CII LIBRARY - NEW ARRIVALS

1	Prospects for India in a globalising world economy / Martin Wolf [Bombay Chamber Bulletin, July 2004) A discussion on how India could emerge as a global economic leader. Author tries to prove that India has vast opportunities to achieve extremely rapid growth, which would transform the conditions of her people. Indian economy
2	The hidden dangers of the informal economy / Daiana Farrell [Mckinsey Quarterly 2004, Number 3] Government suppose that the gray market (informal business) creates jobs and relieves social tensions. Academics think it will disappear of its own accord. Mckinsey research findings has found these beliefs to be untrue and argued that any short-term employment benefits of informality are thus greatly outweighed by its long-term negative impact on economic growth and job creation. Informal sector
3	Making a market in knowledge / Maria Joao Carioca, Rui Diniz, and Bruno Pietracci [Mckinsey Quarterly 2004, Number 3] One source of competitive advantage is to diffuse throughout a company the unique, proprietary knowledge about customers, competitors, products, and techniques that resides in the minds of its employees. But many efforts at knowledge management have failed to deliver that advantage, because they haven't focused on the creation and broad exchange of knowledge within a company. Establishing an internal knowledge market with its own unique approaches to pricing, exchange, market facilitation, and competition can solve that problem and boost productivity. Knowledge Management
4	A new route for telecom deregulation / Scott Beardsley, Luis Enriquez, and Jon C. Garcia [Mckinsey Quarterly 2004, Number 3] This article argues that regulation and technology have loosened the incumbents' grip on the 'last mile' in telecommunications, but weakening these companies further could make them abandon their vital investments in infrastructure. Telecommunication
5	Darwin and the Demon: Innovating Within Established Enterprises / Geoffrey A. Moore [Harvard Business Review, July-August 2004] Innovation comes in many forms—products, processes, marketing, business models, and more. Which kind should you be pursuing? It depends: Where are you in your product category’s life cycle? To know the fact, read the article. (Management strategy)
6	Getting the Most out of All Your Customers / by Jacquelyn S. Thomas, Werner Reinartz, and V. Kumar [Harvard Business Review, July-August 2004] Stable, healthy growth is built on the profitability of customers, not on their raw numbers or their loyalty. New techniques allow companies to focus their marketing dollars precisely where the profits are. (CRM, Profitability of Customers)
7	Cult brands [BusinessWeek, 9 August 2004) The BusinessWeek/Interbrand annual ranking of the world's top 100 and most valuable brands. Top 100 brands
8	A penny for your ideas / Manu Joseph [ Outlook, 2 August 2004) 10 cutting-edge Indian technologies that could transform lives across the world. Technology-India
9	Do consultants deliver value? Does Indian consulting have a chance? [Indian Management, July 2004] Management Case study of Indian consulting business
10	2004 global 500: the world's largest corporations [Fortune, 26 July 2004] Survey of the world's top 500 corporations.
11	Reservation in private sector: legislation in Maharashtra / P G Jogdand [Economic & Political Weekly, 24 July 2004] Private sector reservation
12	Demographic regimes and social reproduction of labour / Amiya Kumar Bagchi [Economic & Political Weekly, 24 July 2004] This article attempts to adduce some historical evidence suggesting the diversity of demographic regimes and its bearing on issues of economic and human development. Labour
13	Non-agriculture market access negotiations: post-Cancun issues and implications for industrial tariffs / R Mehta, Pooja Agarwal [Economic & Political Weekly, 24 July 2004] Makes an assessment of the implications of the millennium round of WTO negotiations on Indian industrial tariffs. WTO and Industrial tariffs
14	Explaining FDI inflows to India, China and the Caribbean: an extended neighbourhood approach / Arindam Bank, Pradip K Bhaumik, Sunday O Iyarre [Economic & Political Weekly, 24 July 2004] This paper looks at FDI inflows in an alternative approach based on the concepts of neighbourhood and extended neighbourhood. The study shows that the neighbourhood concepts are widely applicable in different contexts - particularly for China and India, and partly in the case of the Caribbean. FDI
15	ASEAN-India economic relations: current status and future prospects / Rahul Sen, Mukul G Asher, Ramkishen S Rajan [Economic & Political Weekly, 17 July 2004] Examines the future of ASEAN-India economic relations

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