Though India has a long history of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, the actual FDI postindependence was quite low. Post-1991 liberalization policies supported inflow of FDI. Overall there is increase in foreign trade from 1991 to 2012 however the annual growth has not been consistent...

Information technology (IT) has a crucial role in knowledge management (KM), as the facilitator or enabler. To find the IT strategy for KM and related aspects such as the tools being utilised, and the problems faced by Indian firms, research was conducted in leading firms in three sectors of the...

We are in an era of knowledge revolution where knowledge occupies the centre stage. Its continuous generation, sharing and implementation have become crucial for firms and countries. This revolution is supported by the revolution in information technologies. This present research is an attempt...

Knowledge has emerged as the most critical resource for wealth creation and sustainable competitive advantage. I conducted research to study what Indian firms are doing to leverage knowledge, especially to gauge their expectations and the problems they are facing. To have a macro view of the...

We are in the knowledge economy and management scholars worldwide agree that knowledge is the most critical resource today. Organizational culture is highlighted as the major reason behind failure of knowledge management initiatives. I conducted research to understand the current state of...

India and Brazil are among the fastest growing economies of the world and are widely projected as major economies of future. Indo-Brazil links go back five centuries. In recent years, relations between Brazil and India have grown considerably and co-operation between the two countries has been...

India and China are among the oldest civilizations of the world with long history of interaction and relationship. They are the fastest growing economies among the major economies of the world. Both have made rapid progress after liberlisation. One of the major events in international trade and...

Surprisingly, the field of leisure economics is not, thus far, a particularly integrated or coherent one. In this Handbook a wide ranging body of international scholars get to grips with the core issues, taking in the traditional income/leisure choice model of textbook microeconomics and...

Indian movie industry, notably Bollywood, has come a long way in the last two centuries. All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images having been turned into a multi-pronged and vast economic empire. Today it is the biggest movie industry in the...

Indian economy is on a growth trajectory and one study after another is projecting India among the leading economies of future. The role and significance of India in the global economy is continuously increasing. Following the seminar work of Chandler, strategy and structure research has made a...