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Drawing on insights from academics and practitioners around the world, this book takes some of the mystery and anxiety out of common perceptions about economic, cultural, and social transformation in the age of globalization, and offers clear and effective approaches for survival in a continually changing business environment.
List of contents
- I. Structural Transformation
- 1: The Global Phenomenon
- 2: Economic Clusters and Emerging Players
- 3: Rising Stars, Hot Markets, and Brave New Worlds
- 4: Regulating Global Commerce
- II. Barriers to Interconnectivity
- 5: Ideology versus Ideology
- 6: Old Beneficiaries are New Critics
- 7: Geopolitical Fractures
- III. Impact of Technology on Global Businesses
- 8: Technology as the Driver and Consumer
- 9: Digitize or Disappear
- 10: Smart Selling on the E Platform: The Amazing World of Amazon
- 11: Sector Impact
- IV. Leadership Challenge in a Transformational World
- 12: Taking a New Shape
- 13: Trust in a Splintered World
- 14: Tool Box for Change
- 15: Being Introspective in an Expanding World
About the author
Mahesh Joshi is a Global Business Executive with three decades of global business experience in senior management roles, including as Managing Director at MAN Energy Solutions USA, Chief Executive at Larsen & Toubro Valves, President of Centrifugal Compression at Cameron, Group President, Energy at Circor, and General Manager for Heavy Industrial Products at Ingersoll Rand. He has a Master's in International Strategy and Diplomacy from London School of Economics, an MBA from Murray State University, and a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Delhi Technological University. He has also attended the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Program, Harvard business school for Advanced Management Program, and Nirma Institute of Management MBA programme. Mahesh is the host of the radio show Global Business with Mahesh Joshi on VoiceAmerica.com.
J.R. Klein has been active in social impact finance for more than 40 years. He is an author, thinker, and artist with expertise in organizational structure, cultural sensitivity, pragmatic leadership, planning, and social impact. He has an MBA and has continued his post-graduate education at Harvard Business School and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He has been awarded three master level qualification - post graduate awards in Performance Measurement (HBS), Strategic Perspectives (HBS), and Advanced Management and Leadership (Oxford).
Summary
Drawing on insights from academics and practitioners around the world, this book takes some of the mystery and anxiety out of common perceptions about economic, cultural, and social transformation in the age of globalization, and offers clear and effective approaches for survival in a continually changing business environment.
