Purpose – The purpose of this study is to perform an international comparison of logistics/port operations with a main focus on India. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from the transportation and freight service industry during 2000‐2005, this study first conducts revealed...

Purpose – While going for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) management smell financial synergy or/and operating synergy in different ways. But actually are they able to generate that potential synergy or not, is the important issue. The aim of this study is to find out whether the claims made by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the extant literature on strategy implementation with a view to highlight the pitfalls and use these to build a new framework that could be more relevant to the conditions existing in the Indian context. Design/methodology/approach – This...

Purpose – In this era of globalization, knowledge has emerged as a critical resource. India has high expectations from her knowledge industries. Though it is difficult to classify knowledge into watertight compartments, this paper is an attempt to study whether Indian firms have identified the...