Business Environment: Indian and Global Perspectives - Softcover

This book provides an holistic approach to the business environment (both Indian and global). The text offers incisive insight into the subject via simple, elegant and explicit presentation that ties theory logically and rigorously with practical aspects of the business environment. Divided into 24 chapters, the book assimilates international perspectives to provide a broader understanding of concepts and their applications. The chapters on Contemporary Perspectives, Economic Systems, Planning and Reform, Industrial Policies, Monetary Policy, Legal Framework explain the Indian business environment and its scope. There are also comprehensive chapters on International Law, International Organisations, WTO Regime, Cross-cutting Issues in International Environment, FDI, Country Risk and Political Risk Analysis, Doing Business in Select Markets. This text is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of commerce and management. Highlights: Each chapter commences with an opening case, which emphasises the topic of importance, and ends with a closing case that helps in satisfying a learner from the point of view of understanding the chapter Several boxes are incorporated in the text, which carry practical examples and experience to support in-depth learning Enormous illustrative figures, tables and exhibits make the reading more fruitful and enriching Case questions and review questions help in checking the learnerAEs ability to understand the basic concept of the chapter

Faisal Ahmed (MIBM, PhD) is Associate Professor of International Business and Chairman of the International Business Area at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. He has also taught at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. He has more than eleven years of experience as an academic, researcher and trade policy consultant working with business schools and think tanks in India and abroad. He has published several research papers, policy papers, chapters in edited books, monographs, case studies and articles in national and international publications. M. Absar Alam is Economist and Consultant with Asian Institute of Transport Development (AITD), a New Delhi-based think tank having special consultative status with the United Nations. Prior to this, he worked as Economist with RITES Ltd. As an economic and transport facilitation expert, he has also been engaged as a Consultant with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for updation of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Transport Infrastructure and Logistics Study (BTILS). He has published articles and research papers on subjects related to the macroeconomic environment and international trade. His areas of consulting and research include macroeconomic studies, infrastructure development, regional cooperation and trade facilitation.