Business Environment by Pearson

from MNCs. Actually, the Indian research centres of Astra AB and Daimler–Benz were speci -

cally attracted to Bangalore by the prospects of a collaboration with the IISc. Astra has actually

endowed a Chair at IISc to cement its relationship with it and the Benz Research Centre has

contracted a project in avionics to IISc. Encouraged by its research contracts with IICT and

NCL, DuPont has set up a separate Indian Technology O ce at its headquarters to systemati-

cally target India for its technology research activity. Another feature of these investments is

that these are all concentrated in a few Indian cities such as Bangalore and Hyderabad ...