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New Arrivals (March 2004)

Title The Writing on the Wall: India Checkmates America 2017
Author General S Padmanabhan
Publication Detail Manas Publications, New Delhi, 2004
Notes India's former military Chief Gen. Padmanabhan has penned a book predicting a war
between India and the United States in the year 2017. He has raised several eyebrows
since India and the United States have been warming up to each other in recent months.
As India becomes a bigger power, America will see it as biggest threat. The book describes
the U.S. a "rogue state and rogue superpower, which will stop at nothing in the pursuit of its
national interests." The fictional war with U.S. only lasts 60 hours as India -- with Chinese
and Russian help -- proves to be more than a match for U.S. strategy.
Keywords: Foreign relations, Indo-US relations, India, USA, Prediction of war
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Title Enhancing performance: agenda for growth
Author Upinder Dhar, Santosh Dhar and Yogeshwari Phatak
Publication Detail Excel Books, New Delhi, 2004
Notes Compilation of presentation papers of the National Conference on Enhancing
Performance: Agenda for Growth held from January 30-31, 2004, organised by Prestige
Institute of Management and Research, Indore. Papers covered are on micro-financing,
human resources, information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) and
marketing.
Keywords: Micro-financing, Human resources, Information technology, Business process
outsourcing, BPO, Marketing, India
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Title The global information technology report 2003-2004
Publication Detail Oxford University Press, New York, 2004
Notes This is the third in a very well-received series assessing the state of networked readiness of
various countries around the world. The report is an assessment of 100 countries, which
highlights on best practices and gleaning policy lessons from various country experiences.
The report consists of three main parts: the first includes analytical chapters related to
networked readiness, the second contains country profiles, and the third part consists of
data tables that contain country rankings for every indicator.

Keywords: Information technology, Information society, ICT, Networked Readiness Index

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Title India infrastructure report 2004
Publication Detail Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2004
Notes The IIR 2004 is the fourth in the annual series of substantive reports produced by the
3iNetwork (IDFC, IIM-Ahmedabad, and IIT-Kanpur) on infrastructure development in India.
This report, recognizing the limits of the current paradigm of the governments role in
infrastructure, argues for an enhanced role for the private sector and end-users. It also
outlines necessary initiatives from the government in the form of policy frameworks for
public-private partnerships, and private financing initiatives for publicly contracted
infrastructure as well as privately financed and provided infrastructure. It presents
examples of pioneering initiatives in this direction, which are demonstrative of good
practices that may be replicated elsewhere. It reviews developments in electricity, telecom,
water, roads, urban infrastructure, municipal fanancing and accounting reforms, ports, and
energy.

Keywords: Infrastructure, India, Infrastructure sector, Privatisation, Reforms, Technology,

Transportation, Electricity, Telecom, Water, Roads, Urban Infrastructure, Municipal
fanancing and Accounting reforms, Ports, and Energy.
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Title Protecting foreign investment: implications of a WTO regime and policy options

Author Carlos M Correa and Nagesh Kumar

Publication Detail Zed Books Ltd, London, 2003
Notes The book deals with FDI and its impact on development; the WTOs TRIMs Agreement; a
possible multilateral framework on investment; and discusses various options for
developing countries.

Keywords: FDI, Globalisation, WTO, Investment, Developing countries

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Title India market demographics report 2002
Publication Detail NCAER, New Delhi, 2004
Notes This report, the fourth in the series, presents different facets of the consumer markets in
India while utilising data from all rounds of the Market Information Survey of Households
and covering all product reports till 1999-2000. The chapters highlight income
demographics, household income, occupational demographics, consumer durable
products, consumer finance for white goods, the FMCG market, and household market
structure in India.

Keywords: Market demographics, highlight income demographics, household income,

occupational demographics, consumer durable products, consumer finance for
white goods, the FMCG market, household market structure
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Title Mahube: the dawning of the dawn
Author Thabo Mbeki
Publication Detail Skotaville Media, South Africa, 2001
Notes Mahube is the first collection of speeches by Thabo Mbeki since he became President of
South Africa in June 1999. These speeches provides insight into the thoughts of his vision,
his plans, and his unwavering commitment to the people of South Africa and the rest of the
continent.

Keywords: Speeches, Thabo Mbeki, South Africa, President of South Africa

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Title Ground rule: a celebration of test cricket
Publication Detail Dakini Books, London, 2003
Notes Ground Rules is the ultimate celebration of cricket, tapping into every cricketers passion for
the game and the grounds on which it is played. There are stunning and rare images from
some of the worlds best photographers together with original insights from some legendary
names in Cricket.

Keywords: Cricket, History, Cricket grounds

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Title Introspecting competitiveness of the textile sector in Southern region: a report
Publication Detail CII Southern Region, 2003
Notes The Confederation of Indian Industry-Southern Region and Deloitte Haskins & Sells, have
undertaken a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) study on the
southern textile industry. The study, which seeks to reposition the regional textile industry
from production-driven to market-driven would identify the areas of opportunities and
challenges for the South-based textile enterprises in tapping global business opportunities.
Keywords: Textile industry, India, Competitiveness, Textile machinery, garment, Apparel,
Spinning, Weaving, Knitting, Cotton
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Title Selected poems of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Author Pawan K Verma (tr.)
Notes English and Chinese translation of 9 poems selected from the 21 poems, published by
Penguin Books India in 2001, presented to Vajpayee by CII on the occasion of his visit to
Peoples Republic of China, June 2003.

Keywords: Poems, Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Title The Productive edge
Author Richard K Lester
Publication Detail W W Norton & Company, New York, 1998
Notes The book is a fascinating tale of Americas industrial comeback how it happened, where it
happened, and what must be done to make it last. An artful blend of facts, analysis, and
storytelling, points to the need for flexible and creative organizations in the fast-moving
global markets of the twenty-first century.

Keywords: Industrial productivity, United States

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Title The light and the shadow
Author Otto Kalthoff, Ikujiro Nonaka and Pedro Nueno
Publication Detail Roland Berger Foundation, Oxford, 1997
Notes The Light and the Shadow is a unique and inspirational exploration of the rich and
sometimes dazzling diversity of European business and innovation a diversity which flies
in the face of those theorists who require there to be a single model for success. Based on
13 world class innovators, this book gives business people the courage to innovate by
capitalising on the rich diversity of European commercial styles and cultures. From this
innovation competitive advantage can explode.
Keywords: Innovation, Business
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Title ITC contractual joint venture model agreements
Author International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
Publication Detail International Trade Centre, Geneva, 2004
Notes Model for joint venture agreements where the parties organize their cooperation on a
contractual basis without forming a corporate body presents model contracts applying to
three-or-more-party joint ventures, as well as those applying to two-party joint ventures
only; for each contract provides checklist of options, fill-ins, time limits, ancillary documents
and users guides.
Keywords: Joint ventures, contracts
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Title 4th TPM National Conference [17-18 February 2004: New Delhi]
Publication Detail CII-Institute of Quality, Bangalore, 2004
Notes The book of presentations in two volumes highlighting autonomous maintenance, quality
maintenance, cost reduction, education & training, Kobetsu Kaizen, Office TPM, Planned
maintenance, Safety health environment

Keywords: TPM, Total productivity Maintenance, Quality maintenance, cost reduction,

education & training, Kobetsu Kaizen, Office TPM, Planned maintenance, Safety
health environment
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