In India today only 35 percent of people have access to medicines. This book examines the rise of drug prices in India …, and develops a new healthcare model, which if implemented, would extend access to medicines to India's entire population …

This book presents an extensive study on the effectiveness of recent regulations on pharmaceutical prices in India … penalties remains negligible. The book draws on extensive empirical research involving India’s 2013 Drug Price Control Order and … recent efforts to strengthen the implementation of price controls in India and expanding the scope of price controls to …

was ranked as No. 4 in the world in terms of volume and 15th in terms of value. WTO/TRIPS required India to revise its … patent law, however, and to introduce product patents in the pharmaceutical field. Many not only in India but also in the … world had argued that the local pharmaceutical industry could deteriorate once a strong patent law (such as a product patent …

examines digital differences in the major world nations of China, India, the United States and Japan at the state and …This book analyzes extensive data on the world’s rapidly changing and growing access to, use and geographies of … provincial levels. At the global level, factors such as education, innovation, judicial independence, and investment are …

Evolution of Insurance in India -- South African Insurance Markets -- Recent Developments in the Brazilian Insurance Market … globalization of insurance markets means that understanding both international developments and local trends around the world is now … picture of the world’s insurance markets, this unique and necessary book becomes an essential tool for anyone seeking to …

India is still perceived by some as a developing country that has yet to create world-class products of its own … Consumer Innovation in the poor versus rich world - Some Differences and Similarities -- Chapter 6 Lessons from low … Made in India for the World: An Empirical Investigation into Novelty and Nature of Innovations -- Chapter 9 India …

The book examines innovation in environment-friendly technologies in the automobile industry. The focus of the book are … Germany (a technology leader in the global automobile industry), on the one hand, and India, China and Brazil (technologically … innovation. The book traces the evolution of regulatory standards in the automobile industry, relies on a unique patent dataset …

This book investigates how strategic marketing is influencing organizations’ innovation performance. It presents a … structured study conducted on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to identify the correlation between innovation and … market pressure to modify their policy with respect to quality. The result has been a shift to ‘Strategy with Innovation’. As …

firms -- Business Group Affiliation and Innovation in Medium and High-Technology Industries in India.-Foreign Multinationals … -- M & A and R & D: A Study of Pharmaceutical Sector in India -- Innovation and Employment: A Firm Level Study of Indian … Innovative Efforts -- Patenting and technical efficiency of manufacturing firm in India: Evidence from Medium and High technology …

In this timely and unique study, the innovations in India's information (IT) industry are examined in detail. Globally … countries. Already in India, the IT industry has made a mark in the global economy. However, India faces major challenges in … globalized post-WTO world economy. The Indian IT sector provides a unique window to understand the process of development in an …