Research

Major Research Projects

The research program of the Centre is centered around a series of projects which will yield working papers, policy briefs, newspaper articles and journal articles. The main projects of the Centre are:

Innovation and Technology

• Barriers to Product Upgradation in the Sialkot Surgical Goods Sector
• Barriers to Upgrading in the Sialkot Football Sector
• Understanding Institutional Barriers to Technology Adoption in the Pakistani Manufacturing Sector
• Innovation and firm performance in developing countries: The case of Pakistani textile and apparel manufacturers
• Analysis of Technology in the Sialkot Soccer Ball industry
• Technology and Innovation Mapping Project
• Innovation in the Textiles Sector: A Firm-Level Analysis of Technological and Nontechnological Innovation
• Analysis of Growth in Pakistani Exports

MPhil Theses

• Corruption, Institutional Barriers and Innovation
• Technology in the Sialkot Gloves Manufacturing Sector

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