India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse Is Redefining Global Business

by Rafiq Dossani

Once the jewel in the crown of the formidable British Empire, India has been surrounded by myth for years. After gaining independence in 1947, this often misunderstood country found itself faced with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814474241
• ISBN13: 9780814474242
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

The Many Faces of India

Dr. Rafiq Dossani, a well-known scholar at Stanford University, is author of India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global Business. In his book, Dossani highlights the contrasts of modern India, a country maturing as a nation but still pluralistic, and a country which is joining the global superpowers but growing in its own way. Dossani discusses how India has the fourth largest economy in the world, a youth population larger than any other nation, and a thriving middle class. Yet, he notes, to many India also is a mysterious, exotic, and seductive land with a pluralistic society and unpredictable government. The author believes that the entrepreneurial culture of India reaches far beyond its urban centers to small towns where innovation also flourishes. Dr. Dossani is correct when he states that many Americans are quick to recognize India as a center of outsourcing but fail to see India as an emerging global power with whom the U.S. should partner. Before becoming an effective partner, Dossani notes, America must revise its policies toward India. India Arriving is an insider's view of India's economic evolution, business climate, and growing impact on the global market. Like myself, Dr. Dossani is optimistic that India will succeed in spite of its widespread poverty and political leadership. By Gunjan Bagla Author of Doing Business in 21st Century India

INDIA ARRIVING

Not only is the book exciting to read but is timely and should be recommended as essential reading for anyone seeking to address the future growth of rural India. Dr. Dossani has unerringly pointed out why and how India can succeed--but also more tellingly how and why she could fail! We (overseas Indians) need more writers of this caliber to educate and inform.

Highly recommended - A fresh look at India

I never thought it would be possible for an "economic history book" to be a page turner, but this one is! Dossani, a marvelously fluid writer, tells the story of India's economic transformation in a very engaging manner, while in substance going well beyond the conventional wisdom that one reads in the news and business journals. Reading this book feels like having an extended, wide-ranging chat with the author, who engagingly draws upon his careers as an academic, investment banker and journalist to provide insight into the many topics he covers. Dossani probes in depth into India's history, culture, corruption, religious strife, educational system, media and business models, and paints a complex picture of an amazing country with some serious question marks yet ahead of it. Dossani is not afraid to make some rather controversial assertions, which he backs up with both hard data and personal anecdotes. An illuminating and thought provoking book that should be read by any one doing business in or with India.

India Arriving

The known fact is that very few people have been able to appreciate India's potential and give credit to what it truly possesses in the manner Rafiq Dossani has done. But I feel slowly and steadily, the realisation of it being the destination for foreign investment is setting in people abroad and his book would be a great help in establishing a clear wave of understanding for India being a global power, centre of outsourcing, and potential partner with the United States.

No serious global business collection should be without this.

INDIA ARRIVING: HOW THIS ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE IS REDEFINING GLOBAL BUSINESS is a powerful `must' acquisition for any college-level library strong in global business trends. It provides an insider's view, coming form an expert in Indian affairs who helped introduce some of the most liberal reforms to the Indian government, and provides insights into the country's business climate, economic evolution, and impact upon world markets and processes. No serious global business collection should be without this.