Business and Management Practices in South Asia : A Collection of Case Studies

This book presents case studies of South Asian companies that have strategic business implications, highlighting the complex interplay of business and social dynamics in South Asia. This region is a wide agglomeration of very different countries that share somewhat common cultures and issues and yet it is torn apart by religion and politics. There is an abundance of local entrepreneurship but a widespread institutional void. The book investigates how local companies survive and thrive in this environment and discusses those companies that have withstood the competitive pressure of MNCs, depicting their management and business practices. In today’s world, where multinationals are so omnipresent that their management and business practices are considered as the de facto recipe for success, there is a need to have an alternative view that challenges the ubiquitousness of multinational management practices. The case studies in this book focus on the business and management practices of local organizations in South Asia and thus provide that alternative viewpoint of how to achieve success in South Asia. Exposing readers to a local perspective on doing business in South Asia, it is a valuable resource for students and practitioners of management. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Business and Management Practices in South Asia—A Prelude (Arijit Sikdar, Vijay Pereira)....Pages 1-11 Road to Growth: House of Brands, Branded House, or House Blend (Nikhil Raval, Ajay Srinivasan)....Pages 13-47 Leading Change in the Social Sector: A Bottom-up Revival of Two Weaving Clusters in India (Savitha Suri, Payyazhi Jayashree)....Pages 49-73 Internationalization of Bangladesh Banking Sector: Lessons from an Emerging Economy (Suborna Barua, Bipasha Barua)....Pages 75-100 Bangladeshi Banking Innovations: A Case Study on Mobile Banking (Sadia Noor Khan, Maimuna Akter, Fahad Zeya)....Pages 101-124 bKash: Revolutionizing Mobile Financial Services in Bangladesh? (Shamima Yesmin, Tonmoy Ananda Paul, Md. Mohshin Uddin)....Pages 125-148 Pakwheels.com—A Period of Transition! (Farrah Arif, Sarah Suneel Sarfraz)....Pages 149-184 The Expansion of Online Travel Portal—MakeMyTrip (Abha Rishi, Kiranpreet Kaur, Natasha Mahawar)....Pages 185-201 Reliance Jio—Late, but the Latest and Later? (Swati A. Kulkarni, K. Prakash Vel)....Pages 203-222 Overseas Courier Services, Pakistan: Logistics Operations at Central Region (Muhammad Naiman Jalil, Eesha Shah)....Pages 223-257 SUN Rises from RANBAXY: Supply Chain Strategy of an Indian Pharmaceutical Company (Sushmera Manikandan, Balan Sundarakani)....Pages 259-279 Hope in Their Hands: Seeing Hands Nepal (Perry Haan, Malavika Desai)....Pages 281-305 Doing Business in South Asia: Critical Issues and Future Opportunities (Arijit Sikdar, Vijay Pereira)....Pages 307-315 Back Matter ....Pages 317-323