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Mining Equipment in Asia-Pacific : The mining equipment market includes the consumption of underground mining equipment (except parts), crushing, pulverizing and screening (except portable) machinery, portable drilling rigs and parts, portable crushing, screening, washing, and combination plants, drills, and other machinery (except parts). The demand for energy fuels like coal and other valuable raw materials is the major reason for bigger amount of request for mining equipment.

Analysis of the Global LCD Market : Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are transparent organic polymers that change optical properties with applied voltages. The LCD industry has seen rapid technological advances in a short span of time. Initially its application was limited to notebook computer and desktop monitors, but now the market is driven by increased use of larger screen televisions.

The Ingredient Curve- More Food in Our Food : The Ingredient Curve measures the evolution of this demand of value added ingredients as per capita spending increases, and also suggests that there comes a time when quite simply people want more food in their food. Opportunities exist for ingredients that meet the needs of an increasingly demanding consumer for who function has to be allied to naturalness.

Asia-Pacific Heavy Construction Sector : There is a wealth of opportunities for heavy construction industry in the Asia-Pacific. The expansion of foreign companies into Asia through the acquisition of local heavy construction firms helps the market to become world's most dynamic business market.

Strategic Analysis of the Asia-Pacific e-Waste Recycling Market : E-waste recycling refers to the process of collection, sorting, and processing of waste arising from electrical and electronic equipment, followed by the recycling of these e-Wastes for extraction of valuable resources for re-use and reprocessing into the value chain.

ARTICLE ALERT

Outsourcing Business Processes for Innovation : Many companies look to business-process outsourcing to save money. But the most successful clients concentrate less on cost savings and more on achieving innovation.

Sales Growth through Strategic Leadership : Achieving growth is enormously challenging in today’s complex and fast-changing business environment. But opportunities do exist for companies with the skill and the courage to find them. Get the recipe right, and the rewards are impressive.

Building superior capabilities for strategic sourcing : Purchased materials and services often make up 60 to 80 percent of a product’s cost. Companies that don’t invest in the purchasing team’s capabilities are throwing away value.

Trademark Strategy in the Internet Age : Internet search engines allow rapid access to customers – and the potential for rapid loss of customers. “Search engine optimization” techniques create a direct mechanical pathway to inertial disruption, allowing a website owner to hijack “Firm A’s” trademarks, then use those trademarks to steal Firm A’s established customers.

Tone Your Marketing Muscles: Like the opposing muscle pairs in the body that produce coordinated motion, the opposing marketing-function muscles—efficiency and effectiveness—must operate synergistically to lead organizations steadily toward stated goals.


ARTICLE ALERT

Business schools eye their applicants’ level of ‘emotional intelligence’
: What do Notre Dame, Yale, Dartmouth and the MIT Sloan School of Management business schools have in common, besides teaching sound business practices? They’re beginning to harness the power of emotional intelligence (also known as EQ) as they screen applicants. Measuring EQ is the latest attempt by business schools to identify the stars of the future. IQ is important for success in business and in life. But research indicates that soft skills are equally important.

MBA students learn that all the business world’s a stage : In business, everyone has a role to play. From presentation to management, impact and influence vary hugely depending on an individual’s behavior. Business schools are drawing lessons from the theatre to enhance their students’ ability to become strong leaders and communicators. But, rather than training students as actors, they are using strategies from the stage to enhance students’ approach across a range of business situations.

Branding gives an edge to colleges or B-schools : Chicago Booth is revamping its Executive MBA programme - an MBA for senior working managers - to include additional courses and overseas study. The Chicago EMBA, arguably the oldest EMBA in the world, is taught on the school’s three campuses in Chicago, London and Singapore. Beginning with the matriculating class of 2013, all students will study overseas for five weeks instead of four.

Incubation centres at IIMs help start-ups find their feet : IIM-A’s incubation centre has successfully funded and mentored over 80 start-ups over the last four years, more than 15 of which are social enterprises. The premier management institution believes it will receive more support from firms once the new companies Bill makes it mandatory for them to invest 2% of their net profit in corporate social responsibility or CSR activities.

India to lobby foreign agencies for improving university rankings : India is set to lobby international ranking agencies and seek their expertise on improving the poor showing of the country’s higher educational institutes in the global league tables. The HRD ministry and the Planning Commission consider the absence of the country’s best institutions from the top 200 an embarrassment, so as a first step, HRD ministry and plan panel will lobby London-based Times Higher Education (THE), which publishes the World University Rankings every year.

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