A Case study on Ola and Uber from the driver partners’ perspective The Time magazine carried in article by Joel Stein in its January 2015 edition wherein the author muses…“The sharing economy–which isn’t about sharing so much as ruthlessly optimizing everything around us and delivering it at the touch of a button–is the culmination of all ourContinue reading “The Platform Economy”
Author Archives: Prashant Singh
The need and centrality of R&D investment in the growth march of a country
Nations grow at differing speeds and varied reasons are assigned as causal factors for the different growth potentials displayed by them; as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) metric. What drives this growth is a question which has intrigued both theorists and developmental researchers. Can growth solely be determined by capital accumulation or withContinue reading “The need and centrality of R&D investment in the growth march of a country”
JOBLESS BY CHOICE OR BY STRUCTURE? SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND EXCLUSIONS THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA
There are inequalities pertaining to class, caste, gender, religion, culture, creed and ethnicity that shape the educational fabric of the globe. These inequalities further ingrain themselves in the system of educational institutions and result in exclusions and exclusionary practices in education. These practices further amalgamate to job market exclusions such that some individuals hold aContinue reading “JOBLESS BY CHOICE OR BY STRUCTURE? SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND EXCLUSIONS THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA”
R&D ecosystem of OECD countries: Lessons for the Indian economy
The two world wars, the cold war which followed and the side of the iron curtain the participating countries fell, have largely defined the two major R&D ecosystems observable today. The western block with its free market economic model was able to seamlessly pass the baton to the private sector and what followed was aContinue reading “R&D ecosystem of OECD countries: Lessons for the Indian economy “
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