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Dr. Jonathan S. Feinstein, John G. Searle Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management, joined host Deepak on the Business Talk podcast to explore ideas from his book Creativity in Large-Scale Contexts: Guiding Creative Engagement and Exploration, published by Stanford University Press. Drawing on his interdisciplinary background in economics, knowledge representation, and mathematical modeling, Dr. Feinstein explained how creativity unfolds within vast networks of context and shared practical tools, such as guiding conceptions and guiding principles, for individuals and organizations navigating complex creative journeys.

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Dr. Christopher Koliba, the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, Policy, and Governance at the University of Kansas, explains how contemporary public administration increasingly operates through governance networks rather than isolated agencies, with multiple public, private, and nonprofit actors exchanging resources, information, and political power across interconnected systems. Drawing on his book “Governance Networks in Public Administration and Public Policy,” he outlines core building blocks of these networks, actors, ties, functions, and structures, and shows how policy tools such as regulations, contracts, grants, and subsidies both shape and are shaped by these configurations.

Through examples including private prisons, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and crop insurance programs, he illustrates how networks can generate both public value and unintended consequences, depending on accountability flows, information sharing, and the health of civil society organizations that act as watchdogs, conveners, and implementers.

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In this episode of the Business Talk podcast, host Deepak Bhatt speaks with Professor Joseph Zeira of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem about his book The Israeli Economy: A Story of Success and Costs. Drawing on Israel’s unique history, Professor Zeira explains how rapid growth from 1922 to 1972 was driven by external financing through immigrant capital, German reparations, and large-scale public investment in education and technology. He highlights the 1980 peace agreement with Egypt as a pivotal “natural experiment” that enabled economic stabilization, sharply reduced public spending, and showed that long-run growth can remain robust even as the state shrinks.

The conversation also explores his “missing capital” research, the economic costs of wide and narrow conflicts, and why Israel’s neoliberal turn failed to boost growth but significantly increased inequality.

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Dr. Nina Bandelj, Chancellor's Professor of Sociology and Campus Equity Advisor at the University of California, Irvine, shares key insights from her latest book Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting, exploring what happens when children become investment projects and parenting transforms into exhausting labor.

In her latest book “Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting”, Dr. Nina Bandelj examines how modern parenting has evolved into an exhausting blend of emotional devotion and economic investment, where children are simultaneously treated as priceless emotional treasures and human capital projects to be optimized. Drawing on interviews with 120 parents across diverse backgrounds, she traces how two powerful cultural forces, the economic style, rooted in human capital thinking and productivity mindsets, and the emotional style, driven by therapeutic culture and identity - have together transformed child-rearing into what she calls the "emotional economy."

From soaring childcare costs and tutoring expenses to the mental load of constant scheduling and monitoring, Dr. Bandelj reveals that this culture of over-investment not only exhausts parents but may also undermine children's resilience and independence - and, crucially, does not just reproduce inequality but actively grows it. Her work is not a judgment on parents, but a call for systemic change: to reimagine children not as private investment projects, but as a shared societal responsibility deserving collective support.

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Dr. Tirthankar Roy, Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, joins us to share key insights from his acclaimed book, A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700.

In this illuminating episode of Business Talk, Prof. Tirthankar Roy, takes us on a sweeping 300-year journey through India's entrepreneurial past. Drawing from his acclaimed book, A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700, Prof. Roy explores how Indian capitalism flourished despite scarce capital, powered by social networks, community trust, and geographic advantage. From the cotton trade boom in Bombay and the unique managing agency system pioneered by houses like Tata and Birla, to the transformative role of weak ties in enabling Jamshedji Tata's steel revolution, the conversation uncovers the deep historical roots of India's modern enterprise.

Prof. Roy also offers a nuanced reading of the colonial era, challenges the popular "extraction" narrative, and explains how the 1990s liberalization was less a revolution and more a return to India's natural economic instincts, one built on the power of people, mobility, and global integration.

This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com.

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In this insightful episode of the Business Talk Podcast, Dr. Max H. Bazerman, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School shares transformative lessons from his book, Negotiation: The Game Has Changed. Dr. Bazerman explores how sweeping shifts in the negotiation landscape from the rise of AI and Donald Trump's global trade policies to the dominance of virtual communication, are fundamentally redefining how we negotiate. He introduces the concept of "richness" in communication, highlighting how moving from in-person to digital interactions demands greater preparation, strategic pauses, and advance documentation.

Yet, amid all this change, Dr. Bazerman affirms that timeless principles BATNA, reservation price, zone of possible agreement, and value creation, remain the bedrock of effective negotiation. He also challenges two of the most common negotiation mistakes: neglecting perspective-taking and falling into the trap of fixed-pie, zero-sum thinking.

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In this episode, Dr. Caroline Levander, Vice President for Global Strategy, Carlson Professor in the Humanities, and Professor of English at Rice University, shares transformative insights from her book Invent Ed: How an American Tradition of Innovation Can Transform College Today. Drawing on rich historical examples, including the story of Samuel Morse, a painter who built the first telegraph in his art studio, Dr. Levander makes a compelling case for cross-disciplinary thinking as the cornerstone of true innovation.

She challenges universities to move beyond the proliferation of "innovation centers" and instead embed creative mindset-building into every aspect of undergraduate education, arguing that innovation is radically democratic and requires no major investment, only intention and commitment. With the World Economic Forum ranking creativity as the most in-demand skill across industries, Dr. Levander urges institutions to reverse-engineer their curricula around real-world industry challenges, ensuring students graduate not just with degrees, but with the problem-solving agility and intellectual courage demanded by an AI-driven world.

This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com.

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In this episode of Business Talk, we are joined by Paul Johnson, Provost of The Queen's College, University of Oxford, for a thought-provoking conversation drawn from his acclaimed book, Challenging Inequalities: How We Got Stuck and Where We Go Next.

With decades of expertise in economics and public policy, Paul unpacks why inequality - despite decades of awareness and policy intervention, continues to persist and deepen across societies. He examines the structural, political, and behavioral forces that keep inequality entrenched, and offers a candid assessment of where conventional approaches have fallen short.

The discussion explores how income gaps, wealth concentration, and unequal access to education and opportunity are not inevitable outcomes, but the result of deliberate choices and how different choices can lead to different results. Paul also reflects on what meaningful, evidence-based reform could look like, and why building political and social will is as important as designing the right policies.

This is a compelling conversation for anyone interested in economics, social justice, public policy, and the future of equitable societies.

This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com.

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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Barry Eichengreen, the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, one of the world's foremost authorities on international monetary systems and economic history.

Dr. Eichengreen takes us on a sweeping journey through his forthcoming book, Money Beyond Borders: Global Currencies from Croesus to Crypto, tracing the evolution of money from the ancient Lydian coins of King Croesus to the rise of digital currencies and crypto assets in the modern era. Along the way, he unpacks how global currencies have shaped and been shaped by, the political, economic, and technological forces of their time.

Whether you're an economist, a policymaker, or simply curious about the future of money, this conversation offers rare insight from a scholar who has spent decades studying the institutions and ideas that underpin the global financial system.

This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com.

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Dr. Manoj Thomas, Sabanci Professor of Management & Marketing and Associate Dean of NYC Initiatives at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, explores how behavioral science shapes business strategy, and why overlooking it can lead to critical strategic missteps that put a company off course.

In this engaging episode of Business Talk, host Deepak Bhatt sits down with Dr. Manoj Thomas, Sabanci Professor of Management & Marketing and Associate Dean of NYC Initiatives at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, for a rich exploration of how behavioral science quietly governs our economic decisions. Dr. Thomas unpacks the psychology behind everyday phenomena, from why $2.99 feels dramatically cheaper than $3.00 (the left-digit anchoring effect), to how precise pricing like $500,250 reduces negotiation compared to a round $500,000, to the fascinating "pain of paying," where cash purchases trigger more deliberate spending while mobile payments fuel impulse buying. He also reveals how political ideology shapes negotiation behavior conservatives feeling a personal duty to negotiate, while liberals often view fair pricing as the seller's responsibility. Broadening the lens to AI, Dr. Thomas highlights a striking paradox: while nearly all AI innovation originates in the West, Eastern countries with collectivist cultures show far higher adoption of AI-branded products.

He closes with a timeless reminder from Peter Drucker, "The main purpose of a business is to create a customer" - urging executives to anchor every strategic decision in genuine customer value creation.

This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com.

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