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Global Digital Economy : With the rise of digital platforms, the
world is rapidly changing. Many professionals and organizations are still
grappling with the digital economy and questioning the impact it will have on
them. Healthcare and education are classic examples where more number of people
should be educated on the advantages of digital technologies.
India Financials Sector : Indian consumer finance market is estimated to
witness 18% CAGR to a US$1.2 tn opportunity by 2020. Unlike in the past, coming
round of growth will likely be driven by multiple engines as the banks/NBFCs
have developed diverse product lines (including multiplicity of secured lending
options). Targeted offerings to all sections of the income pyramid could ensure
faster penetration.
Indian Infrastructure Report : Proliferating domestic and offshore
infrastructure funds target the Indian infrastructure market, driven by strong
demand from the transport, power, urban infrastructure and irrigation segments.
India's transport infrastructure needs substantial boost in investments. India
boasts the third largest road network in the world after the US and China and
majority of the country's freight is transported by road, with around 65% of
total cargo carried via this method.
Strategic Road Map for Multi-axle Vehicles in India : Sales volume of
multi-axle vehicles is expected to recover in FY2015 in India. Tata Motors and
Ashok Leyland together governs about 88% of market in multi-axle vehicles
market. Growth in the mining and infrastructure sectors will play a very
critical role in defining the future for multi-axle vehicles in India.
Asia-Pacific Insurance Sectors : The low interest rate environment and
ongoing regulatory changes were key challenges to life insurers. Developments in
data analytics are facilitating access to a rich source of data about potential
target markets which insurers can use to enhance marketing strategies and sales.
Demand for health insurance continued to grow in the coming years, due to an
aging population, rising consumer affluence and strain on public resources.
A Service Lens on Value Creation - Marketing's Role in Achieving
Strategic Advantage : Marketing needs new mindset to fulfill its proper role
in creating and sustaining strategic advantage. To extend its influence beyond
boundaries of current-offerings, firm, conventional practice, marketing and
markets must be viewed through service lens. This lens allows marketing to take
lead role in assisting enterprise to enable value co-creation by customers who
have jobs to be done.
Opportunity Creation in Innovation Networks : Innovating in networks with
partners that have diverse knowledge is challenging. The challenges stem from
fact that commonly used knowledge protection mechanisms often are neither
available nor suitable in early stage exploratory collaborations. Article
focuses on how company participants in heterogeneous industry networks share
private knowledge while protecting firm-specific appropriation.
Rethinking Governance In Management Research : In the field of management,
the study of governance has primarily dealt with decision-making by boards of
directors, chief executives, and senior managers. The corporate governance
literature has generated important insights regarding incentive alignment, risk
taking, and coordination challenges. Emerging trends, highlighted in this issue,
raise new questions regarding managerial roles, organizational contexts,
internal and social processes, and changes in governance over time.
A (Blurry) Vision of the Future - How Leader Rhetoric about Ultimate Goals
Influences Performance : One key responsibility of leaders involves crafting
and communicating two types of messages—visions and values—that help followers
understand the ultimate purpose of their work. Although scholars have long
considered how leaders communicate visions and values to establish a sense of
purpose, they have overlooked how these messages can be used to establish a
shared sense of purpose, which is achieved when multiple employees possess the
same understanding of the purpose of work.
Agent-Based Modeling and Organization Studies : The method of agent-based
modeling raises philosophy of science issues that modelers have yet to resolve
in a way that reconciles their work with that of other management and
organization researchers. As a result, agent-based modelers have made only
modest contributions to advancing organization theory and empirical research. In
response, this study proposes critical realism as a philosophical perspective to
understand and orient agent-based modelling research.
How social networking pioneers discovered the benefits of MBAs :
For entrepreneurs contemplating launching start-ups, if they are able to raise
capital as a student, the tuition becomes well worth it. It is a small price to
pay in the grand scheme of a 40-plus year career.
Harvard Business School Dean Fights to Keep M.B.A. :
Demand for MBAs is cooling in the U.S., but not in Asia. The WSJ’s Wei Gu talks
with Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria about what has surprised him on
his Asia tour. An Interview with Harvard Dean.
What Business School Does for Your Career :
Students at top MBA programs in 2014 expected to graduate with six-figure
compensation packages, but not everyone graduated with the same payoff. An
investment in an elite school tended to take longer to recoup because these
schools are so expensive and students forgo high wages, and at some schools
women had starting salaries considerably low.
Executive Education Growth Triples Industry Pace at UMD Smith School :
Executive education activity at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith
School of Business grew by more than 22 percent in 2014— eclipsing the 7 percent
industrywide rate, according to the International Consortium for Executive
Education (UNICON).
CAT on hot tin roof : A
large number of candidates who appear for the CAT are engineering graduates.
“Indian business schools are using the GMAT to get a more diverse set of
students,” says Gaurav Srivastava, director, marketing development south Asia at
the GMAC.
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