Books / Research Report

EDITED BOOK - in progress

AI-Powered Sustainability: Strategies for Modern Businesses 

• Editor: Anshuman Khare 

• DOWNLOAD the book plan.

• Full chapters from selected authors due on or before October 15, 2025.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, UK.

• Publication date: Spring 2026.

EDITED BOOKS

Sustainable and Smart Cities: Governance, Economy and Society (NEW)

• Editors: Anshuman Khare & Terry Beckman

• © 2025 (March 2025) / 200 pages / ISBN 9781032854878 (hbk) / ISBN 9781003518419 (ebook)

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, UK.

• Available: March 2025.

• Published Open Access by Routledge, Taylor & Francis under Knowledge Unlatched Select 25 grant. eBook available free online under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

• Book website: https://www.routledge.com/Sustainable-and-Smart-Cities-Governance-Economy-and-Society/Khare-Beckman/p/book/9781032854878 

Adopting and Adapting Innovation in Japan's Digital Transformation

• Editors: Anshuman Khare & William W. Baber

• Copyright year 2023 / April 2023 / 223 pages

• ISBN: 978-981-99-0320-7 (hbk) / 978-981-99-0321-4 (eBook) / 978-981-99-0323-8 (pbk) 

• Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore.

• Purchase at: https://link.springer.com/book/9789819903207

Sustainable International Business Models in a Digitally Transforming World

• • Editors: Anshuman Khare, Arto Ojala & William W. Baber

  • Copyright year 2022 / March 2022 / 282 pages

  • ISBN: 9781032050928 (hbk) / 9781032050935 (pbk) / 9781003195986 (ebk)

  • Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, UK.

  • Purchase at: https://www.routledge.com/Sustainable-International-Business-Models-in-a-Digitally-Transforming-World/Khare-Ojala-Baber/p/book/9781032050928

Japanese Business Operations in an Uncertain World

• • Editors: Anshuman Khare, Nobutaka Odake & Hiroki Ishikura

  • Copyright year 2022 / December 2021 / 218 pages

  • ISBN: 9781032105765 (hbk) / 9781032105796 (pbk) / 9781003216049 (ebk)

  • Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, UK.

  • Purchase at: https://www.routledge.com/Japanese-Business-Operations-in-an-Uncertain-World/Khare-Odake-Ishikura/p/book/9781032105765

Transforming Japanese Business: Rising to the Digital Challenge

• Editors: Anshuman Khare, Hiroki Ishikura & William W. Baber

• Copyright year 2020 / December 2019 / 288 pages

• ISBN 978-981-15-0326-9 / ebook ISBN 978-981-15-0327-6

• Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore.

• Purchase at: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811503269

• Book Report from the publisher: Over 15,000 chapter downloads and 13 citations (SpringerLink).

Marktorientiertes Produkt - und Produktionsmanagement in Digitalen Umwelten 

• Editors: Anshuman Khare, Dagmar Kessler and Jan Wirsam  

• Copyright year 2018 / April 2018 / 280 pages

• ISBN  978-3-658-21636-8 / eBook ISBN 978-3-658-21637-5

• Publisher: Gabler Verlag

• Copyright holder: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH

• Purchase at: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783658216368

• Book Report from the publisher: Over 185,000 chapter downloads and 27 citations (SpringerLink).

On the Line - Business Education in the Digital Age

• Editors: Anshuman Khare and Deborah Hurst

• Copyright year 2018 / September 2017 / 338 pages 

• ISBN 978-3-319-62775-5 / eBook ISBN 978-3-319-62776-2

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, 233 Spring Street, New York NY 10013, USA.

• Purchase at: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319627755

• Book Report from the publisher: Over 31,000 chapter downloads and 26 citations (SpringerLink).

Phantom ex machina: Digital Disruption's Role in Business Model Transformation 

• Editors: Anshuman Khare, Brian Stewart and Rod Schatz

• Copyright year 2017 / October 2016 / 327 pages 

• ISBN 978-3-319-44467-3 / eBook ISBN 978-3-319-44468-0

• Book's companion website:  http://phantomexmachina.com

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, 233 Spring Street, New York NY 10013, USA.

• Purchase at: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319444673

• Book Report from the publisher: Over 84,000 chapter downloads and 62 citations (SpringerLink).

Managing in a VUCA World

• Editors: Oliver Mack, Anshuman Khare, Andreas Krämer and Thomas Burgartz

• Copyright year 2016 / July 2015 / 259 pages

• ISBN 978-3-319-16888-3 / eBook ISBN 978-3-319-16889-0

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, 233 Spring Street, New York NY 10013, USA.

• Purchase at: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319168883

• Book Report from the publisher: Over 174,000 chapter downloads and 173 citations (SpringerLink).

Mitigating Climate Change: The Emerging Face of Modern Cities 

• Editors:  Anshuman Khare and Terry Beckman

• Copyright year 2013 / May 2013 / 281 pages

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany

• Hard Cover ISBN: 978-3-642-37029-8 / eBook ISBN 978-3-642-37030-4 / Soft Cover ISBN 978-3-642-42757-2

• Purchase at: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642370298 

• Book Report from the publisher: Over 27,000 chapter downloads and 26 citations (SpringerLink).

World 3.0 - Wandel durch Innovation in Informations – und Medientechnologien

• Editors:  Anshuman Khare, Oliver Mack and Udo Mildenberger

• May 2010 / 220 pages

• ISBN: 978-3-8325-2444-9

• Publisher:  Logos Verlag Berlin, Gubener Str. 47, 10243 Berlin 

• Purchase at: http://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=2444&lng=eng&id

Energy Management and the Environment – Challenges and the Future

• Editor: Anshuman Khare / Associate Editor: Joel R. Nodelman

• October 2007 / 260 pages 

• ISBN 978-3-9807300-8-2

• Publisher: Fachbuch Verlag Winkler, Germany

• Energy and Environment (download)

Emerging Dimensions of Environmental Sustainability: A Canadian Perspective of Innovative Practices

• Editor: Anshuman Khare

• March 2005 / 326 pages 

• ISBN 3-9807300-9-3

• Publisher: Fachbuch Verlag Winkler, Germany

• Emerging Dimensions (download)

EARLIER BOOKS

• Industrial Sickness & Revival (BIFR Experience) (1996) / Authors: Jagdish Prakash, A. K. Mukherjee and Anshuman Khare / 140 pages / Publisher - Prayag Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad, India.

• Entrepreneurship and Public Enterprises (June 1994) / 143 pages / Publisher - SRK Systems, Allahabad, India.

• Operations Research Models in Aviation (April 1993) / 160 pages / Publisher - SRK Systems, Allahabad, India; Printer - Poonam Press, Allahabad, India.

RESEARCH REPORT

Response of German Car Manufacturers to the European Union Directive on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Passenger Cars 

• Authors: Anshuman Khare and Klaus Bellmann

• April 2008 / 39 pages

• ISBN: 3-938879-34-3. 

• Published by the Center of Market-Oriented Product and Production Management (CMPP), Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Germany.

• Research Report (download)

• Also available from Amazon.de (Germany).

EARLIER MONOGRAPHS

• Productivity Analysis of Spending on Marketing and Advertising Expenditures in Indian Corporate Sector (July 1995). Authors: J.N. Bhargava, A. K. Mukherjee and Anshuman Khare / 44 pages. Bulletin No. 249. Motilal Nehru Institute for Research and Business Administration, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

• The Environmental Challenge: The Managerial Response to Diverse Problems, Common Causes (January 1994). Author: Anshuman Khare / 34 pages. Publisher - SRK Systems, Allahabad, India; Printer - Poonam Press, Allahabad, India.