V.V. Ramani
35 books
The much-awaited Value-Added Tax (VAT) has been introduced in Indian Taxation System from April 1, 2005. Now, India is a part of other 123 countries following VAT led by UK in 1973. It is said that four years is a very short period in introducing VAT in the country as compared to ten years, on an average, by other countries. VAT is most certainly a more transparent and accurate system of taxation. The existing sales tax structure allows double taxation thereby, ...
The concept of ‘Mentoring’ is, perhaps, very powerful in today’s technological world. Its impact goes beyond benefit to those who are mentored as well as those who mentor. If someone with experience is willing to invest time and effort in an attempt to assist the new generation either in the educational field or in career development, the youth should always listen, though not necessarily to agree with the advice. At the same time, they should take ...
Human resources are the most valuable resources and also an asset to any organization and so they have to be handled meticulously. With the effect of globalization, the service sector share in GDP is higher than the manufacturing and agriculture sectors. BPO sector is the sector, which witnessed a tremendous growth with Call Centres as a major support. This sector is chiefly people-driven and competitive with high attrition rates creating tremendous challenges to ...
Despite two decades of civil strife, Sri Lanka's economy has been quite buoyant and its GDP remained constant. Though poverty alleviation is still a big problem, the government gave top priority to privatization in the past five years. Its markets comprise external trade-oriented and produce commodities and manufactured products.
Outsourcing helps organizations concentrate on strategic goals and stay ahead of the competition. Growth in the financial sector is tremendous and since there can be no reversal in this area for at least another decade, financial services outsourcing is all the more lucrative. Here, corporates transfer risk and management to third parties and the outsourcing agencies operate offshore. The major advantages Indian companies have in this area are English language ...
The end of communism in the late 1980s brought about a new world economy and ushered in a free flow of goods, money, ideas and people. This resulted in the world economy facing regular ups and downs in their business cycle. Now, business cycles worldwide face a surge in economic activity followed by a boom and taper off with a recession and falling GDP levels.
The services sector constitutes a large part of an economy both in terms of employment potential and its contribution to national income. The sector covers a wide array of activities like financial services, hospitality services, outsourcing services, advisory services, communication services, information technology and educational services. Globalised economy, accessibility to information, efficient markets have all intensified competition leading to an intense ...
Today, economic cycles are governed by production, prices of the commodities, employment opportunities and financial investments and are therefore predictable unlike in the past. The 9/11 disaster made people realize that life and death are unpredictable. This book also depicts the business cycles of China, Hong Kong, India, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Italy, European Union and US.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing a pivotal role in the socio-economic development. When the world is galloping towards a welfare society, with people centric policies, a vast section of population, particularly women, are unable to participate in the development process due to lack of access to information, communication and its relevant technologies that are empowering the other half of the world in achieving their goals. A book on ...
A CEO’s compensation is important for a corporation and its shareholders who believe in paying him a hefty pay package with stock options, restricted stock awards, enhanced pensions and long-term incentive plans. A company's board of directors must redesign its equity compensation programs to be in accordance with the rules of corporate governance. Read case studies on the banking industry, the CEO in pharma companies, the interplay of CEO compensation and ...
This book discusses the issue of women's socio-economic empowerment or women's capacity to join in as equal partners in cultural, social, economic and political aspects of society. This book also discusses women empowerment and related issues, opportunities for women to achieve political, economic and social equality in the world, and their related experiences.
This book is divided into two sections: Perspectives and Country Experiences. While the first section 'Perspectives' consists of five articles that touch upon various facets of cultural industries such as meaning, policy-making, copyright issues, etc., the second section 'Country Experiences' consists of eight articles that showcase development and growth of cultural industries in various countries and the necessary policy implications.
Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers that can be loaded on container ships, railroad cars and trucks. It has revolutionized cargo shipping. Today, nearly 90% of non-bulk cargo moves by containers put on transport ships. Containerization is an important cargo-moving technique developed in the 20th century. It has formed an integral part of logistics the world over, India is no exception too. The idea of ...
In this global village, most developing countries are shifting to export promotion policy to compete with the developed world. As part of their policy instruments, many of these countries are promoting export-processing zones (EPZs), which are seen as a key instrument for promoting exports, earning foreign exchange, stimulating economic growth through additional investment, technology transfers, and employment generation. Later, these EPZs are transformed into ...
Knowledge and innovation are the natural resources of the 21st century, and developing the capacity to support people and industries that possess these resources is a critical element for economic growth. The new Technology-led economic development strategies continue to take root around the world. The ability to successfully develop and support new businesses and advance within existing industries needs a basic support to sustain in the long run. The ...
1. Economy, Environment and Sustainable Development: Concepts and Concerns, 2. Significance of Global Warming, 3. Global Warming - A Boon or Bane?, 4. Nine Lies About Global Warming, 5. Global Warming: From Debate to Action, 6. Living with Global Warming, 7. The Political Economy of Global Warming and its Changing Strategic Role, 8. Global Warming and Clean Development Mechanism Projects State and Trends in India, 9. Perspective of Climate Change ...
Financial crisis in East Asia has given a new dimension to corporate governance and an increasing, worldwide attention towards corporate governance has compelled the economies to develop a new framework of guidelines. The significant influence of corporate governance practices will help the corporate to perform better in the emerging markets. Ethical conduct, transparency and disclosure are vital ton a corporate to develop goodwill in the global market and also ...
Migration is a global phenomenon. According to a study, it is estimated that about 3% of the world’s population is migrants. It is a massive movement of people across the globe i.e., almost 175 million people living outside their country of origin. If all the migrants lived in the same place, it would be the world’s fifth largest country. Remittances, an inextricable facet of migration, are the sum of money that migrants regularly send to their families who ...
To realize the goals of an organization, it is necessary to lay down goals. This book highlights various strategies organizations implement and the expert opinion about the best strategies that can be used globally. By adopting strategies best suited to individual companies, organizations are making significant gains in efficiency, productivity and profitability. A must-read for managers.
Several factors are driving the need for businesses to integrate environmental issues with their business strategy. Improvement in the conditions of competitiveness is one of the main objectives of the business environment policy. Besides, a high standard of living, especially the safety of the citizens and a clean living environment, are integral parts of the welfare and business environment policy. On the other hand, external pressures such as regulations, ...
Increasing competition among the corporates for the right talent seems to have made the process of attracting and retaining talent, a Herculean task more than ever before. As the highly talented workforce in organizations enhance their skills and job-hop from one company to another, managers seem to be feeling the heat in battling abnormally high attrition rates. Motivating employees and retaining them in the current scenario is altogether a different ball game ...
UN Millennium Summit 2000 declared in unequivocal terms that we should "... Spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanising conditions of extreme poverty." Poverty can be looked at, as income poverty and human poverty. Income poverty is nothing but lack of income to buy a basket of basic needs for human survival. Human poverty transcends economic aspect and encompasses social, cultural, political and physical ...
The management has to recognize the important role of Human Resource Department in order to successfully steer organizations towards profitability. It is necessary for the management to invest considerable time and amount, to learn the changing scenario of the HR department in the 21st century. In order to survive the competition and be in the race, HR department should consciously update itself with the transformation in HR and be aware of the HR issues cropping ...
Governance has been an engaging concern from time immemorial. It has gained increasing significance over the ages. Numerous kingdoms, kings and emperors have addressed this issue and set different systems and practices, in accordance with the obtaining situation and the emerging needs of society. The perfect art of governance was never a continued spell. In between, there were glimpses of excellence, otherwise, it lapsed into a routine role. The periods of ...