According to James Lamont in his article "Passage from India" where he reviewed this new book authored by the acclaimed author, Professor Nirmalya Kumar, one particular value of the book lies in its concise case studies. Where the reader quickly gains a sense of how personality and circumstance combined to produce change and opportunity. Interviews with top executives extract a sense of business culture and vision beyond the company mission statement. A humorous appreciation of history and coincidence also helps illuminate the corporate histories that show how Indian ideas and management techniques have global application, and how Indian executives easily adapt to the wider business environment.
Professor Kumar’s insights in this book are captivating for the common reader of most busniess literature. This prowess was easily achieved by Prof. Kumar as he straddled both the academic and corporate worlds by sitting on boards of Indian companies, while enjoying a career that has taken him from the US to the UK, via Switzerland. Neither the seat in the boardroom, nor the distance of London, has blunted his wonderment.
The book is really a superb anthology of business successes in India written with a narrative which is elegant and pacy both. I finished reading the book in one shot.
The authors have used their unmatched research wisdom in analyzing the dawn of new and old Indian businesses alike. Extensive discussions on questions like "When can a company call itself "global" ? " What should be the ideal organizational culture of a truly global company?" " How is an Indian Multinational different from a "born - global" Indian multinational ? - Are all well sequenced to stimulate a distinct thought process in the mind of most readers of the book. The book also succesfully brings in sociological and political insights from the dynamic co-existence of the myriad of Indian demographies. However, a more detail oriented treatment on the life and work of some of the great contemporary Indian business leaders leading their comapnies to unforeseen global heights, could have been a welcome addition. Moreover, a few instances where promising Indian companies failed in their global expansion strategies ( Eg: - where big trans-boder M&A deals turned out to be disastrous) and the new pricing models which are emerging within the new breed of Indian outsourcing industry (Eg:- Legal Process Outsourcing & Knowledge Process Outsourcing [LPO & KPO] ) could have also been added for more depth to the scope of this excellent book.
Professor Kumar’s insights in this book are captivating for the common reader of most busniess literature. This prowess was easily achieved by Prof. Kumar as he straddled both the academic and corporate worlds by sitting on boards of Indian companies, while enjoying a career that has taken him from the US to the UK, via Switzerland. Neither the seat in the boardroom, nor the distance of London, has blunted his wonderment.
The book is really a superb anthology of business successes in India written with a narrative which is elegant and pacy both. I finished reading the book in one shot.
The authors have used their unmatched research wisdom in analyzing the dawn of new and old Indian businesses alike. Extensive discussions on questions like "When can a company call itself "global" ? " What should be the ideal organizational culture of a truly global company?" " How is an Indian Multinational different from a "born - global" Indian multinational ? - Are all well sequenced to stimulate a distinct thought process in the mind of most readers of the book. The book also succesfully brings in sociological and political insights from the dynamic co-existence of the myriad of Indian demographies. However, a more detail oriented treatment on the life and work of some of the great contemporary Indian business leaders leading their comapnies to unforeseen global heights, could have been a welcome addition. Moreover, a few instances where promising Indian companies failed in their global expansion strategies ( Eg: - where big trans-boder M&A deals turned out to be disastrous) and the new pricing models which are emerging within the new breed of Indian outsourcing industry (Eg:- Legal Process Outsourcing & Knowledge Process Outsourcing [LPO & KPO] ) could have also been added for more depth to the scope of this excellent book.
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