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Occupy movements highlighting economic inequality have quickly spread around the world. But they have also excluded several countries. One interesting example of the latter is India. How have businesses in India coped with the dual pressures of enhancing shareholder...

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Business leaders are trained to focus on big, attractive markets, yet some of the most compelling sources of growth come from markets that start out as tiny footholds. Penetrating such foothold markets requires an entirely different approach than the...

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Ingenious and resilient may be appropriate adjectives for describing the people – and national economies – of the handful of countries that have staved off the current global slowdown. But the two adjectives understate the resiliency and ingenuity of...

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No event in the history of India has been, arguably, as liberating as the dismantling of what was known as the License Raj in 1991. A decidedly opaque and archaic system of controls and permits – one that was established in 1947 and that effectively stifled enterprise and innovation – was replaced by a torrent of economic reforms that unleashed a furious surge of entrepreneurial activity and promoted a newfound respect for transparency and good governance.

For the past decade, Indian outsourcing firms have talked about ‘moving up the value chain’ as a way of enhancing their service offerings, protecting their outsourcing dominance and increasing their opportunities for profitability. These long-term moves have important implications...

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The need for effective business leaders in India is as intense as it is in most countries. But the path that Indian firms take to develop effective leaders is considerably different than the path followed by American or Canadian...

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The Joint Family Structure, a peculiarly Indian phenomenon, has powered the success of many Indian businesses. But that success has, in turn, been enabled by the broad sweep of economic liberalization in India. That success will continue only if...

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India’s prowess in business has been powered in no small part by the ability of its entrepreneurs to innovate. Just think of Tata and Infosys, for example. But if the ability to recognize a need or an opportunity to...

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Educated women in China have the same goals as their counterparts in Western countries. However, companies in China don’t seem to know how to create an environment that will appeal to and accommodate the needs of Chinese women. Those...

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Note: This article is based on a book by David W. Conklin entitled The Global Environment of Business: New Paradigms for International Management (Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks California, 2011) The article consists of excerpts from an article with that title...

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