Shyama Ramani
Professor of Innovation and the Social Enterprise
Contact Details
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Summary
Shyama V. Ramani is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise at Brunel Business School and the director of the Centre on International Business and Strategy in Emerging Markets at Brunel University.
Her research focuses on the relationships between technology, innovation and development, drawing on the evolution of biotech sectors in India and Europe as illustrative case studies. Her work revolves around three core themes: the impact of the national system of innovation on the creation of industrial competence; the use of patent and publications statistics as indicators of competitive position and comparative advantage for investment; and the creation of incentives for cooperation and coordination. Her methodology is varied, ranging from contextual analysis and case studies to the use of game theory for studying strategic problems related to innovation creation and diffusion. She is currently studying the role of technology and innovation to attain the Millennium Development Goals, and the corporate social responsibility of firms with respect to innovation. Dr. Ramani holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University, USA. She is also a Professorial Fellow at the United Nations University, (UNU-MERIT) at Maastricht, The Netherlands.
After the tsunami of December 2004, she founded the non-profit organization ‘Friend in Need’, an action-research unit which aims to improve sanitation coverage and waste management in rural India. It is actively supported by European and Indian students. This has been followed in 2012 by the creation of an academic research consultancy named ‘HATCHED’, which develops and applies innovative designs and practices to improve the lives of communities at the bottom of the income pyramid in emerging countries.
Teaching and Research
Teaching
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Technology Management
Entrepreneurship (MBA)
Research Interests
- Evolution of hi-Tech sectors (biotech, nanotech) in emerging countries
- Commercialization of genetically modified seeds and access to medicines in emerging countries
- Innovation strategies and corporate social responsibility
- Role of technology and innovation in attaining the millennium development goals
Research Centres
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2012) Guennif, S. and Ramani, SV., Explaining divergence in catching-up in pharma between India and Brazil using the NSI framework, Research Policy 41 (2) : 430- 441
(2012) Ramani, SV., SadreGhazi, S. and Duysters, G., On the diffusion of toilets as bottom of the pyramid innovation: Lessons from sanitation entrepreneurs, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 79 (4) : 676- 687
(2012) Reid, SE. and Ramani, SV., The harnessing of biotechnology in India: Which roads to travel?, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 79 (4) : 648- 664
(2011) Mukherjee, V. and Ramani, SV., R&D cooperation in emerging industries, asymmetric innovative capabilities and rationale for technology parks, Theory and Decision 71 (3) : 373- 394
(2009) Athreye, S., Kale, D. and Ramani, SV., Experimentation with strategy and the evolution of dynamic capability in the Indian pharmaceutical sector, Industrial and Corporate Change 18 (4) : 729- 759
(2008) Ramani, SV., El-Aroui, M-A. and Carrère, M., On estimating a knowledge production function at the firm and sector level using patent statistics, Research Policy 37 (9) : 1568- 1578
(2007) Cabon-Dhersin, M-L. and Ramani, SV., Opportunism, trust and cooperation: A game theoretic approach with heterogeneous agents, Rationality and Society 19 (2) : 203- 228
(2006) Cabon-Dhersin, M-L. and Ramani, SV., Can Social Externalities Solve the Small Coalitions Puzzle in International Environmental Agreements?, Economics Bulletin 17 (4) : 1- 8
(2004) Cabon-Dhersin, M-L. and Ramani, SV., Does trust matter for R&D cooperation? A game theoretic examination, Theory and Decision 57 (2) : 143- 180
(2004) Chouikhi, O. and Ramani, SV., Risk aversion and the efficiency wage contract, Labour 18 (1) : 53- 73
(2002) Ramani, SV. and De Looze, M-A., Country-specific characteristics of patent applications in France, Germany and the UK in the biotechnology sectors, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 14 (4) : 457- 480
(2002) Ramani, SV. and De Looze, M-A., Using patent statistics as knowledge base indicators in the biotechnology sectors: An application to France, Germany and the U.K., Scientometrics 54 (3) : 319- 344
(2002) Ramani, SV., Who is interested in biotech? R&D strategies, knowledge base and market sales of Indian biopharmaceutical firms, Research Policy 31 (3) : 381- 398
(2001) Ramani, SV. and Venkataramani, MS., Rising to the technological challenge: Possibilities for integration of biotechnology in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, International Journal of Biotechnology 3 (1-2) : 95- 115
(2001) Ramani, SV., El-Aroui, M-A. and Audinet, P., Technology transfer: Partner selection and contract design with foreign firms in the Indian biotechnology sectors, Developing Economies 39 (1) : 85- 111
(2000) Ramani, SV. and De Looze, M-A., A note on using patent statistics to obtain competition indicators, Scientometrics 49 (3) : 511- 515
(1999) de Looze, MA. and Ramani, SV., Biotechnology patent applications in Europe. A look at the differences between French, British, and German patent application trends., Nat Biotechnol 17 (1) : 83- 85 Download publication
(1999) De Looze, MA. and Ramani, SV., Biotechnology patent applications in Europe, Nature Biotechnology 17 (1) : 83- 84
(1998) Estades, J. and Ramani, SV., Technological competence and the influence of networks: A comparative analysis of new biotechnology firms in France and Britain, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 10 (4) : 483- 495
(1993) Ramani, SV. and Richard, A., Decision, irreversibility and flexibility: The irreversibility effect re-examined, Theory and Decision 35 (3) : 259- 276
