ARTICLE ALERT

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A small effort towards developing a knowledge culture at CII

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Weather derivatives: risk-hedging prospects for agriculture and power sectors in India / Anil K. Sharma and Ashutosh Vashishtha [The Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 8 Number 2 2007 pp. 112-132]
Keywords: Climatic hazards; Risk management; Derivative markets; Hedging; Energy industry; India; Agriculture

02

Kerala: economic growth and investment opportunities / Jayan Jose Thosam [Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore, 2007]
Keywords: Kerala, Economic growth, Investment opportunities, Business opportunities

03

Export potential of India dairy products / Pralay Hazrra and Smita Sirohi [Indian Dairyman, April 2007]
Keywords: Dairy industry - India - Export potential, Trends, Market forecast

04

Role of the State in Pakistan’s economy / Parvez Hasan [[Economic and Political Weekly, 5 May 2007]
Keywords: Economic growth - Pakistan, Role of State in the economic growth

05

University education in India: can the collapse be reversed? / Shri Singh [Current Science, Vol.92, No. 5, 10 March 2007]
Keywords: Education Higher education, Government policy, Quality education, Drastic change required, Higher education system in India

06

The power of India [and] what India needs [Outlook Business, 5 May 2007]
Keywords: India's strengths, World views, Trends in industry, markets, knowledge, consumption, Quality of life, Views of world leaders, Views of business leaders

07

The entertainment industry: going global [Business India, 6 May 2007]
Keywords: Entertainment industry - India, Media and entertainment, Market size, Growth projections

08

Living with global warming / William Underhill, Emily Flynn Vencat, Barrett Sheridan, Karen Breslau, Richard S Lindzen [Newsweek, 23 April 2007]
Keywords: Global warming, Climate change, Environment

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

09

Does India need a lot more FDI? / V N Balasubramanyam, David Spasford [Economic and Political Weekly, 28 April 2007]
Keywords: FDI - India, FDI overview - India and China

10

Trade facilitation measures in South Asian FTAs: an overview of initiatives and policy approaches / Sachin Chaturvedi [ARTNeT website, 2007]
Keywords: FTA; South Asia; Articles V; VIII; and X; Trade Facilitation

11

Health-related services in Multilateral and Preferential Trade Arrangements in Asia and the Pacific / Mia Mikic [ARTNeT website, 2007]
Keywords: Health services trade; GATS; TRIPS; Preferential Trade Agreements; Modes of Services Delivery; ASEAN

12

Health infrastructure & immunization coverage in rural India / Ashlesha Datar, Arnab Mukherji* & Neeraj Sood [Indian Journal of Medical Research, January 2007, http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2007/january/0105.pdf]
Keywords: Healthcare, Heal infrastructure in rural India, Immunization rural India

HUMAN RESOURCES

13

 Managing emotions in the workplace: do positive and negative attitudes drive performance? / [Knowledge at Wharton, 18 April 2007]
Keywords: Human resources, Managing emotions in the workplace, Attitude and emotions, Attitude and performance, Emotional intelligence

14

For globalization to succeed, 'business needs to reinforce its compact with the public' / [Knowledge at Wharton, 2 May 2007]
Keywords: Globalization, Public policy and law

15

Surviving your new CEO / by Kevin P. Coyne and Edward J. Coyne, Sr. [Harvard Business Review, May 2007]
Keywords: CEOs, Future of CEOs, How to survive, 

16

Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance / by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer [Harvard Business Review, May 2007]
Keywords: Human resources, Job performance, Emotions and job performance, Perception, Motivation

17

Promise-based management: the essence of execution / by Donald N. Sull and Charles Spinosa [Harvard Business Review, April 2007]
Keywords: Management, Customer promise, Applying promise based management

18

Brain strain and other social challenges arising from the UK's policy on attracting global talent / Allan M Findlay [Competing for Global Talent, ILO, Geneva, 2006]
Keywords: Global talent, Brain drain, UK policy for attracting global talent, Skilled migration

19

Competing for global talent: the US experience / Philip L Martin [Competing for Global Talent, ILO, Geneva, 2006]
Keywords: Global talent, US policy, Skilled migration, US experience

20

India's experience with skilled migration / Rupa Chanda and Niranjana Sreenivasan [Competing for Global Talent, ILO, Geneva, 2006]
Keywords: Skilled migration, India

21

Learning to compete: China's efforts to encourage a "reverse brain drain" / David Zweig [Competing for Global Talent, ILO, Geneva, 2006]
Keywords: Skilled migration, Reverse brain drain, China, Brain drain policy

22

Manufacturing strategies and innovation performance in newly industrialised countries / Daniel I. Prajogo, Tritos Laosirihongthong, Amrik Sohal, Sakun Boon-itt [Industrial Management & Data Systems; Volume: 107   Issue: 1; 2007 - Emrald]
Keywords: Innovation, Newly industrialized economies, Strategic manufacturing, Thailand, Vietnam

23

Developing communities of innovation by identifying innovation champions / Elayne Coakes, Peter Smith [The Learning Organization, Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Page: 74 - 85, 2007]
Keywords: Communities, Innovation, Knowledge sharing

24

The lure of simplicity: learning perspectives on innovation / Thomas Kalling [European Journal of Innovation Management; Volume: 10   Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Knowledge management, Learning organizations

25

Seven “principles” of innovation: A lack of focus [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23   Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Design, Innovation, Portfolio investment, Product development, Strategic management

26

Customer-related proactiveness in the radical innovation development process  / Birgitta Sandberg [European Journal of Innovation Management; Volume: 10   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Customer orientation, Innovation, Proactiveness

27

Innovation diffusion: a stakeholder and social network view / Indrit Troshani, Bill Doolin [European Journal of Innovation Management; Volume: 10   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Markup languages; Innovation; Stakeholder analysis; Social networks; Australia.

28

Working without boundaries: How collaboration aids innovation [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23   Issue: 5; 2007]
Keywords: Communication, Corporate strategy, Innovation

29

Using a Lean Six Sigma approach to drive innovation / George Byrne, Dave Lubowe, Amy Blitz [Strategy & Leadership; Volume: 35   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords:

30

The leadership/management conundrum: innovation or risk management? / Karen Borgelt, Ian Falk [Leadership & Organization Development Journal; Volume: 28   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Risk Management, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Social capital

31

ICT use in marketing as innovation success factor: Enhancing cooperation in new product development processes / Jordi Vilaseca-Requena, Joan Torrent-Sellens, Ana Isabel Jiménez-Zarco [European Journal of Innovation Management; Volume: 10   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Use of ICT, Product development, Marketing strategies, Product innovations, Communication technologies

32

Innovation is a game for team players: New R&D strategies keep industries in the ballpark [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23   Issue: 4; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, New products, Product development, Product life cycle, Return on investment, Team working

33

Supply chain management six sigma: a management innovation methodology at the Samsung Group / Hong Mo Yang, Byung Seok Choi, Hyung Jin Park, Min Soo Suh, Bongsug (Kevin) Chae [Supply Chain Management, Volume: 12   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Project management, Six sigma, Supply Chain management, Management innovation

Probing the potential of Six Sigma: More than just innovation [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23   Issue: 3; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Management styles, Manufacturing systems, Organizational culture, Product development, Six sigma

Does innovation lead to performance? An empirical study of SMEs in Taiwan / Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Mavis Yi-Ching Chen [Management Research News; Volume: 30   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Organizational performance, Small-to medium-sized enterprises, Taiwan

The era of openness: Open innovation is now a recognized management tool [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23   Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Design, Innovation, Research and development, Strategic management

Managing the innovation portfolio: Doing the right projects [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23   Issue: 3; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Oil industry, Portfolio investment, Product development, Risk management

How strategic innovation really gets started /Robert Chapman Wood
Strategy & Leadership; Volume: 35   Issue: 1; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Organizational restructuring, Strategic management

Emotional intelligence at work: links to conflict and innovation / Abubakr M. Suliman, Fuad N. Al-Shaikh [Employee Relations; Volume: 29   Issue: 2; 2007]
Keywords: Emotional intelligence, Conflict resolution, Innovation, Employee behaviour, Individual conflict, Organizational conflict, United Arab Emirates

40

The importance of innovation in international textile firms / Natalia Vila, Ines Kuster
[European Journal of Marketing; Volume: 41   Issue: 1/2; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation, Textile industry

41

Barriers to innovation: The right attitude and metrics [Strategic Direction; Volume: 23   Issue: 4; 2007]
Keywords: Innovation barriers, Innovation, Management styles, Measurement, New products, Product development

42

India's involvement in anti-dumping cases in the first decade of WTO / K D Raju [in Anti-dumping: global abuse of a trade policy instrument, Eds. Bibek Debroy and Debashis Chakraborty, 119-132. New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2006]
Keywords: Anti-dumping in India, WTO, International trade

43

Anti-dumping in the European Union / Fredrik Erizon [in Anti-dumping: global abuse of a trade policy instrument, Eds. Bibek Debroy and Debashis Chakraborty, 119-132. New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2006]
Keywords: Anti-dumping in European Union, International trade, Anti-dumping, Global abuse of trade policy instrument

44

European Union and India: a critical perspective / Rajen Harshe [[Economic and Political Weekly, 21 April 2007]
Keywords: European Union and India, International relations

45

Brand building in the digital age: a dizzying array of choices / [Knowledge at Wharton, 11 April 2007]
Keywords: Marketing, Brand building, Digital age

46

Success of Indian Business in Ghana / [a paper by Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi, 2007]
Keywords: Indian business, success stories, Ghana, Indian business in Ghana

47

India's biggest multinationals / Vanita Kohli - Khandekar [Busienssworld, 30 April 2007]
Keywords: MNCs in India, India's top MNCs, India and China comparison

48

Exchange rate appreciation: a major policy reversal / EPW Research Foundation [Economic and Political Weekly, 28 April 2007]
Keywords: Money market, Call money market, Forex market, Primary market, Secondary market

49

Trends in savings, investment and consumption /  Pulapre Balakrishnan , M Suresh Babu [Economic and Political Weekly, 5 May 2007]
Keywords: Trends in savings, investment and consumption - India

50

India’s innovative pension plan / by Cai Fang [Far Eastern Economic Review, May 2007]
Keywords: Public policy, Social security, Pension Plan, Youth

51

India must breed more policy wonks / by Mukul G. Asher [Far Eastern Economic Review, March 2007]
Keywords: Public policy, India, Governance

RAILWAYS

52

Railways : sector focus [Indian Infrastructure, April 2007]
Keywords: Railway, Railway budget, Freight corridor project, MRTS projects, Rail container policy, Modernising IR, Attracting private participation, Key statistics

53

India must face its SEZ reality / by David I. Steinberg [Far Eastern Economic Review, May 2007]
Keywords: Special Economic Zones, SEZs in India

54

Statistical overview of India's trade in services / Rashmi Banga [in Trade in services and India: prospects and strategies, Ed. Rupa Chanda. 16-49, New Delhi: CENTAD, 2006]
Keywords: Trade in services, Service sector growth, Share of the service sector in total employment in select countries, Trends in growth of India's service sector, India's competitiveness in different modes of trade in services

55

FDI in India's service sector: determinants and implications / Sahana Joshi [in Trade in services and India: prospects and strategies, Ed. Rupa Chanda. 16-49, New Delhi: CENTAD, 2006]
Keywords: Services sector - India, FDI, Trends and patterns of FDI inflows in service sector, FDI in telecommunications, FDI in IT-enabled services, FDI in financial and non-financial services and others, FDI in hotel and tourism, FDI in distribution and trading, Determinants of FDI in services in India, Impact of service sector FDI on capital formation and economic growth

56

Liberalization of India's telecom sector under WTO and preferential trade agreements / Raghav Narsalay [in Trade in services and India: prospects and strategies, Ed. Rupa Chanda. 16-49, New Delhi: CENTAD, 2006]
Keywords: Global telecom sector, WTO, telecom and India, India's telecom policy and GATS, Regional trade agreements and Indian telecom, India's telecom scenario

57

India's trade in distribution services / Arpita Mukherjee [in Trade in services and India: prospects and strategies, Ed. Rupa Chanda. 16-49, New Delhi: CENTAD, 2006]
Keywords: Trade in distribution services - India, Global overview

58

Trade in services and India's preferential agreements / Parashar Kulkarni, Biplove Choudhary [in Trade in services and India: prospects and strategies, Ed. Rupa Chanda. 16-49, New Delhi: CENTAD, 2006]
Keywords: Trade in services, India's preferential agreements

59

The travel & tourism competitiveness index: assessing key factors driving the sector's development / Jennifer Blanke, Thea Chiesa [in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007, Eds. Jennifer Blanke and Thea Chiesa. 3-25, Geneva: World Economic Forum, 2007]
Keywords: Travel and tourism competitiveness index, Key factors for growth

60

Taking travel & tourism to the next level: shaping the government agenda to improve the industry's competitiveness [in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007, Eds. Jennifer Blanke and Thea Chiesa. 3-25, Geneva: World Economic Forum, 2007]
Keywords: Travel and tourism, Competitiveness factor, Steps towards improving T&T competitiveness, Case study of best practices, Deregulation and privatization

61

Using policy measures and economics to improve travel & tourism-related policy and business decision making / Richard R Miller [in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007, Eds. Jennifer Blanke and Thea Chiesa. 3-25, Geneva: World Economic Forum, 2007]
Keywords: Travel and tourism, Policy measures, World Travel & Tourism Council, Blueprint for new tourism, Policy assessment

62

Tourism competitiveness and the development agenda / Geoffrrey Lipman, John Kester [in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007, Eds. Jennifer Blanke and Thea Chiesa. 3-25, Geneva: World Economic Forum, 2007]
Keywords: Travel and tourism, Tourism competition and development, Enhancing competitiveness for the poorest economies

63

Fulfilling the promise: positives and potentials of travel & tourism / Marilyn Carlzon Nelson [in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007, Eds. Jennifer Blanke and Thea Chiesa. 3-25, Geneva: World Economic Forum, 2007]
Keywords: Travel and tourism, Economic promise, Social promise, Potentials and challenges

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Investing in air transport connectivity to boost national productivity and economic growth / Brian Peace [in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007, Eds. Jennifer Blanke and Thea Chiesa. 3-25, Geneva: World Economic Forum, 2007]
Keywords: Travel and tourism, Measuring connectivity, Measuring productivity, Does connectivity drive labour productivity?, Impact of connectivity on productivity