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India has a multitude of environmental regulations but a history of poor enforcement. Between 1996 and 2004, India’s Supreme Court required 17 cities to enact action plans to reduce air pollution through a variety of command-and-control (CAC) environmental regulations.…Read More
Join WIEF on Friday, January 5 as they dissect the fabric of India’s economy at the 22nd Wharton India Economic Forum: Diversify. Disrupt. Deliver.
India’s diversity is real, and so are the challenges of doing business there, said the panelists on Innovation and Digital India at the 22nd Wharton India Economic Forum.…Read More
The WIEF 2017 Philadelphia conference features Indian stories, opportunities, challenges and insights, showcased to a global audience comprising world renowned Wharton faculty, Wharton and Penn students and professionals.
This paper examines how social entrepreneurship, at both the firm and institutional levels, fosters innovation and economic development. It draws on concepts from national innovation systems (NIS), complexity, ecosystems, and social entrepreneurship research to develop a framework for forming innovation ecosystems via social entrepreneurship. …Read More
This paper focuses on how the use of renewable energy technologies such as biogas can help to achieve environmental and socio-economic sustainability. It combines research on sustainable consumption and production, natural and industrial ecosystems and renewable energy adoption. …Read More
The Mack Institute will hold a roundtable discussion and workshop at the Wharton India Economic Forum in Mumbai, India. This workshop will be led by Professors Saikat Chaudhuri and Harbir Singh on key innovation challenges and opportunities organizations face.
The Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) is an annual student-run India-focused conference hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Since its inception 20 years ago, WIEF is one of the largest and most prestigious India-centric business conferences bringing together business and political leaders, professionals, academics and students
This paper uses complex systems theory to develop a conceptual model that suggests how development can be catalyzed by leveraging innovation in both technology and social organization to solve socioeconomic problems for developing country populations.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania unveiled a new business certificate program in India Oct. 11 in Mumbai. Wharton said the program is designed to meet the “current needs of high-potential business leaders in India.” The program, including courses on strategy, finance, marketing, and leadership, will be offered…Read More
This market is burning hot — 200-plus brands, 2,000-plus models and more being added quickly, even as existing models are looking at obsolescence every year and a half. The mobile handsets market is crowded, noisy and fast-paced as brands — international and Indian — slug it out. As Naveen Mishra,…Read More
Accelerated Development Program Designed for Global Business Leaders With High Potential MUMBAI, India, Oct 12, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced the launch of a new non-degree business certificate program in India beginning January 2012. Called the Accelerated Development Program (ADP),…Read More
University-industry partnerships facilitate socio-economic development by incubating innovations and diffusing entrepreneurial capabilities to create new markets in rural areas. Complexity theory based approaches are used to develop a process model of emergence based on a case study of a leading Indian technical institution involved in creating new technologies and markets.…Read More
