Baskaran Angathevar
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
University of Malaya
Malaysia
Biography
Dr. Baskaran Angathevar holds PhD (Science & Technology Policy Studies, Sussex, UK), MSc (Financial Management, Middlesex, UK), MPhil (International Studies, JNU, India), MA (History, Punjab, India), MA (Political Science, Madurai, India), and BA (History & Pol. Sci., Madurai, India). His research expertise include, Economics of innovation; National innovation systems; Science, technology and development; FDI & OFDI; and Business Incubators; Entrepreneurship & Financial management of small businesses, with main focus on multidisciplinary themes related to emerging and developing economies. His experience include: Research Fellow, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University Business School, London, UK (1999 to 2014); Senior Associate Research Fellow, SHARCHI Chair Programme, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He has taught a number of modules at UG level including: Business Decisions; Managerial Finance; Corporate Reporting; Research Project; Accounting for Business; Accounting Theories and Research Methods. PG Teaching: Research Methodology, Financial Management for the Small Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; and Financial & Management Accounting. Research Supervision: Over 40 UG projects including industrial placement projects; over 100 Masters Dissertations; and 3 Doctoral completion. Examined 12 PhD Thesis for universities in the UK, Italy, Malaysia, and India.
Research Interest
Economics of Innovation; National Innovation Systems; Science, Technology and Development; Fdi & Ofdi; and Business Incubators; Entrepreneurship & Financial Management of Small Businesses, With Main Focus On Multidisciplinary Themes Related to Emerging and Developing Economies. (Technololy & Innovation; Science Policy; Entrepreneurship; Business Incubators; National Innovation System)
Publications
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Muchie, M. and Baskaran, A.2006. General Conclusions: Innovation Systems for ICT Implications for the Less Developing Economies. In Baskaran, A. and Muchie, M. (eds.), Bridging the Digital Divide: Innovation Systems for ICT in Brazil, China, India, Thailand and Southern Africa.London: Adonis-Abbey.
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Soete,L. Schneegans, S., Eröcal,D., Angathevar, B. and Rasiah, R. 2015. A world in search of an effective growth strategy. In: UNESCO Science Report: Towards 2030, Executive Summary. Paris: UNESCO.