous design and development capability, well established global brands and has marketing presence in Indian as well as other emerging markets. This paper tracks capability development in the Indian auto industry and seeks to understand the factors both internal and external to firms that have shaped innovative capabilities. It points out that the Indian government’s industrial policy secured development of basic capabilities but restricted innovative capability development in auto manufacturing. This paper reveals that key attributes of firm ownership such as managerial vision and diversified nature of business, helped Indian firms in the development of the innovative capabilities.

Keywords: automotives; capabilities; India; innovation; technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O19 O25 O31 O32 O33 O38 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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