INDUSTRY WATCH

India Strategy June 2011: DUSK or DAWN?: Global Headwinds, Falling Commodity Prices, Strained Government, Inflation may have peaked, Decadal high interest rates, Reform engine revving up, Tough quarter of earnings, Long-term earnings intact, Domestic equity flow choked, Time correction of markets.

Online Advertising Market India : Indian advertising industry is expected to witness a growth CAGR of 17% to reach INR 277 bn in 2011 from INR 236 bn in 2010. Online advertising industry in India is the fastest growing segment in the advertising industry. It is divided into two types of advertisements namely Display Advertisements and Text Advertisements. BFSI, Travel Telecom, Online Publishers are some of the highest spenders on the online medium for advertisements.

The India consumer story: On an ascent : India is one of the most compelling consumption stories in the world. Changing consumer preference has turned conveyance, healthcare, education, consumer services and consumer durables into the most attractive constituents of the Indian market.

Banking in 2050 : How the financial crisis has affected the long term outlook for the global banking industry. The accelerating shift in economic power from the developed to emerging economies is dramatically changing the banking industry across the world.



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Meeting the cyber security challenge : Eliminating threats is impossible, so protecting against them without disrupting business innovation and growth is a top management issue.

The New Psychology Of Strategic Leadership : Firms in an industry typically cluster around a few strategic positions, and the intense competition on those occupied "mountaintops" makes it hard for firms to gain attractive returns. Superior opportunities lie on unoccupied mountaintops. Yet because those opportunities are "cognitively distant"-far from the status quo-strategists have trouble recognizing and acting on them. Competition, therefore, is weak.

Organizational health: The ultimate competitive advantage : To sustain high performance, organizations must build the capacity to learn and keep changing over time.

Governance since the economic crisis : According to the latest McKinsey Quarterly survey on governance, directors report that their boards have not increased the time spent on company strategy since our previous survey, conducted in February 2008—seven months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Moreover, 44 percent of respondents say their boards simply review and approve management’s proposed strategies.



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World Class Business School in the financial hub of India :"A moment of pride and honor, India witnesses its first green business school, aiming at creating responsible corporate leaders, adhering to ethical principles in business life. Universal Business School is the brainchild of three highly accomplished business professionals, mastered in managing global businesses.

"Why Business Schools Struggle to Teach Entrepreneurship" : "Does it seem strange to suggest that business schools struggle to teach entrepreneurship? Many business schools today have entrepreneurship programs that are growing every year. So how can I claim that business schools struggle to teach entrepreneurship? Take a peek back at history and you will see why I can make this claim and what it means for how we teach entrepreneurship. "

A New Melting Pot : True Engineers Constitute the Majority of the Students at B-Schools. Last Year Batch of IIM Kozhikode (IIM -K) had 320 Students , out of which only 39 were from non engineering backgrounds.

Dean's Award Honors Student Service to School and Society :" BOSTON—Four members of the Harvard Business School MBA Class have been named winners of the School's prestigious Dean's Award. The recipients, who will be recognized as members of two teams by HBS Dean Nitin Nohria at Commencement ceremonies on the HBS campus on May 26, are Andrea M. Ellwood, Brett C. Gibson, Kathleen M. Hebert, and Justine K. Lelchuk. "


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