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Smart Cards in the M2M Communications Market: Market participants coming from the M2M module and telecom space have seen important business opportunities in the provisioning of the M2M middleware platform market. As mobile communications in the consumer segment offer limited prospects for growth, M2M is a promising opportunity to generate new revenue streams. Industry estimates indicate that more than 15 billion devices will be connected by 2015.
Building Technologies Market Outlook 2012: Environmentally sustainable buildings that are designed, constructed, and operated in an efficient manner with regards to the utilization and conservation of natural resources, and the effect on the environment. Although the global economy remains gloomy and uncertain, investments in sustainable building projects and energy efficiency programs will likely continue as end-users strive to minimize building operation costs.
Pharmacy Retail Market-India: Pharmacy Retail serves direct consumer requirements of drugs for the consumption purpose. Pharmacy chains are expanding operations using various store formats. Pharmacy Industry has an elongated distribution chain before it reaches the retail outlets. The retail pharmacy market is ranked 13th in terms of value and 4th in terms of volume.
Global Solar Wafer Market: Solar wafers are the basic raw materials used to manufacture solar cells that convert solar energy to electricity. There are basically two types of solar cells where solar wafers are used, namely, crystalline silicon solar cells and thin film solar cells. Thin films make up 15 percent of the Global Solar Cell market. Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the Solar Panel sector, comprising 85 percent, due to the higher power output of these cells.
Cloud Software Services Market in the EMEA Region: Cloud Software Services is a software distribution model where the applications are hosted by the vendor and the end-users are provided access to the applications on a pay-per-use basis. The vendors provide technical operation, maintenance, and software support to the client. Application services are provided for customer relationship management (CRM), billing, human resources, financials, and document management, etc. The cloud software services are accessed through the internet.
Developing as a leader- The power of mindful engagement: Organizations around the world are faced with a multitude of economic, social, ethical, and geo-political challenges. The uncertainty of the current economic crisis is limiting growth and innovation across market sectors. The globalization of international trade has created more complex and interdependent flows of people, goods, funds, and technology across national boundaries.
How multinationals can win in India: Over the past 20 years, multinational companies have made considerable inroads into the Indian market. But many have failed to realize their potential: some have succeeded only in niches and not achieved large-scale market leadership, while others haven’t maximized economies of scale or tapped into the country’s breadth of talent.
If you love something, let it go mobile: Social media applications–—including collaborative projects, micro-blogs/ blogs, content communities, social networking sites, and virtual worlds–—have be- come part of the standard communication repertoire for many companies. Today, with the creation of increasingly powerful mobile devices, numerous social media applications have gone mobile and new entrants are constantly appearing.
International entrepreneurship research in emerging economies: Despite the growing prominence of emerging economies on the global economic stage, and the important role that entrepreneurs play in powering their economic growth, our understanding of international entrepreneurship (IE) in emerging economies is quite limited. Consequently, a more systematic research approach is needed to improve our understanding of entrepreneurial phenomena in a wider range of cultural and institutional contexts.
Misguided Policy- Following Venture Capital into clean technology: Rising concerns over climate change, energy pricing, and geopolitical conflict recently have led policy makers to guarantee billions of dollars of private investment in the commercialization of clean technology innovations. The current administration embraces the perspective that the commercialization of clean technology innovation is a critical policy lever in addressing these issues.
MBAs back in demand; top B-schools increase seats: Amid economy-related bad news — hiring freezes and low salary packages — there’s some good news for those who wish to pursue an MBA. With the demand for MBAs rising again, top B-schools across the country are set to hike their intake this year or the next.
Business School Admissions - Now What: Business school is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. Tuition and fees often top $100,000 and at full-time programs, students may forego a salary for up to two years. So how do people decide when, whether and where to go?
Harvard B-school has a new address in Mumbai: US-headquartered Harvard Business School (HBS) has finally found an address for its executive education classroom in India. The B-school, beginning this March, will offer executive programmes at the Taj Lands End, at Bandra, in suburban Mumbai.
Entrepreneurs are taught the lessons of management: Earlier this year a group of entrepreneurs held an indoor market at the Arizona campus of the Thunderbird School of Global Management. The 28 entrepreneurs, all women from emerging economies, were selling goods ranging from jewellery and clothing to products for post-natal care.
Ivey ties up with MDI Gurgaon: The Richard Ivey School of Business (Ivey) is expanding its footprint in India through its partnerships in areas of case study preparation, research and executive education. The Richard vey School of Business today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon for development of India-focused business case studies and distributes them globally.
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