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Automobiles- Regaining its Mojo: Indian automobile sector is expected
to turn the corner as the recovery gathers pace. Revival of urban demand, return
of first-time buyers and higher freight rates are green shoots of sustainable
volume growth. Excise duty cuts, lower fuel price and an interest rate decline
could boost car demand.
Internet Access in India: The internet access sector consists of the
total revenues generated by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from the provision
of narrowband and broadband Internet connections and wireless through both
consumer and corporate channels. Due to the expansion of the wireless segment,
Indian internet access market has produced some excellent growth in recent
years. Usually, customers are prone to changing ISPs in order to gain better
value for money.
Global Oil and Gas (O&G) Outlook 2014: O&G will continue to remain the
major source of energy and its contribution to the global consumption will be
55% in 2030. Investments in unconventional gas and increased exploration of
natural and shale resources have created a growth market for gas. While the
global incremental supply of gas will be dominated by North America, the demand
will largely come from the Asian region.
India Telecommunications Report 2015: The slow increase in postpaid
subscriptions and the aggressive marketing of data-centric service packages is
showing the changing mindsets. Growth is visible in the 3G and 4G service
markets helping to retain customers for a longer period, bringing stability to
mobile ARPU's and encouraging investment in advanced infrastructure as well as
locally-relevant content and services.
The Indian Wind Power Sector: The development of wind power in India
began in the 1990's and has significantly increased in the last few years.
Significant capacity potential, favorable incentives, technology advantage, ease
of installing and substantial development capabilities have made wind farm
development more attractive to investors and this trend is expected to continue
in the medium to long term until other competing systems are able to offer
similar benefits.
The Most Innovative Companies 2014: Innovation remains a
top-three priority for three-quarters of respondents, with more than 60 percent
spending more in 2014 than in 2013. There is notable variation in innovation
priority and spending plans across industries. The list of most innovative
companies shows both consistency and churn. Technology and telecommunications
put in a strong showing, while the auto industry declined, with only nine
companies making the cut in 2014, compared with 14 in 2013.
Making Sense of Globalization: Not so many years ago, the forward march
of globalization seemed too many people to be almost a law of nature. Trade
would always grow twice as fast as GDP, financial markets would continually
become more integrated, foreign direct investment (FDI) would proliferate
freely, and information and people would move around the world more easily.
Borders and distance might cease to matter at all. But then came 2008 and the
global financial crisis.
Global HR Roles and Factors Influencing their Development: The rapid
growth of emerging markets’ multinational companies (MNCs) is a recent
phenomenon and, as such, their nature and structure of key management processes,
functions, and roles need further examination. While an abundance of low-cost
labor is often the starting point of competitive advantage for many of the
emerging markets’ MNCs, it is the optimum configuration of people, processes,
and technology that defines how they leverage their intangible resources.
The Importance of Family Firm Trusts in Family Firm Governance: Author’s
explore the governance role of trusts in family firms and develop a typology
that maps different configurations of boards and trustees with the longevity and
efficiency of family firms. Suggestions are given for the proposed effects of
these configurations, and comparisons are made with Carney, Gedajlovic, and
Strike's "dead money" discussion. Recognition is given to the fact that the
dynamics of family firms is inextricably linked to the life cycle of families.
Hybrid Vigor: Securing Venture Capital by Spanning Categories in
Nanotechnology: This study develops and tests set of novel theoretical
predictions about the conditions under which category spanning is rewarded by
external audiences. To do this, Authors revisit assumption that comprehensible
organizational identities are associated with individual categories. Drawing on
insights from cognitive psychology, Authors suggest that category spanning does
not necessarily lead to confusion, but, rather, to interpretations that rely on
“header-modifier” structure where one category anchors cognition but is modified
by features of other.
Online course opens to sharpen start-up minds:
A business school course that can be completed on an iPad has been created
through a partnership between some of the UK’s leading universities and the
government’s Tech City agency. The Digital Business Academy, a joint venture by
Cambridge university’s Judge Business School, UCL, Tech City and start-up course
designer Founder Centric, aims to persuade those that have shunned formal
education in favour of entrepreneurship to obtain some formal business training.
Business schools must decide response to the digital revolution:
The emergence of massive open online courses (Moocs) offers the prospect of
dramatically lower instructional costs and a shorter time away from the job.
Organisations such as Coursera and Udacity are considered potential disrupters
of the academic business school community. Will business schools face the same
fate as bookstores? And, will business school professors find themselves
jostling for space with virtual stars?
A universe of engineers: The lack of diversity is killing the IIM:
The decision of the Indian Institute of
Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) to expand its academic diversity by reaching out to
more non-engineering students will strengthen the ongoing efforts of the IIMs in
India to break the homogeneity of its campuses. For the time being, it's mostly
boys and engineering graduates who fill up these premier management
institutions.
Dual MBAs: The world keeps coming to China:
Just as having a presence in China has come to seem indispensable for
internationally ambitious Western companies, so business schools are feeling the
magnetic pull of the world’s second-largest economy. New alliances between
Western schools and Chinese universities are springing up in increasing number.
It is surely a healthy sign that schools in the rich world are responding to
market changes by cultivating new sources of demand and developing new
programmes.
Infosys to design Stanford course for grooming executives:
Global software major Infosys Ltd. is partnering with the Stanford Graduate
School of Business to develop a tailor-made course for grooming its
next-generation executives in the global technology space. The course will have
business management skills and corporate innovation process to help the
outsourcing major balance business discipline and entrepreneurial spirit.
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