Best Business Practices for Global Competitive

The pace of India`s development depends to a larger extent on its ability to implement the latest global manufacturing and the information and communication technologies and to increase its competitiveness in the international market.In recent times, in the developing countries worldwide, manufacturing is taking over agriculture which it turn has led to the explosive growth of the service sector, especially in the fields of financial services, information and communication technologies, insurance, education and health.India`s service sector has already become the dominant contributor to GDP, accounting the 46 percent of the total. Based on the information gathered from case studies, fact sheets and a range of self assessment tools, and the author`s interaction with academicians, bureaucrafts, business executives and industrial experts, this book attempts to bring together the best management practices and provides the readers with a toolkit of practice advice.The book projects the hypothesis that no matter what the size or industry sector a company belongs to, there are a few tactics towards successful management, which if adopted can phenomenally improve its global competitiveness.

Prof Prasant Salwan is Chairman of International Business Area at Indian Institute of Management, Indore.He is also the Chairman of Corporate Relations, Placements and International Relations.He has a rich experience of twelve years in industry and teaching in the field of marketing, International Business, Strategic Management, Global Strategy, International Marketing, Multinational and Transnational Management, Technology Management and Project Management. He is a British Gurukul Chevening Scholar and an alumnus of London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He has conducted numerous consultancy projects in India and abroad.He is regarded as a leading International Expansion Expert and is the youngest representative from India to be selected as judge for the prestigious International Business Awards from United States of America.He has travelled extensively across the world, viz. United States, Eastern Asian countries (Singapore,Indonesia, Malaysia,China) and European countries(Greece,France,Spain,Belgium,UK,Switzerland,etc.) Prof Prasant Salwan`s name was selected and inducted in The Marquis who`s Who in the World,2007 for demonstrating outstanding achievement in the field of International Business and Strategy and contributing significantly to the betterment of the contemporary society.