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The Top 10 Consumer Electronics Manufacturers : This report outlines the top 10 Consumer Electronics Manufacturers, Global industry outlook, key player strategies, performance and SWOT analysis of the sector.
Cloud Computing Market in India 2010 : This report provides detailed information on the Cloud Computing Market in India - its market size, growth, and outlook.
Indian Information Technology Report : This report provides a summary of the Indian Information Technology (IT) Industry - its development, growth, and a SWOT analysis that includes 5 year forecasting.
India Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report - Q3 2010 : This report provides an overview of the pharmacy and healthcare industries in India.
Toys and Games: How Demographics and Income Shape Demand : In countries where the average number of children per household is above one, spending on traditional toys and games per child does not exceed US$50 in a given year. This report provides insights into the Global Toys and Gaming Industry.
The Top 10 Biotechnology Companies : Positioning, performance and SWOT analyses : This RBI report provides information on the top 10 Biotechnology Companies, including Roche, Amgen, Gilead Sciences, UCB,Biogen, Idec, Genzyme, Cephalon, CSL, Celgene,Amylin.
Savory Snacks in India : The Indian savory snacks market grew by 13.2 percent in 2009 to reach a volume of 119.7 million kilograms. In 2014, the market is forecast to have a volume of 196.7 million kilograms, an increase of 64.3 percent since 2009. India accounts for 3.2 percent of the Asia-Pacific savory snacks market value.
ISB sees 20% rise in job offers for Class 2011 : The Indian School of Business is expecting the number of job offers to go up by 20 per cent for the present batch (Class of 2011) that will graduate in April next year.
Improving Career Awareness and Opportunities for Your Students : A portion of the AACSB standard 8 involves “career advising” or providing support for business students as they seek to begin their careers.
Capturing the hearts and minds of MBAs : The desire to use a management degree to do good works has become an oft-repeated sentiment on business school campuses, as a small but growing number of MBAs look to find jobs at non-profits.
Masters in Management Ranking : A feature on FT.com provides a combined ranking of schools offering masters in management programmes across the world. IIMA has been listed in this ranking.
A costly lesson : If "executive" MBA programmes are not much different from their full-time counterparts, how do business schools justify charging twice the price?
Students, faculty, alumni our strength, say country’s top business schools : Several institutes ranked best in a country-wide survey of B-schools by DNA and Indus Learning said students, faculty and alumni were their assets
Are Your Goals Hitting the Right Target : The advocates of target setting point to sundry benefits, claiming that people perform far better with challenging goals than with easy, vague or no goals.
Entrepreneurs Search Party : Entrepreneurs tend to be fixated on coming up with a foolproof idea for a new business and then raising money to start it. Raising start-up funds is hard, but it doesn't have to be that way. Search funds offer an innovative alternative, and the results are often impressive.
Forces Shaping The Future of Work : Work is universal. But, how, why, where and when we work has never been so open to individual interpretation. The certainties of the past have been replaced by ambiguity, questions and the steady hum of technology. Now, in a groundbreaking research project covering 21 global companies and more than 200 executives, Lynda Gratton is making sense of the future of work. In this exclusive article she provides a preview of the real world of 21st century work.
Leading Thoughts : The anatomy of a high potential : Companies have long been interested in identifying high potential employees, but few firms know how to convert top talent into game changers — people who can shape the future of the business.
B-schools Divided On The Merits Of Seeking Recognition : Consider the case of the Indian School of Business (ISB), ranked 12th among business schools globally by the Financial Times. It also has high brand value in the world of corporate placements. But it is not recognised by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Indian School of Business sows seeds of hope : When Reuben Abraham, a professor at ISB, convinced a hedge fund to take the risk of investing in a small waste management group in Mumbai, few believed it would grow into a $100m business in less than four years. The lack of confidence in an SME's ability to yield both high returns and socio-economic development highlights the challenge that many emerging economies face providing affordable services of a high standard to the bottom of the pyramid.
Masters in Management A maverick academic with a hands-on approach : Reuben Abraham was never really meant to be a business school professor. The maverick academic, whose lofty intellectual nature is grounded by a hands-on business approach, could have easily become India’s first Richard Branson. Instead he opted for a different route, one that has given him the chance to shape the country’s future in a more radical and entrenched manner.
ISB contest announces seed funding for social ventures : ISB iDiya, a nationwide social ventures competition organised by students of the Indian School of Business (ISB), has announced seed funding for aspiring social entrepreneurs. The combined funding amount of Rs 45 lakh, contributed by Give India, CKinetics and Villgro, will be made available to winners of the competition.
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