India's High-Tech Leap, Industrial Policy and Future of Innovation

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'This book is a welcome addition to the sparse but important literature on industrial policy in India. Drawing on detailed analyses of multiple high-technology sectors in the country, Professor Mani has highlighted both the relevance of industrial policy for India and other emerging economies and key lessons from these experiences, which can motivate the why and inform the how of industrial policies for such economies. Lucidly written, the book should thus be useful for researchers and policymakers.' -- Ambuj Sagar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India 'This exciting book provides a timely and much needed understanding of the indispensable role of active state support for high- technology industries in one of the largest emerging economies, India, in its drive to global leadership. Sunil Mani masterfully examines design and implementation as well as success and challenges of industrial policy in six sectors in a clear, comprehensive and detailed way. There is much to be learned from this volume about India high-tech development, the need for an industrial policy fully aware of the wide heterogeneity in sectoral contexts and the intelligent use of a variety of tools and approaches in policy.' -- Franco Malerba, Bocconi University, Italy 'Sunil Mani is a leader in the economics of innovation. In India's High-Tech Leap, he combines great comparative understanding of how industrial policy has been used worldwide to build high technology industries with the detailed, granular depth of our experience in India. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in innovation, in what it takes to build future competitive advantage, and in the proper roles of policy and private enterprise in building competitiveness. His stories of six high-technology industries are fascinating. We have long needed this book.' -- Naushad Forbes, Forbes Marshall and Nayanta University, India