This edited book brings together international insights for raising rich discussion on industrial growth in the twenty-first century with a focus on the Industry 4.0 drive in the global marketplace, which is driven by innovations, technology, and digital drives. It delineates multiple impacts on business-to-business, business-to-consumers, the global-local business imperatives, and on the national economy. The chapters critically analyze the convergence of technology, business practices, public policies, political ideologies, and consumer values for improving business performance in the context of Industry 4.0 developments. This contribution will enrich knowledge on contemporary business strategies towards automation and digitization process in manufacturing, services, and marketing organizations. The discussions across the chapters contemplate developing new visions and business perspectives to match with the changing priorities of industries in the emerging markets.

1. Convergence of Local Enterprises with Large Corporations

2. Validation and Modelling of Drivers and Barriers for Multivendor ATM
3. Leveraging Technology for Shared Services Transformation
4. Coal Sourcing Options for Captive Power Plants of Aluminum Smelters in India
5. Managing microfinance institutions
6. Directing Institutional Capital to India's Renewable Energy Sector
7. Risk Management in Emerging Markets in Post 2007-2009 Financial Crisis
8. Stakeholder influence on decision-making
9. Direct and interactive effects of perceived organizational support and positive reciprocity beliefs on organizational identification
10. Human Resources as Business Value Creator
11. Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on GDP Growth Rate in India
12. Macroeconomic Variables Affecting External Commercial Borrowings
13. Classroom 4.0: Understanding the New Battleground
14. Values Based Control in Land Acquisition for Infrastructure Projects
15. Developing Scale to Measure Perceived Brand Literacy of Consumer Products
16. Testing the Moderation Effects on Gartner's Customer Relationship Management Practices and Customer Acquisition
17. Effectuation and causation approaches in entrepreneurial marketing
18. Competency Evaluation for Social Media Usage
19. Effect of Computer Efficacy, Motivation and User Satisfaction on Continuance Intention of E-Training System
20. Impact of Culture, Community, Communications and Leadership on Social Enterprises Effectiveness in Africa.