Drawing on insights from academics and practitioners around the world, this book takes some of the mystery and anxiety out of common perceptions about economic, cultural, and social transformation in the age of globalization, and offers clear and effective approaches for survival in a continually changing business environment.

I. Structural Transformation 1: The Global Phenomenon 2: Economic Clusters and Emerging Players 3: Rising Stars, Hot Markets, and Brave New Worlds 4: Regulating Global Commerce II. Barriers to Interconnectivity 5: Ideology versus Ideology 6: Old Beneficiaries are New Critics 7: Geopolitical Fractures III. Impact of Technology on Global Businesses 8: Technology as the Driver and Consumer 9: Digitize or Disappear 10: Smart Selling on the E Platform: The Amazing World of Amazon 11: Sector Impact IV. Leadership Challenge in a Transformational World 12: Taking a New Shape 13: Trust in a Splintered World 14: Tool Box for Change 15: Being Introspective in an Expanding World

Mahesh Joshi is a Global Business Executive with three decades of global business experience in senior management roles, including as Managing Director at MAN Energy Solutions USA, Chief Executive at Larsen & Toubro Valves, President of Centrifugal Compression at Cameron, Group President, Energy at Circor, and General Manager for Heavy Industrial Products at Ingersoll Rand. He has a Master's in International Strategy and Diplomacy from London School of Economics, an MBA from Murray State University, and a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Delhi Technological University. He has also attended the Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Program, Harvard business school for Advanced Management Program, and Nirma Institute of Management MBA programme. Mahesh is the host of the radio show Global Business with Mahesh Joshi on VoiceAmerica.com. J.R. Klein has been active in social impact finance for more than 40 years. He is an author, thinker, and artist with expertise in organizational structure, cultural sensitivity, pragmatic leadership, planning, and social impact. He has an MBA and has continued his post-graduate education at Harvard Business School and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He has been awarded three master level qualification - post graduate awards in Performance Measurement (HBS), Strategic Perspectives (HBS), and Advanced Management and Leadership (Oxford).

A clear view of the upheavals and transformations of a global world Examines the why and how of transformation and offers strategies and successful approaches for staying relevant in the new business environment Provides pragmatic tools to stay adaptive in the midst of technology-driven changes