Purpose: This study examines the effects of both technological and non-technological innovations on the overall performance of Indian manufacturing firms, and identifies the mediation and synergy effects in the relationship between innovation and performance. ...

Purpose: This study examines the innovation-efficiency linkage for Indian and Chinese manufacturing and service firms. Design/methodology/approach: We applied the stochastic production and cost frontier approach to determine the output and cost efficiency of the firms surveyed in World Bank...

Paddy rice fields are kept inundated during most of the growing period. This requirement is challenging to achieve because of the lack of suitable technologies to detect rapidly percolation prone zones within these fields. The objective of this study was to evaluate a methodology to identify...