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Rise of the Indian Firm: Understanding Leadership in Indian Organizations

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Abstract

There has been phenomenal growth of India’s multinational companies (MNCs) since 2000. Bloomberg data reported that between 2000 and 2012, there were 1,995 acquisitions by Indian firms, at total value of US$116 billion (Goswami, 2013). This was an increase of 251% compared to 2007 with 223 mergers and acquisitions valued at $US33 billon and a 300% increase from 2006 (Raghavan, 2008). This growth has produced a need for an understanding of how the Indian mind works and of Indian organizational behaviour in order to facilitate cultural exchange with and within Indian MNCs.

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Selvarajah, C., Meyer, D., Sukunesan, S., Venkatapathy, R. (2014). Rise of the Indian Firm: Understanding Leadership in Indian Organizations. In: Chan, T.S., Cui, G. (eds) The Rise of Asian Firms. The AIB Southeast Asia Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137407719_5

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