Personal Details :

Shyama V. Ramani

Place and Date of birth: Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India; 12 February, 1960.
She is married and has two children.

Education :

Ph.D. in Economics at Cornell University, U.S.A. with the “Andrew D. White Fellowship” (1985-1989).

M.A. in Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (1980-1982).
B.A. (Honours) in Economics at Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India (1977-1980).
 

Dr. Shyama V. Ramani

Current Position :

Senior Researcher, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht
 http://www.merit.unu.edu/about/profile.php?id=1126

On leave of absence from INRA, Department of Economics, France. http://www.ivry.inra.fr/loria/

Associated Researcher of Economics Department of Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
http://ceco.polytechnique.fr/Vs-A/

Extra-Professional Activity :

Founder of Friend in Need Trust (India) and Association Un Ami (France).
www.friend-in-need.org


Awarded Trophy "Women of the Earth" by the Yves-Rocher Foundation and the Institut de France in 2008.

 

Co-founder of the French firm TecKnowMetrix based on her publications in “Scientometrics

 

 

 

Contact Address :

Tel (within France calls): 06 08 80 33 83;
Tel (outside France calls): 33 6 08 80 33 83.
email:
shyama_ramani@yahoo.com

Specialization : 
Economics of Innovation, Game theory.

Current Research Interests :
Evolution of hi-Tech sectors (biotech, nanotech), Commercialization of genetically modified seeds in India, TRIPS and impact on developing countries, Innovation strategies and responsible corporate governance, Role of technology in attaining the millennium development goals, social innovations.


 

Curriculum Vitae (click here)

PUBLICATIONS BY SHYAMA V. RAMANI BY TOPIC

(Only articles. Please note that book chapters and forthcoming articles can be obtained upon request; contact here)

 

ON RATIONAL CHOICE (Applications of Game Theory) :

1.    “La rationalité des agents économiques va t-elle toujours à l’encontre de la coopération ? Le cas du jeu de la poule mouillée” with M.L. Cabon-Dhersin,  Revue d’Economie Politique (117 (2): 271-284, (Mar-Apr 2007)). (available on request)

2.    “Opportunism, trust and cooperation: A game theoretic approach with heterogeneous agents” with M.L. Cabon-Dhersin. Rationality and Society 19 (2): 203-228 (May 2007). (pdf)

3.    “Decision, irreversibility and flexibility : the irreversibility effect re-examined”, with A. Richard, Theory and Decision, 35, 259-276, (1993). (available on request)

4.     “Une approche élargie de l'effet irréversibilité”, with A. Richard et M. Trommetter,  Revue économique, no. 4, juillet, 769-784, (1992). (available on request)

ENABLING COOPERATION (Applications of Game Theory) :

5.    “Can Social Externalities Solve the Small Coalitions Puzzle in International Environmental Agreements?” with M.L. Cabon-Dhersin. Economics Bulletin, Vol 17, No. 4, 1-8. (2006). (pdf)

6.    “Les externalités sociales permettent-elles de résoudre la controverse théorique des « petites coalitions stables » dans les accords environnementaux ” with M.L. Cabon-Dhersin, Revue économique; 57(3): 431-38, (May 2006). (pdf)

7.     “Risk Aversion and the efficiency wage contract” with O. Chouikhi, Labour, 18 (1), 53-73, 2004. (pdf)

 ORGANIZATION OF INNOVATION (Applications of Game Theory) :

8.    “R&D Cooperation, Asymmetric Technological Capabilities and Rationale for Technology Parks” with V. Mukherjee – Forthcoming in Theory and Decision. (2009)

http://www.springerlink.com/content/nv0462w3873h4033/

9.    “Does trust matter for R&D cooperation ? A game theoretic examination” with M.L. Cabon-Dhersin, Theory and Decision. 57, 143-180 (2004). (pdf)

10. “Partner selection and Contract Design in the Indian biotechnology sectors” with P.Audinet et M. ElAroui, The Developing Economies, vol. 39, no.1, 85-111, (2001). (pdf)

11.  “Technology cooperation between firms of developed and less-developed countries”, Economic Letters vol 68, 203-209, (2000). (pdf)

PATENT AND PUBLICATIONS BASED INDICATORS :

12. "On estimating a knowledge production function at the firm and sectoral level using patent statistics" with M. El-Aroui and M. Carrere, Research Policy 37, 1568-1578 (2008). (pdf)

13.  “Decoding the information on genetic variation” with Roger Coronini, Marie-Angèle de Looze, Pierre Puget, and Gérard Bley. Nature BioTechnology, volume 21, no. 1, 21-29, (Jan 2003). (pdf)

14.  “Using patent statistics as competition indicators in the biotechnology sectors: An Application to France, Germany and the U.K.” with M.A. Delooze, Scientometrics, vol. 54, no. 3, 319-346, (2002). (pdf)

15.  “Biotechnology patents in the food sectors” with S.Malkoc, S.Murlis et K.van Wesemael, Nature BioTechnology, volume 19, no. 4, 383-384, (May, 2001). (pdf)

16.  “A note on using patent statistics to obtain competition indicators” with M.A. Delooze, Scientometrics, vol 49, no. 3, 547-551 (2000). (pdf)

17.  “Biotechnology patent applications in Europe” with M.A. De Looze, Nature BioTechnology, volume 17, number 1, 83-86, January (1999). (pdf)

EVOLUTION OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTORS IN INDIA :

1.    Catching up in Pharmaceuticals: A comparative study of India and Brazil with S. Guennif. UNU-MERIT Working Papers ISSN 1871-9872 2010-19. (pdf)

2.     “Experimentation with strategy and evolution of dynamic capability in the Indian Pharmaceutical sector” with S.Athreye and D. Kale. Industrial and Corporate Change 18(4):729-759, (2009).  (pdf)

3.     “La propriété intellectuelle : Un boulet pour les pays émergents”, Le Monde, (March 15, 2005). (pdf)

4.     “TRIPS and its possible impact on the biotech based segment of the Indian pharmaceutical industry”, with A. Maria, Economic and Political Weekly, Feb 12-18, 675-683, (Feb, 2005). (pdf)

5.     “Biotech in post TRIPS India” with P. Pradhan and M.Ravi, Nature Biotechnology, Volume 23, no.1, 18-19, (Jan, 2005). (pdf)

6.     “Who’s interested in biotechnology: R&D strategies, knowledge base and market sales of Indian biopharmaceutical firms” Research Policy vol. 31, 381-398 (2002). (pdf)

7.     “Rising to the technological challenge: Integration of biotechnology in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry” with M.S. Venkataramani, International Journal of Biotechnology, vol 3, no. 1/2, 95-115, (2001). (pdf)

8.     “Resources, performance and strategy: a statistical examination of the integration of biotechnology in the Indian pharmaceutical sector”, with C. Putz, International Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 3, no.3/4, 374-390, (2001). (pdf)

9.     “Introduction to the special issue on biotechnology” International Journal of Biotechnology vol 3, no. 1/2, 1-3, (2001). (pdf)

10.  “The role of resources and incentives in the integration of biotechnology in developing countries : An Indian case study” with Visalakshi, International Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 2, no. 4, 297-312, (2001). (pdf)

11.  “Biotechnologies: l’Inde monte en puissance”, Biofutur, 174, (January 1998), 18-21. (pdf

EVOLUTION OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTORS IN EUROPE :

12. “Country specific characteristics of patent applications in France, Britain and Germany in the biotechnology sectors” with M.A. Delooze, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, vol 14, no. 4, 457-480 (2002). (pdf)

13. “Networks and Technological competence: An analysis of some NBFs in the biotechnology sectors in France and Britain” with J.Estades, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, vol. 10, no.4, 483-495, (1998). (pdf)

14.  “Technology Creation in the Biotechnology Sectors: The French Connection” with D. Jolly, International Journal of Technology Management, Special Issue on Access to Technological and Financial Resources for SME innovation, vol 12, no. 7/8, 830-848, (1996). (pdf)

15.  “The French Evolution of Biotechnology”, Nature BioTechnology, vol 13, 757-759, (1995). (pdf)

16. “Trajectoires technologiques et mobilisation de réseaux dans des PME de biotechnologies en France et en Grande Bretagne”, with J.Estades, Revue Internationale PME**, vol. 10, no.3-4, 39-56, (1997). (pdf)

17.  “Creating Incentives: Lessons from the French experience”, Biotechnology and Development Monitor, No.26, 18-20, March (1996). (pdf)

TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT:

18. On the Delivery of Pro-poor Innovations: Managerial Lessons from Sanitation Activists in India with S.SadreGhazi and G.Duysters, UNU-MERIT Working Papers ISSN 1871-9872 2010-18. (pdf)

19. “Playing in Invisible Markets: The Market for toilets and empowerment”, The Charles Cooper Annual Memorial Lecture, UNU-Merit working paper, #2008-012, (2008). (pdf)

20. “Economic Development in India: A Brief Outline of Theory, Policy and Progress -A personal view”   eSS Occasional Papers, Vol 1, No. 1, May-July 2008, 1-12. (pdf)

21. “Commercializing an Innovation in an Invisible Market: Case of Ecosan toilets” with A.Benycar and A. Didier eSS Occasional Papers, Vol.1, No.1, May-July 2008, 77-90. (pdf)

 

 


 

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