Development Policy & Practice in Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology

Dr Dinar Kale


Development Policy and Practice
Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Phone number: + 44 (0)1908 652884
Fax Number: + 44 (0) 1908 654825
Email: d.kale@open.ac.uk

Position: Lecturer in International Development and Innovation 

Biography:

Dinar holds an MSc in Organic Chemistry (University of Pune), an MBA in Marketing Management (University of Pune) and a PhD (The Open University Business School). He joined DPP in 2004, working on ESRC funded project ‘Issues involved in diffusion of knowledge through migration of scientific labour in India’.   Dinar has conducted significant research on evolution of capabilities in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, particularly impact of IPRs on capability development, innovation management in Indian pharmaceutical firms, and issues involved in organisational knowledge creation, individual learning and knowledge flows. Currently Dinar is involved in developing two projects; a. analysing impact of financial crisis on overseas foreign direct investment from southern countries and studying agricultural innovation systems in developing countries.

Teaching:

Dinar is currently course team co-chair for a revised version of TU870 Capacities for Managing Development, the postgraduate course on Capacities for Managing Development. He is co chair of TU871 Development: Context and Practice and also involved with U213 undergraduate course on International Development: Challenges for a World in Transition.

Research Interests:

My research interest includes various issues associated with management of knowledge, innovation and development focusing on health industries from developing countries. Other interests include firm level innovation strategies, industrial, science and technology policies and their impact on development.
Publications:

Publications:
  • Kale (2009) International migration, knowledge diffusion and innovation capacities in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, New Technology, Work and Employment (Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp 260-276 Special Issue: 'Building the Science and Innovation Base')
  • Kale (2009) The distinctive patterns of dynamic learning and inter firm differences in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, British Journal of Management (Published online: 22nd June, 2009)
  • Athreye, Kale and Ramani (2009) Experimentation with strategy and the evolution of dynamic capability in the Indian pharmaceutical sector, Industrial and Corporate Change (Vol.18, issue 4, 729-759)
  • Kale, Wield and Chataway (2008) Diffusion of knowledge through migration of scientific labour in India, Science and Public Policy (Vol. 35, Issue 6, 417 – 431)
  • Kale and Wield (2008) Exploitative and Explorative Learning as a Response to the TRIPS Agreement in Indian Pharmaceutical Firms, Industry and Innovation
  • (Vol.15, Issue 1, 93-114)
  • Kale and Little (2007) From imitation to innovation: The evolution of innovative R&D capabilities in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management (Vol. 19, Issue 5, 589-609)
  • Chataway, Kale and Wield (2007) The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry before and after TRIPS’ Technology Analysis and Strategic Management (Vol. 19, Issue 5, 589-609)
  • Simonetti, Archambault and Kale (2007) The dynamics of pharmaceutical patenting in India: Evidence from USPTO data Technology Analysis and Strategic Management (Vol. 19, Issue 5, 625-642)
  • Kale and Little (2006) Knowledge generation in developing countries: A theoretical framework for exploring dynamic learning in high–technology firms, Electronic

  • Journal of Knowledge Management (Vol. 3, Issue 2, 87-97)
Book Chapters:
  • Kale and Little (2009) ‘Globalization, Migration and Knowledge Transfer: The Reconfiguration of R&D Capability in Indian Pharmaceutical Firms’ in Singh and Verma (Eds) Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization, Sage Publications, New Delhi, India in November, 2009
  • Kale, Wield and Chataway (2008) ‘Diffusion of knowledge through migration of scientific labour in India’ published in Reverse Brain Drain: A Reality in Millennium, ICFAI publications, New Delhi, India in March 2008
  • Kale and Little (2006) ‘Knowledge Generation in Developing Countries: Dynamic learning in High Technology Firms’ published in ‘Knowledge Based Economy - Concepts and Cases’, ICFAI Publications, New Delhi, India in March, 2006
Recent Conference Papers:
  • Kale ( 2009) 'Do small innovations matter? Paper presented at Development Studies Association Annual Conference “Current Crises and New Opportunities”, September, 2009, University of Ulster, Belfast,
  • Kale (2009) 'The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry', Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Technology Network seminar in April, 2009, London.
  • Kale (2009) International migration, knowledge flow and innovation capacities in Indian pharmaceutical industry, published at 10th Anniversary DRUID Summer Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008
  • Kale (2009) Development of dynamic competencies through internationalisation as a response to regulatory discontinuity: The case of Indian pharmaceutical firms, published and presented at 12th Schumpeter Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008
  • Kale (2009) International strategies of pharmaceutical firms, published and presented at ‘Emerging multinationals’: Outward Foreign Direct Investment from Emerging and Developing Economies, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 2008
  • Kale (2007) Internationalisation strategies of Indian pharmaceutical firms, Published and presented in the workshop on ‘Internationalisation of Indian & Chinese firms’, University of Brunel, London, 2007