4.0

2019/02/07

This book is written by an senior editor of Fortune Magazine in India. The book is very informative. I find author’s devotion to the research impressive as it is detailed. He provides us many numbers or statistics to support the arguments. It’s a book about current Indian grass root entrepreneurship. There are ten chapters each tells an interesting story. I feel much warmth reading these stories because these entrepreneurs really care for people in need. I smile from time to time as I imagine how these entrepreneurs help India become better and stronger.

The institution environment in India is improving but still there are some inadequacy. This is why informal institution comes to play. Sometimes a society grows due to change from the bottom. This is exactly sometimes what turns ordinary people into businessmen. They come up with sustainable business models to support the poor and break the strains imposed on them for centuries. In today’s India, there are opportunities for people from lower castes to break shackles. A chapter in the book discusses how ‘untouchables’ or Dalits strive hard to become recognized. In turn, the Dalits entrepreneurs help fellows get better lives.

Mr. Sengupta also discusses banking system, ethnic conflict, women minority, innovation, and information flows in India, just to name a few. For example, he went to Kashmir to see how a local bank succeed by building trust among the society. Another example, he visited a man dares to challenge taboos who invented sanitary napkin machines to produce affordable pads for Indian women. Generally, discussion on menstruation is strictly avoided by both man and woman. He was thought of lunatic as a result. According to a survey a few years ago, a low percentage (12%) of Indian women used pad properly. It caused health concerns as well as social problems. Girls may dropped out school, and women can’t work. The new innovation starts a new revolution. (For anyone interested, here’s the Tedtalks https://youtu.be/zkQL7UJYDIY)

Recasting India makes me understand India much more in the business context. As a rising super power, it’s beneficial for us to know more about this beautiful nation. Highly recommended!

展開

選擇語言

:::網站搜尋

Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship Is Revolutionizing the World’s Largest Democracy

詳細資料

會員評鑑

主題活動

最近瀏覽商品

相關活動

購物說明

同類商品新上架

本類暢銷榜

得獎認證