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| name = Doing Business in 21st Century India
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| author = [[Gunjan Bagla]]
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| subject = Marketing
| genre = Non-fiction
| publisher = [[Business Plus (publisher)|Business Plus]]
| release_date = 2008
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| media_type = Book
| pages = 272
| isbn = 0-446-40224-9
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'''''Doing Business in 21st Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow's Most Exciting Market''''' is a 2008 [[non-fiction]] [[marketing]] book written by [[Gunjan Bagla]], an Indian-[[United States|American]] [[author]] and [[businessperson|businessman]] and the [[managing director]] of Amritt, Inc.. The book is a guide for [[North America]]n and European firms on doing business in the rapidly developing Indian market. It was published in hardcover in July 2008 by [[Business Plus (publisher)|Business Plus]], an imprint of [[Hachette Book Group USA]]. The book was released in hardback in the United States in July 2008 and in paperback to the rest of the world in September 2008.

==Overview==
The book is mainly targeted towards [[Western world|Western]] [[investor]]s and [[entrepreneur]]s.<ref name=sharma>{{Cite web
|last = Sharma
|first = Garima
|title = Business class
|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/booksreviews/Business-class/Article1-335864.aspx
|accessdate = 12 May 2010
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100908130044/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/booksreviews/Business-class/Article1-335864.aspx
|archivedate = 8 September 2010
}}
</ref> It contains overviews and analyses of Indian industries that are currently experiencing growth, as well as information about the financial situation in different regions in India and the various religious beliefs and customs.<ref>{{Cite web
|last = Hurlbert
|first = Wayne
|title = Doing Business in 21st Century India by Gunjan Bagla - Book review
|url = http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/doing-business-in-21st-century-india-by.html
|accessdate = 12 May 2010
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101105045906/http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/doing-business-in-21st-century-india-by.html
|archivedate = 5 November 2010
}}</ref> It also gives a brief summary of [[History of the Republic of India|India's recent history]].
Audiobook and Kindle versions of the book have reportedly sold well; be aware that the audiobook is abridged from the original, while the Kindle book is identical to the printed volume.

The book cover illustration is a picture of a man with a laptop computer riding an elephant. Bagla narrates the story of the [[blind men and an elephant|blind men and the elephant]] in the introduction to the book as a way to describe India to Western businesspeople.

==Critical reception==
The book currently holds five-star reviews from several of [[Amazon.com]]'s top reviewers and [[Amazon Vine|Vine Voices]] (reviewers who are given access to [[advance copy|advance copies]] of items such as books, movies, and electronics); top-ten reviewer Joanna Daneman described it as "a very readable, enjoyable book and one that anyone doing business in India ought to read as a starting point."<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Daneman
| first = Joanna
| title = Riding the elephant to success in India
| url=https://www.amazon.com/review/R2HUL91RGR39DJ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
| accessdate = 12 May 2010 }}</ref> A review of the book on the website ''ManageSmarter'' said it "opens the door for anyone seeking to expand or even begin business in India."<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Yi
| first = Karen
| title = Doing Business in 21st Century India
| url=http://www.presentations.com/msg/content_display/resources/book_store/e3i20304ae39f30fae8612481230d48385b
| accessdate = 12 May 2010 }}</ref> Garima Sharma's review for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' comments on the book's accessibility, noting that "the only bummer" is Bagla's "surprising neutrality" to 'Indianness'.<ref name=sharma /> Other reviewers based in India have similarly expressed views that Bagla should have praised the Indian systems and practices more vigorously.

The book was positively reviewed in the [[business journalism|business publications]] ''[[India Today]]'',<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Bamzai
| first = Kaveree
| title = Just not there
| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/content_mail.php?option=com_content&name=print&id=13584
| accessdate = 12 May 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Business Line]]'',<ref>{{Cite web
| last =
| first =
| title = Winning in India
| url=http://www.blonnet.com/iw/2008/08/24/stories/2008082450611200.htm
| accessdate = 12 May 2010 }}</ref> and ''[[Businessworld]]''.<ref>{{Cite web
|last = Rajendran
|first = M.
|title = A Guide to the Big Elephant
|url = http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Books-and-Guides/A-Guide-To-The-Big-Elephant.html
|accessdate = 12 May 2010
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091001170513/http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/Books-and-Guides/A-Guide-To-The-Big-Elephant.html
|archivedate = 1 October 2009
}}</ref> [[Ron Somers]], the president of the [[U.S.-India Business Council]], called the book "required reading for anyone who wants or has business in India."<ref>{{Cite web
| last =
| first =
| title = Doing Business in 21st Century India
| url=http://www.amritt.com/Doing-Business-In-21st-Century-India.html
| accessdate = 12 May 2010 }}</ref> [[Jagdish Sheth]], the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the [[Goizueta Business School]] of [[Emory University]], called it "an excellent practical guide,"<ref name=amazon>{{Cite web
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| title = Editorial Reviews
| url=https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Business-21st-Century-India-Tomorrows/dp/0446402249/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273545738&sr=8-1
| accessdate = 12 May 2010 }}</ref> and R. Gopalakrishnan of the [[Tata Group]] described it as "a refreshingly simple book on a very complex subject."<ref name=amazon />

==See also==
*[[Globalisation in India]]
*[[International business]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120225063612/http://www.industryweek.com/articles/doing_business_in_21st_century_india_how_to_profit_today_in_tomorrows_most_exciting_market_17777.aspx?Page=1 ''Industryweek'' interview with Gunjan Bagla]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:2008 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Marketing books]]
[[Category:Foreign trade of India]]
[[Category:Books about the economy of India]]
[[Category:Economic history of India (1947–present)]]
[[Category:2008 in Indian economy]]

Doing Business in 21st Century India - Revision history

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