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100			_aSubrahmanya, M.H. Bala
245			_aResearch and development in small industry in Karnataka
260			_c2002
300			_ap.4010-017.
362			_a28 Sep
520			_aThis paper primarily probes the nature and dimensions of R and D activities carried out in small-scale industries in Karnataka. Quite a number of small firms are informally engaged in R and D in the region. External factors like competitive pressure, technological change and customer needs have driven most of these firms to undertake R and D to achieve quality improvement, cost efficiency and competitiveness. Thus `incremental innovations' are the primary feature of R and D in small firms and they spend hardly 1 per cent of their turnover for R and D. - Reproduced.
650			_aKarnataka - Industries, small scale
650			_aSmall scale industry
700			_aBalachandra, P.
700			_aMathirajan, M.
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a53979
999			_c53979 _d53979