Author: Biz India

Editor: Pradeep Agrawal Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 535 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram In the October 2019 World Economic Outlook of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) just released on January 01, 2020, India is expected to have a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of $2,171, ranking No.139 among 186 countries studied. In comparison, you will find the highest income people in Luxembourg, where the average person will have GDP of $113,196 in 2020. The other end of the scale shows the average South Sudanese will have a GDP of just $275. India’s economy reached a growth...

Editors: David Seidl, Georg von Krogh, and Richard Whittington Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 343 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Management strategy, particularly as it related to getting ahead of competing companies, was for many decades, a highly confidential area reserved only for senior executives. Many mid-level managers were unaware of what their superiors were doing to propel the company forward. Strategy was for the most part, closed. In today’s world, it is much different. Many firms have adopted the idea of Open Strategy, after numerous research studies have shown that it is highly effective in increasing revenues...

Editors: Benjamin Means and Joseph W. Yockey Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 449 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram There are individuals and groups who want companies to do no harm of any kind – physical or mental – to consumers, or on a large scale, to society in general. There are those who want to go a step further and actually do good for others (short of contributing sums of money to charities) such as promoting healthy eating, for example. It is kind of making a reality of their need to help people expressed in a statement such...

Editors: Fikret Yegul and Diane Favro Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 897 pages, with 800+ illustrations Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram The architecture of Rome – along with the detailed planning, design and execution, and construction of the various buildings and structures that resulted in such a wonderful city with its beautiful environment – has been a source of awe and inspiration for many people who dream and desire to create. This book empowers them to turn their imaginative sketches into reality. A large-format (12 x 9) book of almost 900 pages, with numerous images, Roman Architecture and Urbanism:...

Editors: E.I. Khouri and Jens E. Olesen Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 1,152 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This second volume in the series on Scandinavia was published in July 2016. The first volume was published in 2003. It was entitled The Cambridge History of Scandinavia – Volume I – From Prehistory to 1520. I urge readers to obtain a copy of that volume as well, in order to get a better ‘picture’ of the current characteristics and history of that region of Europe: the Nordic states. A third volume is planned, but its publication date is yet...