A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PRE AND THE POST LIBERALIZATION ERA REGARDING FOREIGN COLLABORATION IN INDIA

Abstract

In India, Foreign collaboration agreements are being made between Indian and foreign companies through its sale of technology, spare parts and use of foreign brand names for its final products.

There have not been many studies, however, to understand its impact and implication for technology capacity building of the country, and the deficiencies to be overcome for deriving the maximum benefits from collaborations. Experience shows that many collaborations have failed to give results as expected. Therefore these is the requirement for systematic and comprehensive studies on the subject to help the Industry and government

This study is based upon the authentic databases available from the Indian Investment Center, New Delhi and Center for monitoring Indian Economy makes an effort to address some of the above issues this study is focusing on the patterns of foreign collaborations in India, from 1951 to 2000, the pre and post liberalization era.