Journal of Indian Business Research: Volume 1 Issue 1

The call center couple: India's new middle class

Jagdish Sheth

The purpose of this paper is to explain the concept of the “call center couple” (CCC) as a symbol of the new middle class (NMC) and how it will influence markets, work, and family…

Economic development, business strategy, and corporate restructuring in India

Raj Aggarwal

The purpose of this paper is to review the reasons for the increased pace of restructuring of Indian industry in response to increasing market efficiencies and declining…

Internationalization of technology development in India

Alok Chakrabarti, Pradip K. Bhaumik

The purpose of this paper is to study the internationalization of technology development in India. The internationalization of research and development (R&D) has not been a recent…

Growth and productivity performance of small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs): Insights from major states in India

S.N. Rajesh Raj, Mihir K. Mahapatra

The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in India during the pre‐reforms (prior to 1991) and reforms period (1991 onwards…

India's economic growth and market potential: benchmarked against China

G.K. Kalyanaram

In the context of India's growth and development benchmarked against China, this paper aims to address two important research questions: How do the growth models and market…

Are we ignoring the early warning signs in our corporate governance system?: Corporate governance system – revisited

Madhukar Angur

The purpose of this paper is to examine the aspects of the corporate governance system and suggest ways to foresee a corporate fraud in the offing. It aims to explore ways by…

Launching the Journal of Indian Business Research

Avinandan Mukherjee, G. Shainesh