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Transnational Corporations Review Volume 6 Number 1March 2013
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India as an Emerging Economy
Aamir Firoz Shamsi, Iqbal A. Panhwar, Badar Iqbal and Khizar Cheema
Abstract: India is one of the largest economies in the world, and perhaps, one of the most prominent
emerging markets as well. This paper examines the current state of India in terms of strategy, mindset and
its implications on economy and other determinants that impede growth. It also looks at the success stories
along with plausible strategy for sustaining growth. Indian foreign policy is the most crucial determinant
that set the tone of the future milestones. One major concern that might hamper the growth is the
competitive strategy and hostile relations with neighbours, which is deemed as the biggest impediment for
India to become an economic power house. This research includes the successful models of China,
Germany and Japan and how they established their economies by collaboration with their respective
regions or neighbours. This indicates a crucial point to ponder for India, which sturdily patronages a
collaborative strategy with neighbourhood in order to alleviate its growth and become an economic power
house of the world.
Keywords: India, China, Germany, Japan, neighbourhood, economic development
1. Introduction
India, the third largest economy (as per ppp), and with a population of 1.2 billion, has median age of
approximately 25 years and ample natural resources, including agricultural land, oil and gas. With GDP of
1.8 trillion (USD), it’s perhaps one of the most prominent and emerging markets of the world, not to
forget the ancient enriched culture. As far as its economic structure is concerned, 18% of GDP is driven
by agriculture, 15% manufacturing and a whopping 55% from service sector. It ranks in the 8th spot in
defense spending with $38.3 billion; on education it spends almost 4.2 % of the GDP. India is being
inflicted with pressing problems as well, daunted by the growing population which will supersede China
in 2050, if it continues to increase at the same rate as current.
India has been blessed with some of the finest agricultural land, natural resources and is leaping forward
in production, having a substantial foothold in markets such as tea, sugar, cereal, wheat, rice, pulse and
livestock. If we look at the industrial sector, which had a growth rate 7.5 percent (2010), textile remains
ahead in terms of employment opportunities followed by automobile, pharmaceutical and IT. All of these
sectors are key arbiters for India in making a lasting economic impact and setting the stage to leverage
other sectors. Service sector accounts for the major chunk of GDP, performing well over the past two
decades with major determinants that extend from communication, hotel and tourism, transportation to
trade, financial services and IT. Being competitive in IT has led to a rise in pay in that particular industry
due to proficient, skilled labor available, something that is not as common in other parts of the world.
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The latest breeze of FDI came in terms of outsourcing, thanks to the skilled workforce. Outsourcing of
business is not merely from manufacturing point of view but also in information technology. India’s
skilled and proficient English speaking population has pulled the FDI in shape of business process
outsourcing, software services and call centers. It is indeed true that emergence of India is highly
leveraged by the skilled workforce.
1.1. Problem statement
India is deemed to be in a decent state of economy, amid the circumstances but in order to become an
economic powerhouse India need to re-evaluate the current state from a different lens that stretches from
economic development to cordial relationships with countries sharing borders. Current state is based on
competitive policy among other countries and having tense relationships, specifically with the neighboring
countries. Competitive policy could be the biggest impediment and it’s swaying India away from
becoming an economic power.
Probably, where it needs to be in order to take off to become the economic powerhouse has stark
difference in dimension all together comparatively from the current state, which is rigid and inflexible up
to a large extent. It is deterring the country from its potential goal. The ideal position will indeed stem
from the basic policy which needs to be revised, and attuned to the ideal state. The ideal state trickles
down to a single principal, which is to be collaborative with the rest of the world - specially, the need to
focus on developing collaborative and genial relationship with countries sharing borders in order to spur
economic development in the region.
1.2. Research objectives
The research objective of this study is to determine the current state of India in terms of economy, factors
that impede success, and possible sound strategy for new growth for India. These are stated here as points:
•Primarily, the purpose of this research is to comprehend the current state of Indian economy along
with the economic strategies being implemented.
•To understand the foreign policy related to the neighboring countries and the nature of
relationships among other countries.
•To identify the factors that impedes India from becoming an economic power.
•To review the factors that have alleviated countries like China, Japan and Germany, and how they
improvised in all disciplines.
•To perceive how those strategic success factors can be replicated in India
•To devise a sound theme for strategies that could assist sturdy growth, as well as aid the country to
become an economic power.
1.3. Significance
Becoming an economic power has a lot of affluent prospects for the nation; one of the most significant
pros is related to the say in international politics, by default, the share of voice will increase as the
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dependency of the world is likely to increase if India becomes an economic power house. Moreover,
issues over which it has to reiterate its stance will no longer be required. For instance, the relationship of
India and Iran is often surrounded by fear fog due to the pressure and stress from USA embargo over Iran.
This and a lot of other issues will no longer require enlightening and perpetual explanations from New
Delhi.
Further implications of economic supremacy also comprise robust development in infrastructure, in terms
of energy oriented projects, plummeting poverty, rising literacy rate, development of human capital and
technology embedded infrastructure, making almost every field competitive or up to the prime standard.
FDI often entails technology transfers after becoming the prime option for multinationals; it would be a
prodigious chance for India to do some reforms that enable the technology transfer, allowing the labor and
infrastructure to become even more competitive.
India is becoming densely populous with every passing day and demographers speculate that the
population of India will supersede China in 2030 with projected population by of 1.53 billion while China
at that time is anticipated to have around 1.46 billion. This means government will be strained, needing to
create jobs to fulfill the vacuum. Therefore becoming the economic epicenter will underpin the economic
activities and job creation, it will also help India to escape from the dire strait if population kept on
soaring while economic activity remains stagnant and would lessen the liability over government to create
opportunities for natives.
Another significant advantage is the transformations towards entrepreneurial spirit if we meticulously
review the world’s top economies; we will find that entrepreneurial spirit is touching peaks, whether in
USA, Japan, or China, a prosperous, stable and skilled workforce enabled country spurs the
entrepreneurial environment. After getting to the limelight, India will have the opportunity to provide a
decent ground to carry out entrepreneurial ventures.
1.4. Limitations
There are a plenty of pressing problems that could limit growth, preliminary the infrastructure, the
economic development India needs depends on a much more demanding infrastructure to precede the
activities. We can break it down further to develop a better premise, the energy sector of India seems to be
handicapped, around 9 % of loss in manufacturing is caused by power outages annually whereas in China
it is estimated around 2%. There is a stark difference between both countries in terms of energy sector and
its productivity to aid the manufacturing industry. Average Projected power outage in India is around 17
times a month whereas in China it is less than 5 times. 60% of manufacturing facilities in India carry out
their activities over alternative energy sources while in china this figure is down to 27%. These statements
could depict the loopholes that are required to be plugged; this inadequate energy sector will limit the
growth and will also deter FDI.
If we look at the transportation network, the picture is not quite dissimilar from the energy sector, airports
are highly strained and capacity is less as compared to top economies. Mumbai and Delhi can handle 25 to
30 flights daily while this figure in Beijing is around 40 per day. The railway network is not up to the
mark to sustain the high growth influx, earnest attempt to make it efficient and up to the mark is required.
Transport network is considered to be a key arbiter in economic success of a country and when we talk
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about the economic power house then its importance is far more significant. Unfortunately, India currently
lacks here which limits its economic growth.
Perhaps it is true that India has gone on a roller coaster of economic growth in recent years, but the
income inequality enlarged amid different states, Punjab, Tamil nadu, and few others relish higher income
as compare to Rajasthan, Uttar Pardesh. This will create a dire economic imbalance in the coming years;
investors will consider those parts where the labor is skilled and blessed with decent resources, while the
already deprived areas will remain in the dark and will require more indulgence and devotion of decision
makers to look after those areas, all parts of the country accumulates for the progress of economy, given
plight will only result in a stagnant economy. In addition, massive debts and deficits encumbered the
government even more and they were left with fewer budgets to devote towards the infrastructure,
education and public sector development, which eventually ended up in a sluggish progress.
1.5. Scope
The premise of this research is based on some of the core denominators of economy, initiating from GDP,
which often determines the future prospects of a country and economic projections of a country comprises
GDP. Infrastructure deemed to be a key arbiter in either robust growth or could well curb the progress,
and it’s a true catalyst in terms of economic growth. Infrastructure covered in this research includes power
sector, transport sector, education and health. They all have intense affects over economy and are directly
proportional to economic progress. Relations with other countries discern an economic power with the rest
that is indeed one of the most influential principals in measuring growth, developing economy and, more
importantly, sustaining that growth. This study specifically covers international relations with countries
sharing borders.
One of the strategic determinants that have obvious importance is the political stability and bureaucracy of
the country, and both play a vital role in steering the economy and any fallacy can be dreadful. We are
aware of the fact that India is mammoth in size, as are the hierarchy and bureaucracy of the country hence
its implications on economy cannot be negated, this research covers this strategic determinant.
A country and its progress are often measured from different parameters. Debt is one of them, a parameter
that cannot be disavowed: it constrains the growth, inclination in debt means more GDP will be ascribed
towards fulfillment hence leaving lesser for the development and amenities, research also covers the
disparities among social classed and income both conditions have their own subsequent aftermaths. In a
country like India where the class discrepancy is huge, such a factor is even more important.
Laws, policies and decision makers are the pillars over which the structure of a country stands; this
research covers the reforms taken to spur the economic progress and policies to make them effective in the
long run. History shows that some countries grew significantly due to the economic reforms, laws and
regulations. Therefore; this aspect has also been addressed in developing this research.
2. Literature review
India is an emerging global economy. The views of Hogg (2007) has been expressed that when we glance
at the potential of India, categorically, it has a substantial platform to capitalize its resources and
transfigure as an economic power house, but the road to success is highly reliant on relationships with its
neighborhood, that will become the inflection point for any country looking to grow and progress. Current
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state of relationships is highly volatile; this will lead India to an untenable position in terms of growth and
progress. There are many precedents in the world that patronage the fact that close ties with neighbors
results in a lot of advantages. Notable are skilled labor, technology transfers, trade, and infrastructure
amelioration and so on. These all dribble down to a simple principle called “collaboration”, looking for a
win-win situation that would pave the way for any country to progress and more importantly to steer it
towards the right direction, to sustain the economy along with the robust growth.
Now comes the crucial part: according to Datta. S, Prashant Kumar Singh and Rumel Dahiya (2012), are
the neighborhood and relationships with them. India, sharing border with the second largest economy,
which has gone through skyrocketing growth and attracted majority investor to have an eye on
opportunities underlying in China. While examining the relationship of India with China, one would
clearly identify the relationship being contentious due to dominance in region and few other concerns that
encompass territory issues and military dominance. Moreover, the mounting collaboration of China with
Pakistan and Bangladesh has also led wariness and austerity amid China and India’s fragile relationship.
The island state “Srilanka” and Asian titan India have assorted relationship, an ostensibly amicable
relations is in fact had fraught India with issues that primarily were srilankan internal concerns but they do
have impact over India. Influx of refugees used to be one big question that kept the countries away from
each other. India has provided financial aid to the island and exerted pressure to sort out the matter with
Tamil tigers, as long as the contention between srilankan government and Tamil tigers remain awake, the
relationship of India and srilanka will remain suspicious. Indian parliament has been also skeptical about
the financial aid given to srilanka for relocation and development hence the relationship is still dubious.
Coming towards another country sharing border with India, “Bangladesh”, and the liberation of
Bangladesh was dominated by Indian interventions back in 1971; however the relationship with
Bangladesh is no different with its most of the neighbors, surrounded by fear fog and fraught with issues
related to cross border militants and anti-Indian groups flourishing in Bangladesh that the Indian stance.
Both countries in past came close of a lethal battle as well due to the extremist present on both sides,
moreover the current state of this relation remains flimsy.
There is a widespread believe and probably an overt reality that Pakistan and India are Archrivals,
relationship with Pakistan doesn’t require much comprehension, apart from horrendous battles, the
burning issues like Kashmir, the extremist groups present on both sides, are making the rift grow further.
Indo-Pak relationship is perhaps the most capricious and perilous not only for both countries but even for
the entire world as both countries are nuclear powers.
According to Martin. M.F. and Vaughn.B (2011), Nepal, has a numerous reasons to be a close ally of
India, being officially a Hindu state is one of them but even than the picture is not as pleasant as it should
have been, concerns with Nepal extends from having a close tie or getting closer to china to maintaining
political stability in Nepal as it has prominent affects over India.
As far as Burma is concerned, which faced sanctions for suppressing the democracy, nothing can affect
India more than the instability in Burma that could have grim outcomes for India, primarily the refugees
and insurgency distresses the relationship, and however the dominance of china is also an apprehension
for India, relationship with Burma has strategic importance for India specially in terms of dominance in
the region.
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From above research, one of the key finding that can be easily extracted is the competing strategy, far
away from being collaborative, in coming part; we will compare the successful models of economically
sound countries with Indian model of foreign policy to set a premise for how can India become an
economic power house, what should have been an important part of Indian foreign, specially the
neighborhood policy.
3. Successful models
3.1. China
According to Rosecrance, R, 2006,tts development in 2011 was above 9%, and universal evaluations
foresee China may be on track to turn into the planet's largest economy inside the following 5-10 years,
with an interior market of 1.39 billion potential customers by the finish of 2015. China's ascent as a major
worldwide economy was helped by its WTO participation in 2001, which made it change and open up its
economy. This provided a stage for china to turn into the biggest exporter on the planet.
3.1.1. China – Germany
Germany's geographical location in Europe makes it a great beginning place for china to launch itself all
the more successfully into the European theater. At present, Germany sustains a substantial GDP and the
biggest population of all the European Union nations. Verifiably Chinese and German relations have been
portrayed as being uneven; however this has changed in the later years with Chinese associations
expanding/buying/partnering with German associations. In sectors as differing as it, machine fabricating,
medicinal innovations, and renewable energies Chinese associations are looking for chances to increase
their educated/locally experienced laborers to get a decent footing in the European business.
“A good example is China National Building Material Group Corporation (CNBM), a China based
manufacturer of technologies for wind energy such as rotor blades required for windmills. This company
in 2006 was looking to expand into the European market. It found its opportunity in NOI Rotortechnik
GmbH, a German company with headquarters in the Eastern German state of Thuringia. The German
company had fallen on financially hard times, but still enjoyed a reputation throughout Europe for making
top-notch products for windmills. CNBM also saw the company’s strength in R&D and Germany’s
position as the world’s largest market for wind energy as major attractions. Moreover, 37% of worldwide
wind turbine and component production comes from Germany.”
Such examples display that Germany is increasingly becoming a place where Chinese investors are
looking to expand into strong and wealthy markets, use the expertise of local experienced employees, and
earn the trust of a “made in Germany” label. (Invest in Germany, 2008)
3.1.2. China – Nepal
China seemed to be least concerned about Nepal until 1950’s, but soon it realized the strategic importance
and Nepal deemed to be in a tug of war amid the strategies of China and India, the two heavy weights of
Asia as according to (Dr. Kumar. S, 2011). He further added that however, India has the upper hand in
relationship with Nepal with the help of trade and open border policies.
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It has been troublesome to make exceptional relations with Nepal particularly when it’s new prime
minister needed to leave inside months to clear path for another leader. However china completely grasps
the all aspects of Nepalese political scenario. China is increasingly interested in redeveloping investment
and security relations with Nepal especially due to Tibet and expanding Indian impact in the nation.
3.1.3. China-Pakistan
"Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Pakistan in December 2010, the Pakistani Ambassador in Beijing,
Masood Khan, stated in a statement that China was "the most favored country for Pakistanis”. Given these
warm notions towards the Chinese, it is not astounding that 2011 was authoritatively named the „year of
China-Pakistan Friendship‟ by both nations. The Pakistani media has added to the buildup about the
profundity of the relationship, consistently proposing that China could soon trade the United States as
Pakistan's best critical two-sided friend. This media edge is particularly clear when Pakistani-American
relations are not going admirably, with 2011 having been an especially terrible year in that regard."1
It is difficult to check correctly what amount of help China gives to Pakistan this is for two explanations.
To begin with, there is an absence of transparency in the Chinese Government's dispensing of help
subsidizes. Second, appraisals of China's remote support, which comprises for the most part of level
premium advances and government-upheld or sponsored speculations in framework and common assets,
shift considerably because of the diverse meanings of support. Just a generally little parcel of Chinese help
incorporates what normally is described as "official advancement help" (Oda) by the planet's major
support givers, for example infrastructure awards, compassionate support.
China has been providing Pakistan economic assistance in many forms mostly in the form of technical
assistance in many projects as well as providing engineers. Chinese economic interests in Pakistan have
grown over the past 6 decades of the relationship. China has keenly helped Pakistan develop its
infrastructure to support trade. Currently china provides technical assistance in building dams, motorway,
seaports, and other precedents includes JF-17 thunder project, F-22P frigate project
3.2. Germany
According to Steinhilber. J and Stiftung. F. E, (2008),as Germany undertook tough structural restructures
to improve competitiveness after the creation of the lone currency in 1999, the German economy became
more and more dependent on trade goods – initially to the European boundary but progressively
furthermore to Asia and above all china. Two-thirds of GDP growth in the past decade has been due to
trade and today almost half of GDP comes from trade. In the decade since the creation of the euro,
Germany’s economy has become, as Simon Tilford has put it, “structurally reliant on foreign demand for
its growth”. Partly as an outcome of this structural change in the finances.
German foreign principle is now furthermore progressively propelled by economic concerns and, above
all, by the desires of exporters. The government Republic utilized financial rather than military means to
achieve its foreign-policy goals and was therefore seen as a “civilian power”. But before reunification,
German foreign policy furthermore pursued political goals – above all, security and rehabilitation. With
the end of the cold war conflict, although, the political constraints on Germany were lifted while
globalization and the charges of German reunification have put the German finances under greater stress.
As a result, German foreign principle has been progressively in pursuit of economic rather than political
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goals. Presently many hold the view that it is Germany which has stabilized the recession in EU or it
would have been a lot worse.
3.2.1. Germany – France
The relations between France and Germany is embodied in a cooperation called Franco-German
companionship .This came about after 1945, when a French–German enmity between the two nations
ended.
Especially in the context of the European amalgamation, the cooperation between the nations comes to
immense coordination and collaboration. Even though France has at times been euro skeptical in outlook,
especially under President Charles de Gaulle, Franco-German affirmations and cooperation has always
been a key to furthering the ideals of European integration. In recent times, France and Germany are
amidst the most passionate proponents of the farther integration of the EU. They are occasionally
described as the "twin motor" or "core countries" impelling for moves.
Given the size of its market, its degree of openness and geographic proximity, Germany is France’s
premier trading colleague. In 2009, French exports to Germany stood at €55.2b (16%) and French trades
from Germany stood at €71b (8.7%). France’s bilateral deficit declined: going from €18.4b in 2008 to
€15.8b in 2009. Germany is the fifth-leading foreign shareholder in France and in 2009 became the
leading country of source in foreign investments and creators of jobs in France. France is the fourth-
leading foreign investor country in Germany. Today Germany and France are long way from the brutal
enemies they once were. German and French cooperation in the EU has been of the greatest importance.
3.2.2. Germany - Russia
Germany is the most significant EU constituent state in the eyes of Russia which views it as its most
mighty advocate inside the EU. They share a long chronicled connection encompassing the two
devastating conflicts of the 20th century. The influence of the Nazi strike on Russia in 1941, the
horrendous casualties on the to the east Front, the Russian triumph over fascism (still celebrated on 9
May) and the Soviet occupation of East Germany for over 40 years, still have an influence on the
relationship. There have been several demonstrations of close individual connections at the highest level
of government: Kohl/Yeltsin, Schroeder/Putin. The relationship between Merkel and Putin/Medvedev is,
although, calmer. Germany enjoys powerful economic binds with Russia and is a biggest support inside
the EU for closer relatives with Russia.
The Foreign Ministry has established an office for inter-societal collaboration while the Petersburg
Dialogue facilitates associates between political leaders and high ranking players in business, culture,
learning and the media. German businesses, including numerous little and medium-sized enterprises have
nearly increase two-fold their business capacity in Russia every two years since 1998. In 2007, Germany
was by far the biggest exporter to Russia with 32% of total EU trade goods to Russia, more than tripling
from €6,660 million in 2000 to €28 billion in 2007. The identical is factual for trades, which increased
from €14,263 in 2000 to €27.6 billion in 2007m accounting for 19% of total EU trades from Russia. The
trade balance in 2007 was affirmative at €437 million for the first time since 2000.According to Rosstat
data, Germany is the fifth biggest shareholder in Russia (7% of all foreign investments in Russia).
Germany is also the fifth large-scale receiver of investments from Russia (4% of the total). The fastest
growing parts for German investment are IT, communication technologies and high-tech commerce. Many
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organizations promote nearer financial and trade binds such as the influential Ost-Ausschuss der
Deutschen Wirtschaft.
Germany was Russia’s major creditor in the Paris association retaining more than 40% of Russian credits.
Germany is Russia’s large-scale energy-customer of Russia within the EU, taking 34% of its oil and 42%
of its gas from the homeland. Germany imported 36,915 thousand tons of oil and 1,477,669 tj-cv of gas
from Russia in 2006. This close collaboration, and furthermore high dependence, has a long custom and is
echoed in the creation of numerous joint ventures such as the contentious Nordstrom pipeline.
3.3. Japan
According to Hiroko (2005), it is said ever since World War 2 Japan has formulated its foreign policy to
primarily defend its home land. Its foreign policy largely depends on its relations with the US, but due to
recent economic woes and loss of influence in Asia Japan is forced to review its foreign policy after many
decades. Japan has maintained a policy of non-aggression for more than 60 years. Its policy of not
imposing its will by force but rather change itself according to recent events, this sometime is referred as
“trends of the time” has helped Japan become a world economic power in a very short time.
3.3.1. India–Japan relations
India and Japan have always had strong relations. Japan has been very keen in deepening its bonds with
India ever since its independence. In fact India is the largest recipient of development aid from Japan.
Japanese companies were one of the first ones to invest in India. Japan and India have steadily grown their
trade over the years.
3.3.2. Japan – China
Japanese and Chinese relations go back centuries. Both countries have been at odds with each other over
different issues for decades; however trade between both countries has not stopped but rather has grown.
4. Conclusion
A considerable amount of research is done on conflicts amid countries which back the assertion that
having relationships that are incessantly in state of flux can be perilous for GDP, foreign direct investment
and even for domestic investment as well. Regardless of the magnitude of the conflict, minor or major, it
has it’s repercussions amidst countries and in region as well. Indian foreign policy will be the most crucial
determinant that will set the tone for the future milestones; imprudence here would mean unenviable
results, and a perpetual downward spiral. So, the foreign policy has to be well thought off, discreet and
diligently applied after culminating the theme. In retrospect, the span of middle 1980’s to 1990’s is
denoted as lost decade, when India was fuming with religious intolerance and turmoil. Most of the
opportunities went ashes due those dire straits. Than the IT boom followed by private sector headway,
helped the dwindling Indian economy to find a foothold.
Shackled with constraints, in fact a lot dire internal concerns are hampering the Indian economy, not to
forget the 300 million Indian living below the poverty line, latent talent yet to be utilized, living a
precarious life. So it’s becoming quite reminiscent in terms of wage rate with Chinese model, where you
see the urban going through technology ridden period and deprived rural away from globalization. It is
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just one impediment; one more road block is the health related issues, one of the pressing problems of
India; appalling number of HIV infected population, poor health facilities in rural could will make
progress dawdling. Infrastructure, Social justice, religious ferment are other detrimental factors that
require deepen focus of Indian think tank in order to devise a plan of how to disentangle from pressing
and fuming internal concerns.
It’s a fact that millions of Indian are living under poverty line with miserable conditions, decrepit roads
and dilapidated towns reveal the rest of the story but yet the country is blessed with great potential, it has a
decent workforce along with an infrastructure that can ameliorate to excel its economy, it has sea ports, air
ports, railway and road network albeit not a benchmark infrastructure but enough to back the FDI and this
system can be enhanced subsequently. One major concern probably that will hamper their growth and
economy is the competitive strategy with neighbors, which will be the biggest impediment for India to
become an economic power house. We have discussed the successful models of countries which thrived
and established their economies by collaboration with neighborhood, and probably it’s a key arbiter to
economic success, china is grabbing the foreign direct investments and enjoying amicable relations with
neighborhood, Japan has also followed more or less the same track and as far as Germany is concerned
it’s the heart of production in Europe and has collaborative approach particularly for neighbors. This all
indicate a point to ponder for India which sturdily patronage the collaborative strategy with neighbors to
alleviate its economy to become an economic power house of the world.
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About the Authors
Dr. Aamir Firoz Shamsi is Assistant Professor at Bahria University, Karachi Campus. He has 23 years of
professional experience including 15 years of university level teaching experience in different universities
including, University of Karachi, SZABIST, PAF-KIET, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University and Bahria
University. He has been involved in corporate training, research and management consultancy for the last
13 years on project to project basis. He has 14 research papers in both national and international journals.
His area of research is corporate performance management and change management. He is research
referee at IoBM and has evaluated many research articles from this plat form and has supervised more
than 30 MBA level theses/projects.
Dr. Panhwar has more than forty years Teaching, Research, Consulting-economic, financial, budgeting
and auditing, Training Coordination, Research Supervision, Academic Management and Administration
experience in interdisciplinary setups of Academic Institutions, Government, Regulatory Organization and
International Development Agencies to his credit and has authored more than 100 Research
Publications/Reports on economic and social analyses of public policies and programmes. Dr. Panhwar
has recently retired as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Meritorious Professor from University of Sindh. Presently,
Dr. Panhwar is Dean Management Sciences at Bahria University Pakistan, where besides his academic
management input he also supervising Ph.D. and M.Phil/MS students. He is recipient of two prestigious
awards in the field of education and research in management and social sciences.
Dr. Badar Alam Iqbal is Professor of the Department of Commerce at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU),
India. Beginning his career in 1978, Dr. Iqbal is a versatile scholar with decades of teaching and research
experiences. From 2006 to 2008, he acted as the Dean, and from 2008 to 2011 as the Chairman, of the
Faculty of Commerce at AMU. He has been a Visiting Professor in a number of countries, including UK,
USA, Australia, France, China, and Germany. He contributed to both academic research and
professionalism by producing considerable articles, books, and monographs. He also serves as editor-in-
chief, member of editorial board, and reviewer with many scholarly journals. In 2009, Prof. Iqbal was
granted “Eminent Educationist Award” by International Institute of Education and Management, New Delhi,
India.
Khizar Cheema is a 24 years old marketeer, lives in Karachi Pakistan. After completing his MBA in
marketing, he started working in Business to Business industry and had a flavor of e-business, online
marketing, trade shows later joined Kenwood Pakistan as “Assistant Manager Marketing “ and currently
exercising and honing his skills in marketing of consumer electronics and Appliances (creative ATL, BTL,
and outdoor advertising, POP, media buying, digital marketing). He also has a keen interest in writing
blogs, reading books, blogs related to diverse fields, including business, marketing, policies and
strategies.
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