Sage Publications Pvt Ltd imprint: 873 books
Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists
World Capitalism and Global History
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Capitalism is often recognised as a realisation of the bourgeois revolution—war to the castles and peace to the huts.
This book argues that a lack in perception of the progressive aspects of capitalism has resulted in policy measures that have frequently been defeated. It brings out the importance...
Tourism Development Revisited
Concepts, Issues and Paradigms
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2008
The global tourism industry is a growing, dynamic mega industry, despite the temporary setbacks it has faced from time to time due to political and natural elements. This book approaches tourism development through a critical prism. The collection of articles by leading experts in international tourism...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
As one of the largest importers of defence equipment in the world, India’s defence procurement affects many domestic and foreign companies, whether or not defence related, owing to its defence offset policy. The policy continues to evolve with as many exceptions as conformities in implementation....
PPP Paradox
Promise and Perils of Public-Private Partnership in Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Public–private partnerships have been in use for a long time, and in many countries, to build roads and bridges, clean rivers, and manage waste. In the last two decades, they have slowly begun to make their presence felt in the field of public education. Several countries, including the United States...
Creating Adaptive Policies
A Guide for Policymaking in an Uncertain World
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2009
Today’s policy-maker has a tough job to do. Policies that cannot perform effectively under today’s complex, dynamic and uncertain conditions run the risk of not achieving their intended purpose. Instead of helping, they may actually hinder the ability of individuals, communities and businesses...
Managing Indian Banks
The Challenges Ahead
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
This revised and updated edition of Managing Indian Banks: The Challenges Ahead equips the senior and middle management of banks/financial institutions in dealing with extremely complex issues that have emerged in the post sub prime lending crisis. Highlighting the way organisations can develop systems...
Profitable Customer Engagement
Concept, Metrics and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
The concept of customer engagement has evolved as a powerful tool for building a profitable approach to customer management. Profitable Customer Engagement is an authoritative book that communicates the fundamentals of profitable customer engagement by proposing a customer engagement value (CEV) framework....
Customer Value Investment
Formula for Sustained Business Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2007
The Customer is the ultimate driver of a business. Customers buy products and services that give them more value and this value is what gives one company the winning edge over another.
Using the unique Customer-in-Center concept, this pathbreaking book explains how investing in Customer Value...
by T. Rajaretnam
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
A comprehensive guide to the practical applications of statistics in social sciences
This book brings out the relevance of statistical tools and methods in social sciences. Describing the various statistical techniques, it highlights their purpose and application along with a brief overview...
Capital Market Reform in Asia
Towards Developed and Integrated Markets in Times of Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Capital Market Reform in Asia is a compilation of selected papers that captures the essence of the issues and challenges that contributed to capital market reform in the Asian region. The central theme of this volume is to chart the progress of capital market development in Asia after the 1997–1998...
Assorted City
Equity, Justice, and Politics in Urban Services Delivery
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
A rare piece of research on the game of urban services delivery in an Indian metropolis.
Assorted City makes an important contribution to urban planning discourses in India by offering an in-depth conceptual and theoretical insight to address theory–practice dichotomy. A unique...
Cities and Public Policy
An Urban Agenda for India
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
The twenty-first century will witness a rapid urban expansion in the developing world. India, it is believed, will be at the forefront of such a phenomenon. This book acknowledges the role of agglomeration externalities as the cornerstone of urban public policy in India.
Arguing that hypotheses...
Indian Higher Education
Envisioning the Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
India is in the throes of great developments in the field of higher education. This book identifies the needs and gaps in this sector and provides suggestions for improvement based on the lessons learnt from the experiences of other countries. It facilitates a clear and holistic understanding of the...
by Dr. Gautam Majumdar Majumdar
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Ever wondered what phrases like ‘underwater mortgage’, ‘money mules’, ‘peer to peer lending’, ‘virtual key pad’, ‘bit coins’ and many more such unique terms imply? This book attempts to add to the understanding of these words by giving their source of origin and evolution. It decodes...