Business environment : text and cases

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PART ONE Political Economy, Development Economics, Government and Society
	Chapter 1. Nature and Dynamics of Business Environment
		Section 1: History of Global Capitalism
		Section 2: The Pros and Cons of Capital Account Convertibility
		Section 3: Lessons from the US Sub-Prime Crisis and Great Recession
		Section 4: The Global Capitalism—Free Market Model
		Section 5: Role of Developing Countries
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
	Chapter 2. Political Environment and Economic Systems
		Section 1: History of Economic Thought and Economic Systems
		Section 2: Market Economy or Capitalism
		Section 3: Planned Economy or Command Economy
		Section 4: Mixed Economy
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 3. Economic Growth and Development
		Section 1: Economic Growth and National Income
		Section 2: Measuring ‘Development’
		Section 3: Measurement of Poverty—Issues
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
PART TWO Indian Economy and Business Environment
	Chapter 4. Anatomy of the Indian Economy
		Section 1: Indian Economy—Overview
		Section 2: Economic Reforms in India
		Section 3: Analysis of Sectors*
		Section 4: SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat) Analysis of Indian Economy
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 5. Globalisation and Business Environment
		Section 1: Globalisation—Meaning and Scope
		Section 2: Globalisation—Phases and Indicators
		Section 3: Business Environment— Sectorwise Analysis
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Websites
		Answers
		Annexure
PART THREE Industrial Policies and Regulatory Structure
	Chapter 6. Industrial Policy
		Section 1: Five Year Planning
		Section 2: Industrial Policy
		Section 3: Industrial Licensing Policy
		Section 4: Industrial Policy (1991)
		Section 5: Small Scale Industries (SSI)
		Section 6: Industrial Finance[sup(10)]
		Section 7: Competition Policy and Competition Act, 2002
		Section 8: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
		Appendix
	Chapter 7. Industry Analysis: Textiles, Electronics and Automobiles
		Section 1: Economic Reforms and Competitive Environment
		Section 2: Textiles Industry
		Section 3: Electronics Industry
		Section 4: Automobile Industry
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
	Chapter 8. Industry Analysis—FMCG, Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Sectors
		Section 1: Business Environment and Current Issues
		Section 2: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Industry[sup(5)]
		Section 3: Chemical Industries
		Section 4: Pharmaceutical Industry
		Review Questions
		References
		Part Annexure
PART FOUR Economic Policies
	Chapter 9. Privatisation: Problems and Prospects
		Section 1: Privatisation—Modes, Reasons and Problems
		Section 2: Disinvestment—Indian Scenario
		Section 3: Diffi culties in the Process of Privatisation
		Section 4: Privatisation in UK
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Test Your Understanding
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 10. Fiscal Policy, Union Budget and Taxation
		Section 1: Fiscal Policy
		Section 2: Union Budget
		Section 3: Reforms Undertaken and to be Undertaken
		Section 4: Taxes
		Section 5: Role of Government
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
		Annexure
	Chapter 11. Monetary Policy and Banking Sector Reforms
		Section 1: Basic Concepts
		Section 2: Monetary Policy in the 21st Century
		Section 3: Monetary Policy in Various Countries*
		Section 4: Banking Sector Reforms
		Chatper Summary
		Objective Type Questions
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
		Annexure
PART FIVE Technology and Business Environment
	Chapter 12. Technological Environment of Business
		Section 1: Role of Information Technology
		Section 2: Remote Banking*
		Section 3: Technology Implementation for Card Based Business: Case of Deutsche Bank, Italy
		Section 4: Technology and Banks’ Strategies
		Section 5: Effect of Technology on Risks in Banking
		Section 6: Delivery Channels and Channel Migration*
		Chapter Summary
		Objective Type Questions
		References
		Answers
PART SIX Investment Environment, Opportunities and Indicators: Legal and Regulatory Systems
	Chapter 13. Capital Market, Stock Exchanges, and Present Scenario
		Section 1: Capital Market
		Section 2: Capital Market Institutions
		Section 3: Stock Indices
		Section 4: Derivatives Market
		Section 5: Global and Indian Scenario*
		Section 6: Major Stock Exchanges in the World
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercises
		References
		Answers
		Case
	Chapter 14. Legal Environment of Business, Mergers and Acquisitions
		Section 1: Mergers and Acquisitions
		Section 2: Legal Environment of Business
		Section 3: Bank of Madura Merger with ICICI Bank
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
		Appendix
		Annexure Case
PART SEVEN International Economic and Business Environment
	Chapter 15. Global Recession and New Business Environment*
		Section 1: Introduction
		Section 2: Review of Global Economy
		Section 3: Business Environment in Developed Countries
		Section 4: Business Environment in Emerging Countries—BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China)
		Chapter Summary
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Additional References
	Chapter 16. WTO: Agreements and Current Issues
		Section 1: GATT and WTO
		Section 2: Agreements and Implications
		Objective Type Questions
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 17. India’s Trade Policy
		Section 1: Policy Changes and Issues
		Section 2: Sector-Wise Trade Policies: Recent Developments
		Section 3: Removal of Quantitative Restrictions (QRS) on Imports
		Section 4: Special Provisions in the WTO Agreement
		Chapter Summary
		Objective Type Questions
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 18. External Sector—BoP, Currency Convertibility, ADR-GDRs and FEMA
		Section 1: Balance of Payment (BoP), Current and Capital Account Convertibility
		Section 2: ADR and GDR
		Section 3: Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) 1999
		Section 4: Recent Policy Changes
		Chapter Summary
		Objective Type Questions
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 19. Global Outsourcing
		Section 1: Introduction*
		Section 2: Business Process Outsourcing
		Section 3: The Outsourcing Debate
		The Monitor Group
		Chapter Summary
		Objective Type Questions
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 20. Multinational Companies and Foreign Direct Investment
		Section 1: MNC – Defi nition and Categories
		Section 2: Multinational Corporations in India
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
PART EIGHT Social Environment
	Chapter 21. Social Environment in India and China
		Section 1: Social Environment*
		Section 2: Poverty and Poverty Alleviation Programmes
		Section 3: Labour and Employment
		Section 4: Women in the Workforce
		Section 5: Child Labour
		Section 6: Education
		Section 7: Health, Population and Family Welfare
		Chapter Summary
		Objective Type Questions
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Answers
	Chapter 22. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
		Section 1: Corporate Social Responsibility
		Section 2: Cases
		Section 3: Corporate Governance
		Section 4: Cases*
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		References
PART NINE Global Economy and Business Environment
	Chapter 23. Economic and Business Environment in Europe
		Section 1: Austria
		Section 2: Belgium
		Section 3: Finland
		Section 4: France
		Section 5: Germany
		Section 6: Greece
		Section 7: Ireland
		Section 8: Italy
		Section 9: Luxembourg
		Section 10: The Netherlands
		Section 11: Portugal
		Section 12: Spain
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
	Chapter 24. Economic and Business Environment in SAARC Countries
		Section 1: SAARC—Objectives and Structure
		Section 2: Bangladesh
		Section 3: Sri Lanka
		Section 4: Nepal
		Section 5: Pakistan
		Section 6: India
		Section 7: Problems and Prospects
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Annexure
		Appendices
	Chapter 25. Economic and Business Environment in East and South-East Asian Countries
		Section 1: Japan
		Section 2: China
		Section 3: Malaysia
		Section 4: Singapore
		Section 5: Thailand
		Section 6: Brunei
		Review Questions
		Objective Type Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Websites
	Chapter 26. Economic and Business Environment in South America
		Section 1: Overview of the Continent—South America*
		Section 2: Brazil
		Section 3: Argentina
		Section 4: Venezuela
		Section 5: Chile
		Section 6: Colombia
		Section 7: Regional Trade Blocks and the Road Ahead
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
		Websites
	Chapter 27. Economic and Business Environment in North America
		Section 1: Business Environment in Canada
		Section 2: Business Environment in Mexico
		Chapter Summary
		Review Questions
		Class/Field Exercise
		References
Test Papers
Index