1 Shifts in Business-Politics Paradigms: Exploring Lessons and Future Growth
Part I Business Governance and Society: India
2 Trends in Agricultural Production and Productivity Growth in India: Challenges to Sustainability
3 Unraveling the Power of Talent Analytics: Implications for Enhancing Business Performance
4 The Impact of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Practices on Customer Satisfaction
5 Customer Expectations at the Urban Bottom of Pyramid in India: A Grounded Theory Approach
6 A Qualitative Study on Work-Family Conflict, Social Support and Response Mechanisms of Individuals Working in Multi-National Corporations
7 Does Corporate Governance Affect the Financial Performance and Quality of Financial Reporting of Companies? A Study on Selected Indian Companies
8 Factors Impacting Purchase of Private Labels in India
9 Drifts in Banking Business and Deepening Losses Amidst the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
10 Impact of Demographic Variables on the Attitude Towards Violence and Cooperation with Police: A Study of Extremist Affected Areas in Odisha, India
11 Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: A Comparative Study of Male and Female Bank Employees in the Public Sector
12 Role of Leadership Style on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Firm Innovativeness: Learnings from Start-ups in Emerging Markets
13 Analysis of Factors of Advantages and Disadvantages in the Business Scenario of Northeast India: The Entrepreneur’s Perspective
Part II Business Governance and Society: Mexico
14 Relationship between Employee Mobility and Organizational Creativity to Improve Organizational Performance: A Strategic Analysis
15 Persuasion and Dissuasion via Social Networking Sites: The Influence of Word-of-Mouth on Consumer Activism
16 Relationship between Exports and the BRICS Countries’ Gross Domestic Product: A Bayesian Vector Autoregression Approach for the Period 1978–2016
17 Consumer Behavior on Social Media: A Thematic Exploration and an Agenda for Future Inquiry
18 Diffusion of Reverse Innovations across Markets: An Agent-Based Model
19 Relationship Lending and Entrepreneurial Behavior: Analyzing Empirical Evidences
Part III Business Governance and Society: Nepal
20 The Impact of Corporate Governance on Efficiency of Nepalese Commercial Banks
21 Impact of Corporate Governance on Dividend Policy of Nepalese Enterprises
22 Impact of Ownership Structure and Corporate Governance on Capital Structure of Nepalese Listed Companies
23 Effect of Board Diversity and Corporate Governance Structure on Operating Performance: Evidence from the Nepalese Enterprises
Dr. Rajagopal is Professor of Marketing at EGADE Business School of Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Mexico City Campus and Life Fellow of the Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, London. He is also Adjunct Professor at Boston University, MA. He has authored 54 books and over 400 research papers. Rajagopal is Editor of several academic journals.
Ramesh Behl is the Director and Professor of Information Systems at International Management Institute, India. He has authored twenty-two books, seventeen case studies, and more than 45 research papers of national and international repute.
This volume critically analyzes the convergence of technology, business practices, public policies, political ideologies, and societal values for improving business performance at the global-local paradigm. It also enriches knowledge on contemporary business strategies against conventional wisdom of managing companies today.
Shifts in the global economic and political order have significantly affected the business patterns within developed, developing, and emerging markets. The reversal of political ideologies from liberal to protectionist business frameworks are disrupting the trade flows that were rooted in the international economy since the mid-twentieth century.
The essays contemplate developing new visions and business perspectives to match with the changing political ideologies in emerging markets. This volume will serve as a valuable tool to readers looking for global market management strategies to generate cost-effective business models and create convergence with political and social values to drive better governance of businesses.