Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise of Indian multinational enterprises: revisiting key issues / Jaya Prakash Pradhan and Karl P. Sauvant -- In search of the "Indianness" of Indian multinational enterprises : is there anything special about the Indian path to outward foreign direct investment / Michael W. Hansen -- Political factors behind the rise of Indian multinational enterprises: an essay in political economy / Jørgen Dige Pedersen -- When a great industry globalizes : Indian conglomerates pioneering new trends in industrial globalization / Joël Ruet -- Acquisition of technologies and multinational enterprise growth in the automotive and the pharmaceutical industries : drivers and strategies / Giovanni Balcet and Silvia Bruschieri -- Outward investment by Indian pharmaceutical and software multinational enterprises: are the factors different? / Vinish Kathuria -- Indian companies investing in the United States: an inquiry into recent patterns and trends / Nandita Dasgupta -- The emergence of Indian multinational enterprises: an empirical study of the motives, current status, and trends of Indian investment in Germany / Rajnish Tiwari and Cornelius Herstatt -- The surge in Indian outbound foreign direct investment to Africa: a new form of south-south cooperation? / Parthapratim Pal.