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2015 Top Technologies in Microelectronics : Flexible electronics
plays a key role in the development of sustainable and wearable devices. The
major challenge faced during the manufacturing of new products in
microelectronics sector is the difficulty to create a sustainable supply chain
for commercialization of products. With the increased adoption of electronics
devices, manufacturers are poised with a challenge to innovate new products to
match customer needs.
Overview of Investment Trends in Asia-Pacific : The study analyzes the
investment scenario in Asia-Pacific with a focus on private equity, venture
capital transactions, and merger and acquisition trends. It identifies key
sectors of interest to the investing community and the key geographies that have
attracted investments in recent years.
Online Education Market in India : The Online Education market in India
has immense potential to grow during the forecast period because of the
emergence of several positive trends. Increased government initiatives, growing
m-education are few factors driving the growth of the market. One of the major
challenges being faced by the market is the lack of infrastructure.
India Telecommunications Report : India's telecoms market is being driven
by organic growth in the mobile voice and broadband sectors, volatile expansion
of the wireline broadband market and falling demand for traditional voice
services over wireline infrastructure. The wireline voice market is expected to
continue contracting as subscribers forsake expensive landlines for very cheap
mobile services.
India 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.
Strong population growth and a growing economy is fueling demand for
infrastructure. Government is looking to attract private companies to invest in
infrastructure through PPPs.
You Need an Innovation Strategy : Innovation remains a
frustrating pursuit for even many successful companies. A company’s innovation
strategy should specify how the different types of innovation fit into the
business strategy and the resources that should be allocated to each.
Revamping Your Business Through Digital Transformation : By using mobile
devices, social media, analytics and the cloud, savvy companies are transforming
the way they do business. Companies that lead in using digital technology —
called as “digital masters” — differ not only in their capability but also in
the clarity of their vision.
Making Hybrids Work- Aligning Business Models and Organizational Design for
Social Enterprises: Hybrid organizations pursuing a social mission while
relying on a commercial business model have paved the way for a new approach to
achieving societal impact. This article moves beyond generic recommendations
about managing hybrids in order to highlight a typology of social business
hybrids and discuss how each of the four proposed types of hybrid organizations
can be managed in order to avoid the danger of mission drift and better achieve
financial sustainability.
Dynamic Pricing, Production, and Channel : Both the manufacturer and the
retailer are interested in maximizing their respective expected total profits
over the two periods subject to a state equation that specifies how the
second-period production cost evolves from the first-period production quantity
and the stochastic learning rate.
Brand authenticity - An integrative framework and measurement scale :
Although brand authenticity is gaining increasing interest in consumer behavior
research and managerial practice, literature on its measurement and contribution
to branding theory is still limited. This article develops an integrative
framework of the concept of brand authenticity and reports the development and
validation of a scale measuring consumers perceived brand authenticity (PBA).
MBAs share the most
valuable lessons they learned in business school
: Here are 10 essential lessons these impressive MBAs will carry with them
forever. At least, that’s what we found when we sifted through the Quora thread,
“What are the top five most important business lessons learned in business
school?
Blended Online And Campus Learning Embraced As B-Schools Face
Disruption: Evolution of online
learning forces business schools to rethink how they deliver content, as
competition with innovative digital providers heats up. Technology has enabled
schools to provide flexible learning solutions by beaming lectures directly to
computers and mobile devices.
Recruitment: My place or yours?:
Wooing performed by firms and potential recruits has a lot in common with trying
to impress a love interest. Both parties present their best faces, hide their
uglier characteristics, and perform a delicate dance in order to arrive at a
mutually beneficial outcome.
Are You Prepared for MBA Application Season?
: MBA Application season is here. If we look to the trends, admission to a top
MBA program remains as daunting as ever—despite the very minimal increases in
admit rate when compared with last year. In fact, the admit rate remained on par
with last year’s lows at Harvard Business School (11%) and Berkeley (13.2%).
Business Schools Fight To Keep Pace With Digital Innovation
: The digital race in education
powered by disruptive tech has raised questions over whether business schools
are adapting quickly enough to change.
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