BOOK REVIEW – THE STRUGGLE AND THE PROMISE: RESTORING INDIA’S POTENTIAL by Naushad Forbes

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© 2022, Farok J. Contractor, Distinguished Professor, Management & Global Business, Rutgers Business School Ordinarily, I do not do book reviews. But The Struggle and the Promise: Restoring India’s Potential by Naushad Forbes (2022, HarperCollins) struck a note with me because it covers most of the important issues facing the future of developing countries, and … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW – THE STRUGGLE AND THE PROMISE: RESTORING INDIA’S POTENTIAL by Naushad Forbes

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”

Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China: Seven Bottlenecks to Indian Manufacturing

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NOTE: THIS POST WAS UPDATED ON NOVEMBER 13, 2017. A version of the original post also appeared as an article on YaleGlobal Online October 24, 2017 as  Made in China: Millions of Hindu Gods. An embarrassing tale about India’s manufacturing competitiveness. But there is hope. © 2017, Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers Business School Images of Deities … Continue reading Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China: Seven Bottlenecks to Indian Manufacturing