Personal Details :

Dr. Shyama V. Ramani was born in Tiruchirapally, South India on 12 February, 1960.
She is married and blessed with 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).

Contact Address :

INRA-ESR, 65 Bd de Brandebourg,
94205 Ivry sur Seine Cedex, France.
Tel: (33) 06 08 80 33 83;
email: shyama_ramani@yahoo.com

Current Position :
Associate Professor or Chargée de Recherche at INRA, (National Institute of Agricultural Research), Department of Economics, France.
 

Associated Researcher of Economics Department of Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.

Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor of the economics consultancy firm “TecKnowMetrix”. www.tecknowmetrix.fr
 

Extra-Professional Activity :
Coordinator of Project FIR (Franco-Indian project of reconstruction after Tsunami). http://www.project-fir-tsunami.org

Current Research Interests :
Commercialization of genetically modified seeds, TRIPS and incentives for technology transfer, Evolution of hi-Tech sectors (biotech, nanotech) in developing countries, Technology and Sustainable Development.
 

Publications :

Economics, Sociology, Management Science and Scientometric Journals
 

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“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 (forthcoming). “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 (forthcoming). “Opportunism, trust and cooperation: A game theoretic approach with heterogeneous agents” with M.L. Cabon-Dhersin. Rationality and Society (forthcoming). “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). “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). “Does trust matter for R&D cooperation ? A game theoretic examination” with M.L. Cabon-Dhersin, Theory and Decision. 57, 143-180 (2004). “Risk Aversion and the efficiency wage contract” with O. Chouikhi, Labour, 18 (1), 53-73, 2004. “Who’s interested in biotechnology: R&D strategies, knowledge base and market sales of Indian biopharmaceutical firms” Research Policy vol. 31, 381-398 (2002). “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). “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). “Partner selection and Contract Design in the Indian biotechnology sectors” with P. Audinet et M. El Aroui, The Developing Economies, vol. 39, no.1, 85-111, (2001). “A note on using patent statistics to obtain competition indicators” with M.A. Delooze, Scientometrics, vol 49, no. 3, 547-551 (2000). “Technology cooperation between firms of developed and less-developed countries”, Economic Letters vol 68, 203-209, (2000). “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). “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). “Decision, irreversibility and flexibility : the irreversibility effect re-examined”, with A. Richard, Theory and Decision, 35, 259-276, (1993) “Une approche élargie de l'effet irréversibilité”, with A. Richard et M. Trommetter, Revue économique, no. 4, juillet, 769-784, (1992).

Publications in Biotechnology Journals :
 

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“Biotech in post TRIPS India” with P. Pradhan and M.Ravi, Nature Biotechnology, Volume 23, no.1, 18-19, (Jan, 2005) “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). “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). “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). “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). “Introduction to the special issue on biotechnology” International Journal of Biotechnology vol 3, no. 1/2, 1-3, (2001). “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). “Biotechnology patent applications in Europe” with M.A. De Looze, Nature Biotechnology, volume 17, number 1, 83-86, January (1999). “The French Evolution of Biotechnology”, Nature Biotechnology, vol 13, 757-759, (1995).

Book Chapters :
 

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“Who’s interested in biotechnology: R&D strategies, knowledge base and market sales of Indian biopharmaceutical firms”. [To be also reprinted from Research Policy in: “The Economics of Biotechnology”, edited by Maureen McKelvey and Luigi Orsenigo (forthcoming) Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. (Part of the “The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics” Series Editor: Mark Blaug).] “The biotech segment of the Indian pharmaceutical industry in the brave new post-TRIPS world” with M.Ravi and P.Pradhan in the book “Droit et Economie de la Propriete Intellectuelle” edited by M.A. Frison-Roche and A. Abello., La Collection Droit et Economie, L.G.D.J. 185-201.(2005) “Technology purchases and technology alliances in the Indian biotechnology sectors” with P. Audinet et M. ElAroui, L'Europe et le Sud à l'aube du XXIe siècle : enjeux et renouvellement de la coopération - Actes de la 9e Conférence générale de l'EADI, Karthala, Paris, 2002. “Biotechnology and the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Integration and Impact” with M.S. Venkataramani in “China and India” edited by S. Dzever and J. Jaussand, Macmillan Press Ltd, London, 1999, 181-207. “The creation of European dedicated biotechnology firms” with P.P Saviotti, P.B.Joly, J.Estades and M.A.DeLooze in: J. Senker (ed) “Biotechnology and Competitive Advantage: European firms and the US Challenge”, Edward Elgar, 1998, 68-88. “What game theory has to say on R&D strategic alliances” in “Management and New Technology: Design, Networks and Strategy” edited by Donald Maclean, Paolo Saviotti and Dominick Vinck, COST (Social Sciences), EEC, Brussels, 1995, 213-239.

Other Publications :
 

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Book review : Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation,D.Vinck (Ed.) Research Policy, 36 (2007) 155–156. “La propriété intellectuelle : Un boulet pour les pays émergents”, Le Monde, (March 15, 2005). “Biotechnologies: l’Inde monte en puissance”, Biofutur, 174, January 1998, 18-21. “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).   “Creating Incentives: Lessons from the French experience”, Biotechnology and Development Monitor, No.26, 18-20, March (1996).