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 ...
Child labour in India and the future of children call for serious concern on both humanitarian and economic grounds. This book discusses the issues, challenges and measures that can be taken by the government, society and the people. It further provides insights from experts, based on first-hand, grassroots experience for a clear picture about the true condition of child labour in India. It presents valuable inputs to all those working to eliminate child labour ...
Emotional labour is a kind of task requires someone to suppress or simulate their emotions. Particularly in capitalistic working condition. Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild coined the term in 1983 in a seminal work, The Managed Heart: Commercializatuion of Human Feeling. Hochschild defines emotional labour as "the management of feeling to create a publicly observable facial and bodily display is sold for a wage and therefore has exchange value." ...
In recent times, the growth of the world economy has challenged the limits of economic, social and ecological sustainability, at the same time, questioning about food security at the global level. Access to food is still perceived by many as a privilege, rather than a basic human right. Therefore, the global economy makes food security an essential concern. The book covers concepts and approaches related to accessibility, acceptability and adequacy of food to ...
If a company has a well-defined corporate culture, it can create an environment that leads to success and that can see it through difficult times. The book explores aspects of organizational culture like corporate vision, mission, values and goals of an organization along with case studies on Nucor, Google, Nokia, BP, the IT sector, and others.
This is a book that explores the development of Uttaranchal, one of the youngest states of the India. It looks at innovative initiatives like private-public partnership to develop the infrastructure, encourage investment in education, hydropower, minerals, horticulture etc, promote tourism yet protect its fragile eco system. Included are views of top administrators, academicians and policymakers.
These days, retaining talent is very difficult, as the cream of the talent will always have a clear road map of their growth. This is best done by succession planning, a process that ensures that the right person is at the helm of affairs, as was done in Ranbaxy.
The volatility of the global scenario has brought sweeping changes in Indias foreign policy, and globalization has played a contributory role in this. Liberalization has improved Indias economic and political interactions with the world and trade and investment performances have also grown with IT, ITES and services exporting their goods and services to China, US and UAE. This book takes stock of the developments at various levels of trade between India and the ...
Talent at the workplace refers to placing people with distinctive traits in the right job or work environment to ensure profit, growth, excellence and perpetuity. How an organization does this effectively is dealt with in great detail here. Relevant case studies include SmithKline Beecham, Pitney Bowes Greg and Infosys.
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 ...