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		Startups in India Fail Due Lack of Innovation, According to a New IBM Study (forbes.com/sites/suparnadutt)
		1 point by giis on May 18, 2017 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

raleighm on May 18, 2017 [–]

"Also, if a yardstick of innovation is the patent, then India is miles behind its Asian counterparts."

It isn't. Patents are a poor proxy for innovation, especially when used to compare across patent systems instead of within one system over time.

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