Table of Contents

Preface ix


Acknowledgments xv


1 China and India—Four Stories Rolled into One 1


2 Think China and India, Not China or India 39


3 Megamarkets and Microcustomers 63


Fighting for Local Market Dominance


4 Leveraging China and India for Global Advantage 97


5 Competing with Dragons and Tigers on the Global Stage 139


6 The War for Talent 175
Dealing with Scarcity in the Midst of Plenty


7 Global Enterprise 2020 203


Notes 229


The Authors 239


Index 243

About the Author

Anil K. Gupta is the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy and Organization at the Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland at College Park. A world-renowned scholar on global strategy, he is a regular speaker at major conferences and serves as an adviser and director for corporations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Haiyan Wang is managing partner of China India Institute, a research and consulting organization. Drawing on her experience in China, Singapore, Europe, and the United States, she consults with companies and speaks at conferences on smart globalization in the age of China and India.