Krishnan Narayanan

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the effects of de-regulation on technology acquisition and competitiveness in the Indian automobile industry during the 1980s and argue that asymmetry among firms in terms of technology acquisition (through technology imports and in-house efforts) explain much of the firm level differences in competitiveness.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors tried to construct a picture of socioeconomic context of vulnerability by focusing on indicators that measure both the state of development of the region as well as its capacity to progress further.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate an approach to assess future risks and quantify the benefits of adaptation options at a city-scale, with application to flood risk in Mumbai, and demonstrate that adaptation could significantly reduce future losses; for example, estimates suggest that by improving the drainage system, losses associated with a 1in100 year flood event today could be reduced by as much as 70%.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed inter-firm differences in technology sourcing for firms drawn from the Basic Chemical industry in India and found that the older, the moderately integrated, and the firms with foreign presence are investing more rigorously on technological efforts than their counterparts.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of technological efforts and firm size in determining the export behavior of firms belonging to the basic chemical industry in India was examined, and the authors found evidence in support of the view that export behaviour of the firm can be modelled in a more appropriate manner using a two-part or a sample selection model rather than the popular Tobit model.