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INDUSTRY WATCH

Apparel Retail in India : The Indian apparel retail industry had total revenue of $28,102.6 million in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% for the period spanning 2005-2009

Luxury Car Market – India : The luxury car market in India is growing at CAGR 27% presently and Luxury cars formed 1% of the total sales of cars in 2009. Increasing availability of cars has helped in the expansion of the passenger vehicles market in India. India's automobile sector especially luxury car market has been one of the leading car market in the world.

Forecast Revisit 2010-2011Consumer Health : This global brief provides an update on trends and forecast assumptions based on trends and events observed in 2010. Consumer Health, 2010 Global Trends Influencing Consumer Health.

Industry Insight : Indian Pharmaceuticals : The pharmaceutical industry in India is at the forefront of the country’s science-based industries with wide ranging capabilities in the complex field of drug manufacture and technology. The Indian pharmaceuticals market is expected to grow from the current US$19 billion to US$32 billion by 2015 at CAGR of 18-19% whereas domestic sales is geared to expand nearly about US$20 billion by 2015 from an estimated size of US$12.76 billion in 2010.

Consumer Lifestyles - India : This report is structured under the following primary headings: Consumer Trends, Consumer Segmentation, People, House and Home, Income, food habits, fashion health and wellness, consumerism, money, leisure, transport, smoking, personal appearance, consumer technology, work.. etc

Industry Insight Business Education in India : In the backdrop of growing need of business managers it is apt to focus on country’s business education. India is the second largest producer of MBAs in the world; there are over 4,800 b-schools in India of which 1,999 are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and 400 functions as unapproved private b-schools.


ARTICLE ALERT

Have you tested your strategy lately : Ten timeless tests can help you kick the tires on your strategy and kick up the level of strategic dialogue throughout your company.

Three levels of culture and firms' entrepreneuraial orientation : a research agenda : Numerous studies examining the linkage between corporate entrepreneurship and performance resort to the entrepreneurial orientation construct to assess a firm’s degree of entrepreneurship.

Sustainable corporate entrepreneurship : Evolving and connecting with the organization : Corporate entrepreneurship necessarily entails both risk and high levels of uncertainty; yet, established organizations are typically positioned as efficient engines that function best via cautious and routine progress, which can hinder attempts to inject innovative ideas into mature businesses.

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QS Top MBA Jobs & Salary Trends 2010/11 : Here is the survey report by QS topmba.com on Jobs and Salary trends for MBA graduates around the world and many more findings on MBAs jobs.

2010 Survey Report Examines Hiring Trends for B-School Grads : GMAC surveyed more than 2,300 employers that recruit and hire new talent from the world's graduate business schools in 2010.

European Business Schools on the Rise: GMAT score sending patterns show more interest in Europe, from both home and abroad : For the testing year ending June 30, 2010, European schools received more than 85,000 GMAT scores, an increase of 90 percent, or about 40,000 score reports from five years prior. The total number of GMAT scores sent worldwide increased by only 30 percent over the same five-year period. Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Spain remain the top European destinations, receiving about 80 percent of the GMAT scores sent.

Work exp be made compulsory for MBA admissions, says India's management education community : It is a fact that it is much easier for MBA aspirants who have work experience to gain entry into top B-schools. The admission figures of top B-schools also indicate the same. The major pie of the MBA seats are taken by 'with-work experience' students. The poll witnessed a huge response with 345 respondents participating, and the results are now out.

Corporate India and The Art of Giving - Business World spl issue : The recent issue of Business world magazine has come out with a good feature on Corporate India’s philanthropic activities. This article covered information on charity of business tycoons in India.

Business School Resolutions for 2011: B-school leaders share their aspirations for management education in the new year : Recently, Bloomberg Businessweek.com asked professors and administrators at top MBA programs to send in, via e-mail, their New Year's resolutions for management education and the institutions charged with producing tomorrow's business leaders in 2011. Here's a roundup of their responses.

What's in store for business schools in 2011 : With new deans at Harvard, Kellogg, Chicago, and INSEAD, a boom in MBA admissions consulting, and the first revamping of Wharton's MBA curriculum in almost 20 years, it's been a big year for business schools. What's coming in 2011? So what's in store for 2011? Here are our predictions.

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