Global Innovation and Economic Value

Facets of Innovation.- The economic impact of innovation.- Monetizing Innovation.- The societal value of pharmaceutical innovation.- The value of disruptive innovations.- The economics of creative destruction.

Vijay Kumar is an IT corporate professional turned researcher. He has had a successful 25-year corporate tenure of building and managing world class technology companies in India. He was the Corporate Product Marketing Manager at Wipro, one of the top Indian IT firms. Subsequently, he was the India Center Head of Tektronix Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tektronix, USA. He later became COO of Raffles Software, a global software firm and CEO of Mindteck, a listed software company promoted by a global investment bank. As MD of Manystreams, a US based video streaming product company, and as MD of Citec India, a subsidiary of Citec Finland, he led the formation and growth of these companies in India. As President of IP consulting at Bizworth, an Intellectual Capital and Valuation advisory, he advised companies on IP strategy and patent valuation. He currently holds the position of Professor and Dean of Faculty of Management Studies at PES University, Bangalore. Dr. Kumar's interests are in investigating the financial and economic outcomes of innovation. He is an Electronics Engineer with an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. He obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.