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New Product Development Trends in Consumer Health 2013 : Consumer health innovation is thriving, as manufacturers introduce creative new formulations, delivery formats and positioning to help people manage their unique health needs more effectively. Consumers’ busy lifestyles are driving the popularity of energy and calming products, as well as on-the-go delivery mechanisms.

Textile Mills in India : The textile mills market includes yarns and fabrics. The yarns segment covers yarns for sewing, weaving, knitting, etc, made of cotton, wool, artificial, synthetic, or other fibers, but does not include the production of the fibres before spinning. Fabrics covers woven, non-woven, and knitted fabrics (including knitted products such as sweaters).

Food and Beverage Sector in India : India is self-sufficient in terms of food grains and, with a global share of 15%, is the world's largest milk producer. India holds about 10% in global fruit production and is a world leader in mango, banana and cashew nut production. Rising disposable incomes, increasing urbanization and higher consumer spending in rural India bode well for food manufacturing and processing companies in the country.

Transportation Modal Shift in India and its Impact on Rail Logistics : The road mode of transport commands the most significant share of the total transportation industry in India. However, in future rail transport is expected to gain some share from road transport. the auto components industry is expected to be a the leading user of rail transport services.

Corporate Strategies in Emerging Toy Markets : Emerging markets have been the main driver of global traditional toys and games sales for a while. Despite higher demand for toys in emerging markets, global toymakers have found difficulties in converting market growth into actual sales. Latin America may be the talking point for Mattel, and LEGO is doing well in Eastern Europe; nevertheless, emerging markets, in particular Asia Pacific, have yet to reveal their true potential for multinational toy manufacturers.

ARTICLE ALERT

Is Family Leadership Always Beneficial ? : There has been much debate concerning the performance of family firms and the drivers of their performance. Some scholars have argued that family management is to blame when family firms go wrong; others claim that family management removes costly agency problems and encourages stewardship.

Macroeconomic Policies for India’s Growth Crisis : India’s fiscal adjustment should be calibrated to the recovery and a rebalancing of demand from the public sector to the private. This is best done by targeting the structural rather than the cyclical fiscal deficit.

Doing Business Without Exchanging Money : The Scale and Creativity of Modern Barter : Although money plays a key role in modern economies, an increasing amount of business is being done with-Out the use of money. This article sheds light on the important roles of cashless deals and identifies the factors fueling their growing importance. It provides guidelines for negotiating money less market place exchanges in Key domains, including crowd sourcing, promotions, and word of mouth.

It’s How You Frame It : Transformational Leadership and the Meaning of Work : Transformational leadership has emerged as one of the most important approaches for understanding and influencing employee effectiveness. Inherent in this approach is the belief that transformational leaders inspire employees to greater levels of motivation and performance.

The M in Future : The story of mobile phones as a force for good is akin to that of a child prodigy who has somehow not reached the heights anticipated. Among proponents of mobiles, there is a sense of pride in what has been achieved.


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MBA students see the business sense in both doing well and doing good
: Business schools are responding to a surge in demand for education that equips students to become social entrepreneurs. But the structure of those organizations that are “doing good” is changing rapidly and these changes have implications not only for schools’ positions in rankings tables but also for how students will fund their business education.

Duke Begins Checking MBA Applications for Plagiarism : Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business is the latest MBA program to report using plagiarism detection software to check applicant essays during the admissions process. Fuqua rejected one applicant for “blatant plagiarism” but was cautious about turning away others because the 2012-13 school year was a pilot period for using IParadigms’ Turnitin detection system, the school said. No details on the rejected applicant were available.

Business schools should be wary of producing MBA ‘heroes’ : Producing MBA graduates who aim high and are committed to making a difference is a crucial function of any business school. However, schools need to be increasingly careful to guard against the temptation to produce what we might call “heroes”.

Executives find their calling in NGOs : In these days more young professionals joining non-governmental organizations (NGOs) having achieved early success in their corporate careers — experience the urge to do more. They are seeking to do something meaningful with their lives — a purpose, or means, to give back to the society,”.

B-schools tap alumni power to raise institutes’ profile : Apart from raising funds for their alma mater, alumni help in attracting students to the institutes and arrange financiers for funding their education. Alumni associations and alumni members of business schools today have not just restricted themselves to organizing local events and meeting at regular events. Alumni have expanded their areas of work to attract more students from their country to their alma mater, help students get financiers for funding their education, raise funds ...etc



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