This book compares India and China, important players in industries like IT, automobiles, electronics, bio-technology and pharmaceuticals. It discusses the globalisation of these enterprises, focussing on e-commerce, equity and non-equity alliances, offshore investment etc.

1. Introduction by N.S. Siddharthan and K. Narayanan Part I: STUDIES ON INDIA AND CHINA 2. The Global Trading Regime and Sustainable Development of China and India by U.Sankar 3. Growth and Productivity in Manufacturing Sector: A Comparative View of India and China by Pushpa Trivedi 4. Factors Influencing the Performance of Indian and Chinese Software Firms by N.S. Siddharthan & Stanley Nollen 5. The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Internationalization of Innovation: China and India Compared by Filip De Beule 6. Flow of Foreign Capital to and from India and China: A Tale of Two Economies by Arindam Banik Part II: OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS BY INDIAN ENTERPRISES 7. Entry Choice of Indian Multinationals -- A Transaction Cost Analysis by Vinish Kathuria 8. Multinationals from Indian Software Industry by Jaya Prakash Pradhan 8. R&D and International Orientation in the Pharmaceutical Sector in India by K. Narayanan & Ronny Thomas Part III: INDIAN ENTERPRISES -- TECHNOLOGY, GLOBALISATION AND EXPORTS 10. Technological Efforts and Export Performance of IT MNCs from India by K. Narayanan & Savita Bhat 11. Export Participation in Original Equipment Supply Chains: An Econometric Analysis for Auto Component Firms in India by Neelam Singh