Showing papers by "Subash Sasidharan published in 2023"
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined the role of innovation on the export market survival of Indian manufacturing firms and found that firms investing in R&D experience a lower probability of exiting from export markets.
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TL;DR: In this article , the authors examine the propensity of Indian farmers to adopt bio-fertilizers and other sustainable inputs and illustrate the transition to sustainability through a framework that includes scale, affordability, and sustainable inputs.
Abstract: Farming in India faces a sustainability challenge due to its overreliance on chemical inputs. For every US$ 1,000 investment in sustainable farming, a US$ 100,000 subsidy is allocated for chemical fertilizers. Indian farming system is far off the optimal nitrogen efficiency, calling for substantial reforms in policy towards the transition to sustainable inputs. We examine the propensity of Indian farmers to adopt biofertilizers and other sustainable inputs. While small farmers are inclined towards chemical inputs, sustainable inputs are costly. Here we show that less than 5 per cent of the farming population contributes to the 95 per cent usage of the bio-fertilizer in India. However, small and marginal farmers contribute substantially to food security. Shifting from chemical to sustainable inputs calls for autonomous investment by the state to augment the capacity and improve affordability. We illustrate the transition to sustainability through a framework that includes scale, affordability, and sustainable inputs.
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TL;DR: In this article , the role of digital infrastructure in shaping the global value chain participation of Indian manufacturing firms is analyzed and a positive and significant association of digitalization on firms' GVC participation is observed.
Abstract: We analyze the role of digital infrastructure in shaping the global value chain (GVC) participation of Indian manufacturing firms. To examine the digitalization and GVC nexus, a rich, firm-level, unbalanced panel of 4875 manufacturing firms from the past two decades is used to detail the rising significance of digital infrastructure in the Indian context and then to examine empirically the relationship between digitalization and GVCs. Employing a logit model, we observe a positive and significant association of digitalization on firms’ GVC participation. Further, subsample results highlight that digitalization promotes the integration of small firms and firms from low-technology industries into the GVC. Moreover, the findings of our analysis are robust to alternate measures of GVCs.