Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess Indian consumers' brand consciousness by examining their brand knowledge, purchase behaviour and perceptions of foreign brands. It provides key inputs for global retailers to harness the potential in growing consumerism in India....

The Doha Round of GATS negotiations is on-going. In this context, this paper argues that developing countries such as India have created niche for themselves in particular services exports and, therefore, should actively participate in the negotiations to remove barriers in sectors/modes of...

Developing countries, including India, are increasing relying on foreign direct investments (FDI) for raising finance for infrastructure development and other projects. Consequently, countries are undertaking policy reforms for facilitating investment flows. In India, services sector is the...

Road transport play a key role in emerging markets like India in boosting economic development and trade, linking consumers across remote regions and in improving overall competitiveness of industries. Over the years, India has focused on creation of road infrastructure but the logistics costs...

India is a proponent of liberalizing services in the WTO and in its FTAs. However, the country has not taken commitments in sectors such as retail in its trade agreements. This is because there are restrictions on FDI in this sector. India’s trading partners have been requesting for...

The following sections are included:IntroductionRecent Trends and DevelopmentsRegulations, Reforms, and Applied RestrictionsIndia's Commitments to the World Trade Organization, and Free and Regional Trade AgreementsStrengths, Weaknesses, and Policy ImplicationsSummary and ConclusionReferences

This paper examines the political complexities of retail liberalization in a developing country such as India in the overall context of liberalization of trade in services. Drawing on the experiences of other developing countries and India's experiences in the past decade of allowing FDI in...

The Doha Round of GATS negotiations is on-going. In this context, this paper argues that developing countries such as India have created niche for themselves in particular services exports and, therefore, should actively participate in the negotiations to remove barriers in sectors/modes of...