The Oxford India Anthology of Business History

The Oxford India Anthology of Business History
Author: Medha Kudaisya
Publisher: OUP India
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-02-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780198070191

Bringing together rare and important texts illustrating the history of Indian business, this anthology highlights the tremendous diversity of forms, ethnic and regional affiliations, cultural practices, strategies, and types of organization that characterize the role played by Indian business in the making of modern India.

A Business History of India

A Business History of India
Author: Tirthankar Roy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2018-04-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316953262

In recent decades, private investment has led to an economic resurgence in India. But this is not the first time the region has witnessed impressive business growth. There have been many similar stories over the past 300 years. India's economic history shows that capital was relatively expensive. How, then, did capitalism flourish in the region? How did companies and entrepreneurs deal with the shortage of key resources? Has there been a common pattern in responses to these issues over the centuries? Through detailed case studies of firms, entrepreneurs, and business commodities, Tirthankar Roy answers these questions. Roy bridges the approaches of business and economic history, illustrating the development of a distinctive regional capitalism. On each occasion of growth, connections with the global economy helped firms and entrepreneurs better manage risks. Making these deep connections between India's economic past and present shows why history matters in its remaking of capitalism today.

The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets

The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets
Author: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1992
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

"Complete with brief biographical and critical introductions to each poet, this is the definitive anthology of modern Indian poetry in English"--Publisher.

The Story of Indian Manufacturing

The Story of Indian Manufacturing
Author: Vijay K. Seth
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811055742

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route pioneered by Vasco-da-Gamma in 1498 and the other was the dawn of the Mughal Empire in 1526. The book explores how these two events provided the appropriate stimulus for the emergence of traditional flexible manufacturing in India and how they played a vital role in the pattern of growth of the Indian manufacturing: The Mughal Empire created an integrated economy of continental size whereas European trading companies expanded the commercial connectivity of the Indian economy and South East Asia. It further investigates how the circumstances created by the colonial administration, factor endowment and market conditions created the complex forms of manufacturing enterprises that India inherited at the time of independence. It is a valuable resource for students of history, economic history, business history and the history of technology.

The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing

The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing
Author: Ravikumar,
Publisher: OUP India
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780198079385

Presenting the different phases of Dalit writing from the late nineteenth century to the present in Tamil Nadu, this anthology represents the work of 42 writers. The 78 selections from poetry, fiction (short stories and excerpts from novels), drama, and prose (autobiographies, speeches, biographies, and archival materials), with all, save 12, pieces specially translated for this anthology help understand the operations of caste power in Indian society and politics.

Business and Social Crisis in Africa

Business and Social Crisis in Africa
Author: Antoinette Handley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2019-11-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 110855783X

Much of the time, when confronted with a crisis of national dimensions, businesses do exactly what we expect them to do: they look to their own survival. Occasionally, however, firms in some contexts go beyond this. Based on qualitative, country-based fieldwork in Eastern and Southern Africa, Antoinette Handley examines how African businesses can be key responders to wider social and political crises, often responding well in advance of the state. She reveals the surprising ways in which business responses can be focused, not on short-term profits, but instead on ways that assist society in resolving that crisis in the long term. Taking African businesses in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa as case studies, this detailed exploration of the private sector response to crises, including HIV/AIDS and political violence crises, introduces the concept of relative business autonomy, exploring the conditions under which it can emerge and develop, when and how it may decline, and how it might contribute to a higher level of overall societal resilience.

Responsible Marketing for Well-being and Society

Responsible Marketing for Well-being and Society
Author: Michael Saren
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2024-04-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1040015913

This book provides an overview of recent and current research which defines and scopes the field of responsible marketing in one single edited book. It brings together diverse perspectives from contributors at Birmingham University, leading the academic development of knowledge of the subject, to contribute to the learning curriculum and reach out to those interested in improving marketing practices and standards. Responsible Marketing for Well-being and Society draws together a rich and diverse body of scholarly research from a variety of perspectives from individual to global, macro and micro, producer and consumer, environmental, stakeholder, supply chain, and other intermediary viewpoints. The embryonic research in this field involves different philosophical and methodological positions, theoretical approaches, and research communities including aspects of corporate social responsibility, marketing ethics, critical marketing, consumer culture theory, and macromarketing. The book takes a predominantly organisational or enterprise-level perspective in order to understand and explain how individuals and organisations can manage their marketing activities and relationships responsibly. The actions of other stakeholders are also a crucial component in achieving responsible outcomes; therefore, a broader perspective on the impacts of marketing decisions and actions on other stakeholders, such as consumers, employees, the environment, and society, is also taken as a basis for analysis and discussion. The book provides an authoritative overview for the academic market, including university libraries, research teams, PhD students, and independent researchers. The topics and contents of responsible marketing are relevant to several disciplinary fields of study including, marketing, advertising, retailing and other business subjects, consumer studies, sustainability, ethics, public policy, media studies, psychology, economics, and other social sciences.

Deeply Responsible Business

Deeply Responsible Business
Author: Geoffrey Jones
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2023-03-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0674916530

Deeply Responsible Business profiles corporate leaders of the past two centuries who made social missions vital to their businesses. Geoffrey Jones explores the characters and motivations of fourteen such leaders and compares their deep social and environmental commitments to the lukewarm “corporate social responsibility” of today.

Rethinking Markets in Modern India

Rethinking Markets in Modern India
Author: Ajay Gandhi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2020-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108486789

Using historical and ethnographic analyses, this book shows how Indian markets are embedded in society and politically contested.