Ford Library

This year’s 2010 Duke MBA India Business Forum will be held on Sunday, March 28th. It is titled “India: Turning the Lens on Tomorrow” and will address important economic forces impacting Asia’s third largest economy in global business. Please see the following books from the Ford Library or check out our India display in the Economics section. Click on a link to check availability or to place a hold.

• Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation by Nandan Nilekani
• The New Asian Innovation Dynamics: China and India in Perspective edited by Govindan Parayil and Anthony P. D’Costa
• India’s Global Powerhouses: How They are Taking on the World by Nirmalya Kumar
• The Changing Face of People Management in India edited by Pawan S. Budhwar and Jyotsna Bhatnagar
• Strategic Corporate Communication: A Global Approach for Doing Business in the New India by Paul A. Argenti
• The Story of India [DVD]. PBS Home Video, 2009.
• The Soul of India [DVD]. Rick Ray Films, c2004.
• India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global Business by Rafiq Dossani

Nilekani, Nandan. Imagining India : the idea of a renewed nation. Penguin Press, 2009.

Software entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani is proud of the economic progress made by India in the last 25 years, but senses that the inequities that remain are limiting India’s ability to take full advantage of global opportunities. The challenges must be resolved before India can rise to a new level of prosperity, yet within India, there is resistance.

Nilekani posits that ideas lead economic and social policy. He explains the evolution of ideas in India, including core beliefs among the population. He discusses changes in attitudes that are the heart of India’s success, some of which have been implemented and others that have yet to see results. He sees India’s human capital, English proficiency and information technology as huge advantages in a globalized world.

The most important driver for growth lies in expanding access to resources and opportunity. Nilekani charts a new way forward for a young and impatient nation.

© Reviewer: Meg Trauner & Ford Library – Fuqua School of Business.
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Ford Library would like to invite you to attend the inaugural Duke India Business Forum, which is being held on Sunday, March 22nd at the Fuqua School of Business.

Below please find just some of the new, exciting titles that Ford Library has on India and business. Please browse the library for even more choices. Click on the titles to place a hold or check availability.

India

• Winning in the Indian Market: Understanding the Transformation of Consumer India By Rama Bijapurkar
• Doing Business in 21st Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow’s Most Exciting Market By Gunjan Bagla
• Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India – The World’s Fastest Growing Market By William Nobrega
• Living and Working in India: The Complete Practical Guide to Expatriate Life in the Sub Continent By Kris Rao
• Strategic Corporate Communication: A Global Approach for Doing Business in the New India By Paul A. Argenti
• India’s Century: The Age of Entrepreneurship in the World’s Biggest Democracy By Kamal Nath
• India’s Global Wealth Club: The Stunning Rise of Its Billionaires and the Secrets of Their Success By Geoff Hiscock
• India Arriving: How this Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global Business By Rafiq Dassani
• An American’s Guide to Doing Business in India: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Indian Market By Eugene Makar
• Doing Business in India and Understanding Pitfalls By Subodh Gupta
• Planet India: How the Fastest Growing Democracy is Changing America and the World [Audiobook]
• The Story of India [DVD]
• The World of Philosophy: The Philosophies of India [Audiobook]

The white tiger: a novel by Aravind Adiga. Free Press, 2008.

Aravind Adiga’s first novel was requested by several students, who said it was a story about an entrepreneur in India. It turns out that White Tiger is not about business. It is a ruthless portrait of contemporary India.

The main character begins life in poverty and deprivation in a village in northern India. He dreams of leaving his town and finds a job as a driver/servant for wealthy landowners who move to Delhi. Eventually, he commits a brutal murder to free himself from bondage and to obtain the capital to begin a business.

Behind the story of the Indian economic miracle, with glass office towers, luxury apartments and gigantic malls, is another story of those whom the economic miracle is leaving behind. This is the story of social injustice for the poor and uneducated, and about corruption and cruelty in all levels of society.

Some people find this book to be darkly humorous — this reviewer did not. Nevertheless, the novel is a fascinating read. White Tiger won the 2008 Man Booker prize.

© Reviewer: Meg Trauner & Ford Library – Fuqua School of Business. All rights reserved.