Suma Athreye
Professor of International Strategy
Contact Details
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Summary
Suma Athreye is Professor of International Strategy at Brunel Business School and Founding Director of the Centre on International Business and Strategy in Emerging Markets at Brunel University. Her research focuses on internationalization and its impact on technology management in developed and in emerging economies. Some of her well cited publications are on knowledge markets and the growth of international licensing, foreign investment into India, the growth of the Cambridge high tech cluster, the software and pharmaceutical industries in India and the internationalization of Chinese and Indian firms. She has won several grants for her research which has also been recognized by national and international media.
In her current research funded by the European Commission, she has worked closely with the Office of National Statistics to create unique firm level datasets that enable her to study the impact of international technology imports on UK firm innovation and performance. (Please click the link to read more about this research and download papers associated with it). She is also working with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in the UK to estimate the returns to patenting for UK firms located in different sectors and different size groups.
Suma’s research has had an impact on policy and she has consulted to several multilateral organisations. In 2008, she was invited to be Rapporteur for the EU expert Group in International Cooperation in Science and Technology. In 2010, she was invited to contribute to the annual report of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Her team of researchers is also working with the IPO to assist with their review of the public consultation into reform of the UK’s IP system.
Teaching and Research
Teaching
International Business (MBA)
International Business Economics
Technology Management and Policy
Research Interests
- Growth of technology based firms
- Internationalisation of technology based firms
- Internationalisation of R&D and technology outsourcing by large firms
- Trade and investment policies and the development of national technological capability
Research Centres
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(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
(2009) Athreye, S. and Godley, A., Internationalization and technological leapfrogging in the pharmaceutical industry, Industrial and Corporate Change 18 (2) : 295- 323
(2009) Athreye, S. and Kapur, S., Introduction: The internationalization of Chinese and Indian firms - trends, motivations and strategy, Industrial and Corporate Change 18 (2) : 209- 221
(2007) Athreye, S. and Cantwell, J., Creating competition? Globalisation and the emergence of new technology producers, Research Policy 36 (2) : 209- 226
(2007) Athreye, S. and Caturvedi, S., Industry associations and technology-based growth in India, The European Journal of Development Research 9 (1) : 156- 173
(2007) Athreye, S. and Chaturvedi, S., Industry associations and technology-based growth in India, European Journal of Development Research 19 (1) : 156- 173
(2006) Athreye, S. and Kapur, S., Industrial concentration in a liberalising economy: a study of Indian manufacturing, Journal of Development Studies 42 (6) : 981- 999
(2005) Athreye, SS., The Indian software industry and its evolving service capability, Industrial and Corporate Change 14 (3) : 393- 418
(2004) Athreye, SS., "Role of transnational corporations in the evolution of a high-tech industry: The case of India's software industry" - A comment, WORLD DEVELOPMENT 32 (3) : 555- 560
(2004) Athreye, SS., “Role of transnational corporations in the evolution of a high-tech industry: the case of India’s software industry” – A comment, World Development 32 (3) : 555- 560
(2004) Werker, C. and Athreye, S., Marshall's disciples: knowledge and innovation driving regional economic development and growth, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 14 (5) : 505- 523
(2003) Athreye, SS., The microdynamics of technological change, RESEARCH POLICY 32 (6) : 1145- 1146
(2003) Athreye, SS., The Indian software industry and its evolving service capability, DPP Working Paper - Open University (47) : 1- 27
(2003) Athreye, SS., The microdynamics of technological change - Cristiano Antonelli (Ed.), Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1999, 286 pp., @$ 60.00, ISBN 0415-190-525, Research Policy 32 (6) : 1145- 1146
(2002) Athreye, SS. and Keeble, D., Sources of increasing returns and regional innovation in the UK, Regional Studies 36 (4) : 345- 357
(2002) Athreye, SS. and Keeble, D., Specialised markets and the behavior of firms: Evidence from the UK's regional economies, International Regional Science Review 25 (1) : 38- 62
(2002) Arora, A. and Athreye, S., The software industry and India's economic development, Information Economics and Policy 14 (2) : 253- 273
(2001) Athreye, SS., Secrets of software success: Management insights from 100 software firms around the world., R & D MANAGEMENT 31 (3) : 355- 355
(2001) Athreye, SS., Competition, rivalry and innovative behaviour, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 10 (1) : 1- 21
(2001) Athreye, S. and Kapur, S., Private foreign investment in India: pain or panacea?, World Economy 24 (3) : 399- 424
(2000) Athreye, S. and Keeble, D., Technological convergence, globalisation and ownership in the UK computer industry, Technovation 20 (5) : 227- 245
(1999) Athreye, SS., Relative underdevelopment as a barrier to technological efficiency: A comparative study of ministeel plants in India and the UK, Modern Asian Studies 33 (3) : 733- 758
(1999) Athreye, S. and Kapur, S., Foreign-controlled manufacturing firms in India, Economic and Political Weekly 34 (48) : M149- M151
(1998) Athreye, SS., Trade, growth and technical change, RESEARCH POLICY 27 (9) : 979- 980
(1997) Athreye, SS., On markets in knowledge, Journal of Management and Governance 1 (2) : 231- 253
(1996) Athreye, SS., Technology diffusion and industrial development: A comparative study of electric arc furnace technology in India and the UK, Science, Technology and Development 14 (1) : 36- 58
(1994) Athreye, S., Science and technology - Lessons for development policy - Evenson,RE, Ranis,G, DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE 25 (2) : 452- 454
(1994) Athreye, S., The other policy - The influence of policies on technology choice and small enterprise development - Stewart,F, Thomas,H, Dewilde,T, DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE 25 (2) : 452- 454
(1991) Athreye, S., The political-economy of Indian sugar - State intervention and structural-Change - Baru,S, Economic and Political Weekly: a journal of current economic and political affairs 26 (35) : 2050- 2051
(Accepted) Athreye, SS., Tuncay-Celikel, A. and Ujjual, V., Internationalisation of R&D into Emerging Markets: Fiat's R&D in Brazil, Turkey and India, Long Range Planning (31/12/9999)
Conference Papers
(2010) Athreye, SS., Mickiewicz, T. and Yang, Y., Firm level and institutional influences on the choice of export markets for international licensing and R&D outsourcing, 10th Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data & COST Conference 2010 (CAED 2010), Proceedings of the 10th Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data & COST Conference 2010
(2010) Athreye, SS., Mickiewicz, T. and Yang, Y., Institutional influences on the choice of export markets for international licensing and R&D outsourcing, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
(2010) Athreye, S., Bascavusoglu-Moreau, E. and Yang, Y., Proximity, appropriability and EU membership: influences on R&D outsourcing and international licensing from the UK, the conference of the Academy of International Business (UK chapter)
(2009) Chen, W. and Athreye, S., Go west for fame and fortune? The role of internationalization in the growth of Chinese telecom firms, 3rd China Goes Global Conference Download publication
(2008) Athreye, SS. and Godley, A., Internationalising to create firm specific advantages: US pharmaceutical firms in the 1930s and 1940s and Indian pharmaceutical firms in the 1990s and 2000s, Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB 2008), 3 Jul 2008
(2000) Athreye, SS., Technology policy and innovation: The role of competition between firms, , Science Technology and Innovation Policy: Opportunities and challenges for the knowledge economy 301- 322
Book Chapters
(2010) Athreye, SS., Huang, C. and Soete, L., An ‘outward-looking’ Lisbon strategy: A solution for challenges of the knowledge economy in the EU, China and India. In: Prange-Gstöhl, H. ed. International science and technology cooperation in a globalized world: The external dimension of the European research area. Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Pub 81- 102
(2005) Athreye, S. and Srinivasan, V., Managerial synergies and related diversification: software services and the business process outsourcing sector in India. In: Thatchenkery, T. and Stough, R. eds. Information Communication Technology and Economic Development: Learning from the Indian Experience. Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
(2005) Athreye, SS., The Indian software industry. In: Arora, A. and Gambardella, A. eds. From Underdogs to Tigers: The Rise and Growth of the Software Industry in Brazil, China, India, Ireland, and Israel. New York : Oxford University Press 7- 40
(2004) Athreye, SS. and Simonetti, R., Technology, investment and economic growth. In: Brown, W., Bromley, S. and Athreye, S. eds. Ordering the international: History, change and transformation. Milton Keynes, UK : Pluto Press 337- 376
(2004) Athreye, S., Agglomeration and growth: a study of the Cambridge hi-tech cluster. In: Bresnahan, T. and Gambardella, A. eds. Building High-Tech Clusters: Silicon Valley and Beyond. New York : Cambridge University Press 121- 159
(2003) Athreye, S., Trade policy, industrialization and growth in India. In: Bromley, S., Mackintosh, M., Brown, W. and Wuyts, M. eds. Making the International: Economic Interdependence and Political Order (World of whose making?). London : Pluto Press 173- 214
(2003) Athreye, SS., The evolution of the UK software market: scale of demand and the role of competencies. In: Metcalfe, JS. and Warde, A. eds. Market Relations and the Competitive Process - New Dynamics of Innovation and Competition. Manchester University Press 144- 157
(2002) Athreye, SS. and Kapur, S., Private foreign investment in India: Pain or panacea?. In: Athukorala, PC. ed. The economic development of Southeast Asia. Edward Elgar Pub
(2001) Athreye, SS., Evolution of markets in the software industry. In: Guilhon, B. ed. Technology and markets for knowledge. Springer 181- 200
Books
(Forthcoming) Athreye, SS., Overcoming adversity: Software outsourcing, entrepreneurship and economic development in India. SAGE
(2004) Athreye, SS., (ed)., Werker, C. and (ed)., Knowledge and Innovation in Creating and Sustaining Regional Growth. Springer
(2004) Brown, W., Bromley, S. and Athreye, S., Ordering the international: History, change and transformation. Pluto Press
(2002) Dawson, G., Athreye, S., Himmelweit, S., Sawyer, M. and O'Shaughnessy, T., Economics and economic change: macroeconomics. Prentice Hall
