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Business superbrands: an insight into India strongest business brands, Vol. I

Superbrands explores the history, development and achievements of 60 of the strongest business brands in India, revealing extraordinary findings along the way. The book opens with expert comments from members of the Superbrands Council - comprising the most influential business barons in the country - on 'The role of Superbrands in an evolving market'.

Brands - India, Business brands, Superbrands in India, Brand values, Indian brands, Quality products in India,

Cement statistics 2005

This publication covers statements for the fiscal year 2004-2005 and also includes data on trends of some important aspects during the last five years - 2000-2001 to 2004-2005.

Cement , Statistics , Cement industry in India , Cement map , Production , Consumption , Infrastructure and Export , Tariffs and taxation

80/20 rule of communicating your ideas effectively

This book is all about communicating ideas effectively in presentations, seminars, written reports, business proposals, articles, books and case studies.  

Communication skills

Global competitiveness report 2005-2006

The 2005-2006 Report contains: Detailed country competitiveness profiles of 104 economies; Data tables for survey and hard data variables ranking profiled economies; Complementary global rankings: the Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI) and the Business Competitiveness Index (BCI), measuring growth and productivity respectively; and Exclusive data from the Executive Opinion Survey, with over 8,700 responses from business leaders worldwide.

Competitiveness , World ranking , Business Competitiveness Index , National competitiveness , Country profiles , Statistics

Provides standard contract clauses and general conditions on contract management system.

Contract management system , Contract clauses , General terms and conditions

Indo-US Cyber Security Forum [9-10 November 2004: Washington, D.C.]

A compendium of presentations of the plenary of the Forum held in New Delhi.

Cyber security, Cyber crime

Development

This report presents evidence on the inequality of opportunity, within and across countries, and illustrates the mechanisms through which it impairs development. The report advocates taking explicit account of enquiry in determining development priorities.

Development and equity , Inequalities

Doing business in 2006

This book specializes in providing new quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement can be compared across more than 150 countries, and over time. The indicators used to analyze economic outcomes and identify what reforms have worked, where, and why.

Doing business indicators , Trading across borders , Paying taxes , Licenses

Public private partnerships in Brazil: legal guide

A practical guide to relevant legal issues relating to the public private partnership in Brazil.

Public Private partnership in Brazil, Legal aspects

This is the standard reference work for those interested in the legal aspects of economic relations and investment in Brazil.

Doing business in Brazil, Legal aspects, Foreign economic policy - Brazil

World economic and social survey 2005

This survey provides a comprehensive review of the wide-ranging challenges addressed in the Monterrey Consensus, a global vision for development. The report concludes that while gains have been made in some areas, an immediate and substantial scaling up of effort is needed, especially in the poorest countries.

Economic and Social Development, Financing for development , Developed and developing economies 

Renewable energy in India: business opportunities

This trade guide is a one-stop reference for national and foreign investors and entrepreneurs on India's renewable energy programmes, technology capabilities and trade opportunities. It provides information on key stakeholders such as government departments and state nodal agencies promoting the technologies, manufacturers and suppliers, banks and lending institutions. It presents current policies, incentives and financing packages, and investment guidelines specific to RE and the power sector, as well as norms governing foreign investments in these sectors.

Renewable energy in India , Renewable energy policy , Business opportunities

Energy Conservation

This book provides winners' profile including ways and techniques they used to conserve energy in the selected sectors.

Energy conservation, National awards

World Investment Report 2005

UNCTAD, New York, 2005 

The geography of international investment flows is changing. Developing countries are emerging as outward investors, and their importance as recipients of foreign direct investment in more knowledge-intensive activities in increasing. The World Investment Report 2005 focusing on the internationalization of research and development by transnational corporations, illustrates some of these changes.

Foreign direct investment , FDI and developing countries , FDI growth , National and international policy

The Indian fertilizer industry

Complete analysis of Indian fertilizer industry.

Fertilizer industry, Production, Market size and share, Consumption 

The food processing industry in India: challenges and opportunities for investment and trade

This study presents challenges to investments and trade in five select sectors of agri-business in India - dairy, horticulture, oilseeds, wheat milling, and poultry. This report attempts at answering some questions and showcases some successful cases where players in select sectors have come with success.

Food processing industry in India , Dairy , Horticulture , Oilseeds , Wheat milling , Poultry

Report of the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health

This report seeks to address many critical issues confronting the health sector such as inequitable access to basic services resulting in welfare loss for the poor, the inefficiencies in the system resulting in waste and suboptimal utilization of existing resources, the poor quality and declining values, ethical norms etc.

Healthcare in India, Macroeconomic aspects

Financing and delivery of health care services in India

Background papers on financing and delivery of healthcare services in India. The background papers formed the basis for the main report of the NCMH Commission and its recommendations.

Healthcare services in India, Financing of healthcare in India

Indian supply chain analytic network, Vol. I

CII Institute of Logistics, Chennai, 2005

An editorial volume focusing on various aspects of supply chain management.

Logistics , Supply chain management, Best practices, Technology, 

This book is a road map not only for senior lever managers and CEOs but also for the people on the front lines. Authors main objective is to help the people with ambition in their eyes and passion running through their veins, wherever they are in an organisation.

Management, Winning, How to win, How to succeed in business

Peter Drucker is arguably the most influential management thinker of the last century. This book has 366 daily readings, culled from his vast body of work, providing the inspiration and advice to meet the many challenges we face. With his trademark clarity, vision, and humanity, Drucker sets out his ideas on a broad swath of key topics, from time management, to innovation, to managing oneself, providing useful insights for each day of the year. A useful feature of the book is the action point in each page to help put Drucker's ideas into practice.

Management, Innovative ideas, Peter Drucker 

The wisdom of crowds: why many are smarter than the few

In this fascinating book, New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea that has profound implications: large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant - better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. The Wisdom of Crowds is a brilliant but accessible biography of an idea, one with important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, conduct our business, and think about our world.

Management, Innovative ideas

Plastics for food packaging

The book begins with a profile on the Indian food industry followed by a chapter on market data and packaging requirements of the specific food group. The next chapter focuses on the role and contribution of plastics in specialized packaging systems. The fourth section deals with the testing and quality control of polymeric materials, food safety, compatibility and shelf-life aspects.

Food packaging industry , Plastic packaging industry , 

This book describes the three major transformations now taking place in the world of government procurement:1) moving from buying goods to buying services, moving from a command and control relationship between government and contractors to partnership relationship and moving from a paper-based procurement system to electronic procurement.

Procurement , Government procurement , Outsourcing , Electronic procurement

This manual provides details of QM pillar, its aims and activities, methodology for implementation with details of various tools deployed along with specific company examples.

Quality management, Quality tools, TQM, TPM

Railways yearbook 2005

Contains information about the happenings in the Indian Railways during the year 2004.

Railways - India, Rail transport in India, Railway map of India

Science and Technology

India science report: science education, human resources and public attitude towards science and technology

NCAER, New Delhi, 2005

This report surveys the status of science and engineering education in India, information on education levels in India's work force, and public attitudes towards science and technology.

Science and technology in India , Engineering education

The tea industry in India: a survey

This survey presents evolution, nomenclature and classification of tea industry; planting and processing technology used; tea varieties and their production trends; export market and competitiveness; constraints; pricing trends; analysis of Madhukar Committee report; Relief measures; and problems and prospects for small tea growers.

Tea industry in India, Production, Export, Technology, Pricing, Packaging, Statistics

This compendium contains a brief review of the textile industry during the last decade. The review brings out the growth and performance of the various sectors of the textile industry.

Textile industry in India , Technical textiles , Textiles , Exports and imports , Textile machinery , Khadi , Handloom and powerloom , Statewise details of textile industry

This study focuses on how developing country producers could successfully apply new e-applications and secure post-quota exports in light of the changing nature of the textiles and clothing business after January 2005, when quotas were phased out. The study elaborates principles to guide exporters in adopting e-applications so as to develop fruitful long-term relationships with major buyers. It also presents examples of exporters in developing countries that have successfully found approaches to integrate their systems with those of customers/ suppliers.

Textiles, Clothing, Market access, Electronic commerce, Supply management, Supply chain

Trade and development report 2005

Secretariat for Industrial Assistance (SIA), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry , New Delhi , 2005

This year's Trade and Development Report demonstrates that the conditions for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 have improved considerably over the past three years, as economic growth in the developing world has become more broad-based and embraced many of the poorest countries.

Trade, development, UNCTAD, Economic growth, Developing countries, World economy

South Asian yearbook of trade and development 2005

This yearbook aims to demystify the debate surrounding trade and development issues in South Asia. This comprises a set of research papers on trade related topics pertinent to South Asian countries.

Trade and development in South Asia, WTO, Non Agricultural Market Access, NAMA, Trade in Services, TRIPS, Trade Facilitation, Trade in textiles and apparel, Regional trade agreements

American interests and UN reform : report of the task force on the United Nations

Report of the Task Force on the United Nations in the matter of American interests and UN reforms.

United Nations - Evaluation , United Nations - Reorganisation , United Nations - Management , United States - Foreign relations - 2001 , International relations , Task Force on the United Nations

West Bengal

West Bengal's Annual plan document for the year 2005-06.

West Bengal , Annual plan , Agriculture , Rural development , Irrigation and flood control , Energy , Industry and minerals , Transport , Communications , Science , Technology and Engineering , Social services , Social area programmes

World economic outlook, September 2005

It focuses on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic developments and prospects.

World economic outlook , Economic history - 1971- , International Monetary Fund

WTO from Uruguay round to Doha: legal texts of the agreements [4th edition]

The book presents WTO related legal texts (WTO Ministerial Declarations from Uruguay round to Doha round and WTO Agreements) along with editors notes.

WTO, Legal text , WTO ministerial declarations , WTO agreements , GATT , GATS , TRIPS