The book explores the concept that while adapting strategies to new markets is crucial, certain fundamental business principles remain universally relevant regardless of industry or location. It emphasizes the importance of "unlearning" past successes to approach new challenges with fresh perspectives. By addressing the common misinterpretation of the idea that "one size does not fit all," the author highlights the balance between innovation and the enduring truths of effective business practices.
Examining the chronic, widespread poverty in India, the world's fourth largest
economy, Akhil Gupta theorizes the relation between the state in India and the
poor as one of structural violence.
Anthropology has traditionally relied on a spatially localized society or culture as its object of study. The essays in Culture, Power, Place demonstrate how in recent years this anthropological convention and its attendant assumptions about identity and cultural difference have undergone a series of important challenges. In light of increasing mass migration and the transnational cultural flows of a late capitalist, postcolonial world, the contributors to this volume examine shifts in anthropological thought regarding issues of identity, place, power, and resistance. This collection of both new and well-known essays begins by critically exploring the concepts of locality and community; first, as they have had an impact on contemporary global understandings of displacement and mobility, and, second, as they have had a part in defining identity and subjectivity itself. With sites of discussion ranging from a democratic Spain to a Puerto Rican barrio in North Philadelphia, from Burundian Hutu refugees in Tanzania to Asian landscapes in rural California, from the silk factories of Hangzhou to the long-sought-after home of the Palestinians, these essays examine the interplay between changing schemes of categorization and the discourses of difference on which these concepts are based. The effect of the placeless mass media on our understanding of place - and the forces that make certain identities viable in the world and others not - are also discussed, as are the intertwining of place-making, identity, and resistance as they interact with the meaning and consumption of signs. Finally, this volume offers a self-reflective look at the social and political location of anthropologists in relation to the questions of culture, power, and place - the effect of their participation in what was once seen as their descriptions of these constructions
The book delves into the rising significance of solar Photovoltaic (PV) technology as a viable alternative to fossil fuels, highlighting its potential to significantly contribute to electricity generation. It addresses the challenges of Power Quality (PQ) that arise when integrating PV systems into traditional electrical distribution networks. Key PQ characteristics, including voltage levels, frequency, power factor, and Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), are examined, emphasizing the impact of solar PV generators on the behavior of power flows in these systems.
