How Do Multinationals View India as a Global Supply Chain Partner and Market? Benefits, Concerns, and Obstacles

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© 2024, Farok J. Contractor, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Business School India, with its expanding economy, has finally arrived on the world stage as a potentially very important market and supply chain partner for multinational companies. What factors within the country attract multinationals to engage in foreign direct investment (FDI) in India? What factors within India … Continue reading How Do Multinationals View India as a Global Supply Chain Partner and Market? Benefits, Concerns, and Obstacles

India Jumps 30 Places Higher in World Bank Rankings: Update on “Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China”

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© 2017, Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers Business School This is an update to my September 7, 2017 post, in which I described seven reasons why India’s manufacturing competitiveness still lags behind China’s — but also how the Modi government is taking steps to alleviate the bottlenecks. (See reader comments in the original post.) Click for PDF of … Continue reading India Jumps 30 Places Higher in World Bank Rankings: Update on “Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China”