Friedman on India's Innovation Stimulus

T. Friedman "The world hit seven billion people last week, and I think I met half of them on the road from New Delhi to Agra here in India."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/opinion/sunday/friedman-indias-innovation-stimulus.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Vol. 3 JEKEM Publication Notice

The interdisciplinary Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets has published its 3rd volume. The journal is the official scholarly publication of the India China America Institute, a thought leader focusing on relations between the U.S. and the world’s largest emerging economies housed at Kennesaw State University’s Coles College of Business.

This edition, consisting of 581 pages, contains works by scholars from universities in the U.S., Germany, India, China, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands and Tunisia.

“The problems and issues that the articles in this volume deal often do not educe simple answers or binary logic but elicit the creative tensions that come from scholarship,” says Ashok Roy, Ph.D., assistant vice president for financial services and associate professor of Asian studies at Kennesaw State, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets. “These articles are a fast-paced tour de force through an intriguing spectrum of topics in various academic disciplines. The articles are meant to entice readers intellectually.”

The third edition of the journal, which became available online on Oct. 17, contains thought-provoking articles on a wide variety of topics. The journal’s content appears in searches of the most popular and prestigious academic databases, including Digital Commons, Google Scholar, EBSCO and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

Journal highlights include:

• “BRICS at the Gate: Modern International Monetary System in Conditions of Balanced Uncertainty”
• “Globalization and the Determinants of Innovation in BRICS versus OECD Economies: A Macroeconomic Study”
• “Cultural Competence in Transnational Settings & Quality Education for American Indians: Anatomy of Challenges”
• “Measuring Development through Women’s Empowerment: A Case of Comparison, Brazil and Bolivia”
• “Overview of Literature Relevant to Information- and Communication Technology-Based Healthcare Design in Rural China”
• “Measuring Capacity Utilization and Evaluating the Impact of Liberalization on Capacity Utilization of Indian Drug and Pharmaceutical Industry”
• “Japan’s Model of Mobile Ecosystem Success: The Case of NTT DoCoMo”
• “Death and Dying in the Curriculum of Public Schools: Is There a Place?”

To view the third edition of the Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets, please visit

http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/jekem/

The India China America Institute is a well-respected thought leader on economic and geopolitical issues involving the United States and the world’s largest emerging economies –– India and China. The nonprofit institute’s primary focus is on the relationships between and among the new triad of power consisting of the U.S., China and India, the world’s most populous countries and largest markets. These three mammoth economies are expected to lead global economic growth in the 21st century and their interrelationships will bear on global prosperity.

Kennesaw State University is the third-largest university in Georgia, offering 80 graduate and undergraduate degrees, including doctorates in education, business and nursing and a new Ph.D. in international conflict management. A member of the 35-unit University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing student population of more than 24,100 from 142 countries.

US Higher Ed partnerships with India

http://chronicle.com/article/Despite-Hurdles-India-Is-Ripe/126491/

It's gratifying to see this topic featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. On Monday night, I attended the Kennesaw State University reception to celebrate their partnership with the India, China & America Institute. This university has made a successful partnership between their Coles College of Business and Business School. I'd like to see more than just business, engineering and technology partnerships. The US has much to learn from India in its history of education and vice versa.

Congratulations to my mentor, Dr. Jagdish Sheth

Dr. Jagdish Sheth to be conferred Global Management Guru Award by BIMTECH

I first heard of the great Dr. Jagdish Sheth in the Spring of 2007 when he sponsored Salman Rushdie's lecture at Emory. While listening to his introduction and amazing accomplishments, including his founding of the India, China and America (ICA) Institute, I thought, I gotta meet this guy!

And I did, within just a few weeks, in attending the ICA Institute's Education for Innovation in India, China and America conference. After this conference, I suggested we start an online community to continue the momentum, and the visionary Dr. Sheth didn't want to stop there. He sponsored my application to the board of the ICA Institute for a Research Fellowship, and I was privileged to share the office next to his for the next two years and spearhead the significant growth of the ICA Institute's virtual presence. Dr. Sheth introduced me to alternative perspectives on emerging economies and academia and has continued to challenge me in new directions for projects and research. Congratulations to my mentor on his most recent accolades!

Dr. Jagdish Sheth to be conferred Global Management Guru Award by Birla Institute of Management Technology