INDUSTRY WATCH

Annual Renewable Energy Outlook 2014 : Urbanization, population growth, energy security concerns, and economic development objectives are key drivers for a predicted rise in the contribution of renewable energy capacity in emerging regions such as Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. As a result of technological innovation and mass deployment leading to scale economies, the cost of renewable energy has declined dramatically in recent years.

India: Information Technology Report : India's IT market has a great growth potential in the area of cloud computing, over traditional IT market in the coming years. Another emerging technology that has a stronger outlook in India going into 2015 is the Internet of Things (IoT), or machine-to-machine communications. The main demand currently is in India's largest cities, but growing affordability and government initiatives to fund devices for students will help to stimulate demand in rural areas with broadband access.

Analysis of the Global Learning Management Systems Market : The LMS market is broadly segmented on the basis of end users into corporate LMS and academic LMS. Across both verticals, LMS systems deliver value by improving the effectiveness of delivery of learning and training content across multiple devices and in multiple formats through learning-focused collaboration and social learning in and beyond the classroom.

Logistics Services Market – India : Logistics sector primarily deals in transportation and storage operations and is significantly aided by logistics services; which are an amalgamation of Courier, Freight, Third Party Logistics and Fourth Party Logistics. Amongst the segments, courier market shows the maximum growth in terms of CAGR whereas freight forwarding has the largest market size value-wise.

Oil & Gas in Asia-Pacific : The oil and gas market consists of the activities of exploration and production of oil and gas. The Asia-Pacific oil and gas market is characterized by the presence of large, diversified international companies with highly vertically integrated operations throughout oil exploration, production, refining, transportation and marketing.
 

ARTICLE ALERT

The family-business factor in emerging markets :
Family-owned businesses are a large and growing force. Organizations that want to collaborate—or compete—with these companies in emerging markets must first understand them. The industrial titans of the Gilded Age were largely family businesses. But today, in most developed nations—particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan—the largest, industry-leading companies are typically held by a broad, dispersed mix of shareholders.

Why Your Customers’ Social Identities Matter :
The article looks at role of consumers' social identities in their purchasing decisions, hence in creation of effective marketing strategies. It says that people generally belong to multiple social groups, any one of which may have most salience for them in given situation. It reports on social psychology research on how person's connection with particular social identity can be triggered and discusses idea in the context of marketing products including the Toyota Prius hybrid-electric automobile.

The Organizational Drive train:
A Road to Integration of Dynamic Capabilities Research : Although the research domain of dynamic capabilities has become one of the most active in strategic management, critics have charged that it is plagued by confusion around the construct itself. In this paper, we uncover a potential reason for this confusion embedded in the unique nature of the construct's development path--a peculiarity that has led to split understandings of what constitutes a dynamic capability.

Best amongst the rest:
Business India's Super 100 lists over the last 25 years : Business India began compiling its list of Super 100 in 1990, which corporate historians consider turning point in the Indian corporate sector. The reason for separating the best from the rest was as relevant then, as it is now. The methodology has been tweaked over the years, to ensure that the rankings remain relevant across the periods. Earlier, it was standalone figures, now it is consolidated figures, though there have been no substantive changes affected.

Bridging Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow :
Using a multidimensional framework of CEO temporal focus we propose that a company's rate of new product introduction is predicted by a CEO's focus on each of the three distinct time frames in interaction with environmental dynamism. Based on a longitudinal analysis of 221-firms in 19-industries, we show that, in stable environments, new products are introduced faster in firms headed by CEOs with high past focus, high present focus, and low future focus.

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Making Business School Research More Relevant : Getting business professors to change their research agenda requires deans who embrace fundamental institutional change. While such change is never easy, the good news is that business schools have a strong scientific capability to build upon. They only need to apply that capability to issues that are much more relevant to the organizations that will employ their graduates.

Special Report : Executive Education : To develop the executives organizations desire, more companies and universities are joining forces to develop executive education programs. When it comes to executive education, the biggest concern many employers have is getting a return on their investment in talent development.

Year-End Poll of Employers : The jobs market for MBAs is set for a stellar year, with nine out of 10 employers planning to maintain or increase hiring of business students in 2015, according to a recruiter survey by GMAC. Rebecca Estrada Worthington, GMAC survey research manager, said: “Even in the depths of the recession, business and management degrees can provide a measure of job protection and opportunity.

How Yale is beginning to crack into the elite B-school ranks : Dean Ted Snyder has made it his mission to turn Yale’s business school into a truly global enterprise. The school’s recent rise in the rankings shows that his efforts are starting to pay off.

The MBA is losing its magic : What is the staying power of an MBA education? Why year after year do students sign up for the countless MBA programmes across the world? Are they after new skills? Maybe. Eager to learn about the latest academic research output? Unlikely. Keen to go through a learning experience? Possibly. In search of a networking opportunity? Most certainly.

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