Goras And Desis

Author : Omkar Goswami
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9385990470
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goras and Desis written by Omkar Goswami and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘An insightful view on the origin and evolution of Indian corporates’ – N.R. Narayana Murthy The story of corporate India is linked to managing agencies, an organizational form dominant in the subcontinent from 1875 until its abolition in 1970 that allowed entrepreneurs to promote diverse companies while exercising disproportionate control over cash flows. This is the definitive economic history of Indian companies through the lens of managing agencies, whether controlled by goras or desis. ‘An informed analysis of the ways of Indian business’ – Sanjaya Baru ‘A fascinating history of the precursors of corporate India’ – K.V. Kamath ‘A very timely perspective and a delightful read’ – Ashok S. Ganguly

Author : Coomi Kapoor
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9357080295
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tatas, Fredie Mercury and Other Bawas written by Coomi Kapoor and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Parsis are fast disappearing. There are now only around 50,000 members of the community in all of India. But since their arrival here from Central Asia, somewhere between the eighth and tenth centuries, the Parsis' contribution to their adopted home has been extraordinary. The history of India over the last century or so is filigreed with such contributions in every field, from nuclear physics to rock and roll, by names such as Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Petit, Homi Bhabha, Sam Manekshaw, Jamsetji Tata, Ardeshir Godrej, Cyrus Poonawalla, Zubin Mehta and Farrokh Bulsara (aka Freddie Mercury). This is a revised and updated new edition - engaging and accessible - making it as the most intimate history of the Parsis by senior journalist and columnist Coomi Kapoor, herself a Parsi. The book pores through the names, stories, achievements and the continuing success of this tiny but extraordinary minority. She delves deep into both the question of what it means to be Parsi in India, as well as how the community's contributions-from tanchoi silk to chikoos-became integral to what it meant to be Indian. In Kapoor's hands, the story of the Parsis becomes a rip-roaring, incident-filled adventure: from dominating the trade with China to being synonymous with Bombay, once, arguably, a city defined by its Parsis; from the business success of the Tatas, the Mistrys, the Godrejs and the Wadias, to such current contributions as the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines by the Parsi-founded Serum Institute of India.

Author : Alan Rosling
Publisher : Hachette India
ISBN 13 : 9351950816
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boom Country? written by Alan Rosling and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Boom Country?, Alan Rosling, entrepreneur and strategic advisor in India for over 35 years, explores an unmistakable and profound change that is underway in the Indian business landscape. A fresh wave of enterprise and start-ups; rapid advancements in technology; government reform; and recently developed pools of risk capital, he holds, are contributing increasingly to a massive expansion in new business ? all of it underpinned by a deep social change, a willingness to `do things differently?, especially among the young. Drawing upon his own experiences and more than 100 interviews with Indian entrepreneurs ? representing traditional leading business houses (Tata, Mahindra and Godrej), established first-generation entrepreneurs (Sunil Mittal, Kishore Biyani and Narayana Murthy, among others) and new-generation start-ups (including Sachin Bansal, Bhavish Aggarwal and Vijay Shekhar Sharma) ? as well as forces of the government, Rosling provides an incisive and in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges, both traditional and contemporary, of doing business in India. Yet, the growing uncertainty of global trends and India?s own record of under-performing despite its massive potential, lead him to one vital question: Can the current upsurge in entrepreneurial activity ? imperfect and early as it may be ? really reshape India?s economy and propel it towards becoming a true boom country for new enterprise?

Author : Srinath Raghavan
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541698819
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fierce Enigmas written by Srinath Raghavan and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-hundred-year history of the United States' involvement in South Asia--the key to understanding contemporary American policy in the region South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, we have spent billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Raghavan reveals in Fierce Enigmas, this should not surprise us. For 230 years, America's engagement with India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has been characterized by short-term thinking and unintended consequences. Beginning with American traders in India in the eighteenth century, the region has become a locus for American efforts--secular and religious--to remake the world in its image. The definitive history of US involvement in South Asia, Fierce Enigmas is also a clarion call to fundamentally rethink our approach to the region.

Author : M.A. Falzon
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9354925782
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selling Anything Anywhere written by M.A. Falzon and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the social and cultural infrastructure that sustains Sindhi business and its trade networks. It provides a rich historical context to the narrative by tracing the origin of Sindhi Trade to the annexation of Sindh in 1843, when it was incorporated into an expanding global economy. The book also locates Sindhi business within the dynamics of the contemporary Indian diaspora and features several success stories both from India and outside. The book emphasizes the commercial inventiveness, spatial mobility, and adaptability of Sindhis----the qualities crucial to building successful cosmopolitan businesses.

Author : Bibek Debroy
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 0143439723
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Railways written by Bibek Debroy and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the network that made modern India The railways brought modernity to India. Its vast network connected the far corners of the subcontinent, making travel, communication and commerce simpler than ever before. Even more importantly, the railways played a large part in the making of the nation: by connecting historically and geographically disparate regions and people, it forever changed the way Indians lived and thought, and eventually made a national identity possible. This engagingly written, anecdotally told history captures the immense power of a business behemoth as well as the romance of train travel; tracing the growth of the railways from the 1830s (when the first plans were made) to Independence, Bibek Debroy and his co-authors recount how the railway network was built in India and how it grew to become a lifeline that still weaves the nation together. This latest volume in The Story of Indian Business series will delight anyone interested in finding out more about the Indian Railways.

Author : Tirthankar Roy
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9357089144
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monsoon Economy written by Tirthankar Roy and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the monsoon regions of South Asia, the rainy season sustains life but brings with it the threat of floods, followed by a long stretch when little gainful work is possible and the threat of famine looms too. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, a series of interventions by the Indian government and other actors mitigated these conditions, thus enabling agricultural growth, encouraging urbanization and bringing about a permanent decrease in death rates. But these actions—largely efforts to ensure wider access to water—came at a cost to environmental sustainability. In Monsoon Economy, Tirthankar Roy explores the interaction between the environment and the economy in the emergence of modern India. Roy argues that the tropical monsoon climate makes economic and population growth contingent on water security. But in a water-scarce world, the means used to increase water security not only created environmental stresses but also made political conflict more likely. Highlighting the importance of water as a public good, the author critically analyses issues such as water quality in cities, the shift from impounding river water in dams and reservoirs to exploring groundwater, and the seasonality of a monsoon economy. He also draws economic lessons from India for a world facing environmental degradation.

Author : Asish K. Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Nonlinear Insights Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Corporate Governance written by Asish K. Bhattacharyya and published by Nonlinear Insights Publications . This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate governance has evolved over the past fifty years. This text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students presents a contemporary view of the subject, covering both the foundations as well new developments such ESG. The book blends the discussion of theory with practice to help readers understand the evolution of corporate governance. The discussion of the Indian context and extensive bibliography makes the book useful for research students and professionals as well.

Author : Mircea Raianu
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067425953X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tata written by Mircea Raianu and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening portrait of global capitalism spanning 150 years, told through the history of the Tata corporation. Nearly a century old, the grand façade of Bombay House is hard to miss in the historic business district of Mumbai. This is the iconic global headquarters of the Tata Group, a multinational corporation that produces everything from salt to software. After getting their start in the cotton and opium trades, the Tatas, a Parsi family from Navsari, Gujarat, ascended to commanding heights in the Indian economy by the time of independence in 1947. Over the course of its 150-year history Tata spun textiles, forged steel, generated hydroelectric power, and took to the skies. It also faced challenges from restive workers fighting for their rights and political leaders who sought to curb its power. In this sweeping history, Mircea Raianu tracks the fortunes of a family-run business that was born during the high noon of the British Empire and went on to capture the world’s attention with the headline-making acquisition of luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover. The growth of Tata was a complex process shaped by world historical forces: the eclipse of imperial free trade, the intertwined rise of nationalism and the developmental state, and finally the return of globalization and market liberalization. Today Tata is the leading light of one of the world’s major economies, selling steel, chemicals, food, financial services, and nearly everything else, while operating philanthropic institutions that channel expert knowledge in fields such as engineering and medicine. Based on painstaking research in the company’s archive, Tata elucidates how a titan of industry was created and what lessons its story may hold for the future of global capitalism.

Author : Swapnesh K. Masrani
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000726177
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Business in the Twentieth Century written by Swapnesh K. Masrani and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses a combination of business history and political economy to chart the development of Indian business organisation from independence in 1947 through to the twenty-first century. The Indian economy has undergone a dramatic transformation to become one of the leading global economies of the twenty-first century. After ending colonialisation and gaining independence in 1947, the economy moved from a reliance on the export of raw materials to an era of state-promoted development, followed by an era of liberalisation and integration in the world economy by the close of the twentieth century. This book looks at traditional industries, such as textiles, to industries of the second and third industrial revolution, ranging from chemicals and oils to telecommunications. This book highlights how Indian businesses proved capable of importing both new managerial ideas and organisational developments while adapting them to the specific domestic context. The case studies underline the use of human resource management in the post-colonial ‘indianisation’ of foreign-owned multinationals and the rise of new business organisation and management training in the development of Indian multinational organisations such as Tata Sons. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Business History.