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E-Commerce Market in India : Electronic commerce (e-Commerce) market in India has diversified immensely wherein various methods of transaction has evolved like B2B, B2C,C2B etc. Factors such as huge presence of internet users coupled with a continual increase in purchasing power of the Indian population is primarily pushing the market.
India Agribusiness Report : We hold a positive view on India's agribusiness sector, as the country will remain an agricultural powerhouse and is likely to maintain high levels of self sufficiency for major food crops. Production growth of various commodities will be driven by strong government support and robust demand for manufactured foodstuffs. However, India will be increasingly vulnerable to exceptional weather phenomena owing to climate change effects and serious water shortages.
Global Food Packaging : Nurturing Future Sales Growth Through Innovation : The report provides insight into some of the core trends shaping packaging development in the global retail foods marketplace over the course of 2012 and 2013, as well as future drivers for innovation to 2017. Pouches and liquid cartons help raise shelf appeal through shaping and design developments. At the same time, more traditional pack materials, such as glass, also enable brand owners to evoke quality and authenticity.
Medical Devices Market – India : Growing hospital infrastructure and healthcare spending is fostering the need for high-end devices for accurate and fast treatment. Govt. bodies and associations such as MoHFW, CDSCO and AIMED are aiming to provide medical devices sector with a regulatory structure in order to promote indigenous production. CDSCO has laid down registration and license mechanisms to regularize import of drugs and devices.
India Information Technology Report : The Indian addressable market for IT products and services is projected to increase from INR1,077bn in 2013 to INR1,669bn by 2017. Increased sales of tablets and notebooks will be the key growth driver in the hardware market. New cloud computing offerings and increased competition in this segment should fuel further demand from end-users to utilize this technology.
The New Rules of Globalization : Governments of developing nations have become wary of opening more industries to multinational companies. They are defining national security more broadly and perceiving more and more sectors to be of strategic importance, taking active steps to deter foreign companies from entering them and promoting domestic, often state-owned enterprises. Indeed, the rise of state capitalism in some of the world's most important emerging markets has altered the playing field.
Measuring consumer-based brand equity for Indian business schools : Brands are fundamentally about experiences and relationships, and therefore they form prime basis of an institution’s connection with their stakeholders. With the mushrooming of business schools and fading global boundaries, especially in the Indian context, communicating a business school brand to stakeholders has become extremely important. It is imperative for Indian business schools to differentiate and build strong brands in the competitive business education space in India.
Data Analytics : Hyped Up Aspirations or True Potential? : Analytics is usually defined, in practice as any fact-based deliberation which leads to insights, possible implications for planning future action in an organizational set up. It could range from routine tracking, monitoring of business performance, “nice-to-know” validation facts regarding the business domain, to more directed diagnosis of “root cause” of business problems as well as strategic prediction about future business initiatives. The commonality across all these exercises is that it is driven significantly by facts.
China : the next innovation hot spot for the world: Never before has the world witnessed such fast development of a market as large as China. China’s economy is climbing up the value curve, transitioning from the low-cost manufacturing of basic products to the assembly of high-tech products, and more recently to innovation-led growth. The following article gives an overview of this dynamic. We first give a succinct historical perspective then describe the present situation; lastly we look at issues for the near future.
Fashioning an Industry : Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry : High-end fashion industry in India examines the process of construction of the worth of a new industry. Analyses of data from multiple sources revealed that framing by early entrepreneurs and socio-cognitive processes that resulted from the transactions of field-constituents with the new industry constructed the worth of the industry. These socio-cognitive processes curation and certification, commentary and critique, co-presentation, comparison and commensuration enabled broader audiences to make sense of the industry and comprehend its worth.
Top recruiters like Goldman, Citigroup, Pepsi & others in fierce war for female grads at IIMs : A fierce battle for female talent is set to erupt at the IIM placement season this month as a bunch of marquee recruiters - all keen to improve their diversity scores -- prepare to swoop in on the limited women graduates passing out this year. Exactly 533 women or 22% of the class of 2,442 students will graduate from six leading IIMs this year. But combined demand from leading companies is likely to be higher.
Do we teach B-school students how to think, asks Harvard professor Srikant Datar : Srikant M Datar, who is a professor at Harvard, says there is a need now to question the relevance of management education in today’s dynamically changing business environment. From what we studied in the US we redid in India with help from IIMs in Ahmadabad and Calcutta. We found that unless we do not change what we are doing we will not able to change the trajectory in which management education is going,” says Datar.
Aiming for the stars...then get a top MBA : Financial Times analysis reveals that almost a third of chief executives currently in charge of the biggest global companies enhanced their careers with an MBA. Of the world’s largest 500 listed companies by market capitalization – as featured in the most recent annual FT500 ranking – 29 per cent are led by an MBA graduate.
Africa sees growth in management training : Business schools can hear the call of Africa. The IMF forecasts that the sub-Saharan African region will enjoy growth of 6 per cent in 2014. But there is a dearth of management expertise – even though there appears to be a healthy demand for acquiring it. Overseas business schools interested in expanding their reach will have noticed data from GMAC that show 5,490 GMAT tests were taken in the African region in 2012-13.
Top recruiters to step-up hiring at B-schools despite slowdown : Undaunted by slow economic growth, top recruiters are preparing to step up hiring from top B-schools, including IIMs, when campus placements kick off from first week of February. Among Goldman Sachs, Cognizant, Capgemini, ICICI Bank, HCL Technologies, Citibank and KPMG — all leading recruiters last year — a few are looking to hire 18-100 per cent more MBAs this year, while the rest will hire at least as many as last year.
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