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3G Market in India: 3G is the third generation cellular technology which allows faster data transfer in the form of voice, video & other media as compared to previous generation of mobile communication technology. 3G services can be consumed via SIM card for 3G enabled mobile phones or by using 3G data card, router or dongle on PC, Laptop & other USB installed devices.
Desperate Times? Forecast Revisit for Packaged Food in 2011: There is general consensus among industry sources on how macroeconomic and/or political forces, as well as natural disasters or “acts of god” can impact consumer behaviour, either individually or cumulatively. Demand for consumer goods, including for packaged food, is largely determined by long-term variables such as population growth, health consciousness and population migration from rural to urban areas.
Asia-Pacific Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Market Outlook: The PV technology the mechanism by which electricity is generated by converting solar radiation with the help of semiconductors. The cell contains layers of semi-conducting material and creates an electric field when exposed to sun light. With the evolution of solar energy, many improvements in technology have brought about improvements in applications, efficiency and have also resulted in the decrease in the cost of the PV products.
Global Collaborative Product Definition Management Market: Collaborative product definition management (cPDM) software solutions provide effective and efficient methods for managing the functions of product lifecycle management (PLM). The software enables effective product data management, collaborative product visualization, collaborative product commerce, effective integration with enterprise applications, and supplier relationship.
Auto Components: Time to differentiate Men From Boys: Over the past two years the structure of the major automobile OEMs have seen a sea change amid rise in commodity costs, interest as well as fuel cost. We believe that this structural change will benefit the auto]components companies with strong fundamentals, who will be able to sustain their margins in a highly challenging situation.
CRM Market in India: Customer Relationship Management is an enterprise software & hardware setup which effectively records, manages & tracks customer related information.
The Age of the Consumer-Innovator: It has long been assumed that companies develop new products for consumers, while consumers are passive recipients- merely buying and consuming what producers create. However, a multidecade effort by many researchers has shown that this traditional innovation paradigm is fundamentally flawed: Consumers themselves are a major source of product innovations.
Creating Employee Networks That Deliver Open Innovation: A small number of “idea scouts” and “idea connectors” are disproportionately influential in producing successful open innovation outcomes. Smart companies make sure they are linked. Companies such as Procter & Gamble, Cisco Systems, Genzyme, General Electric and Intel are often credited with having attained market leadership through open innovation strategies.
Innovative ways of raising funds and adding value: A stakeholder approach to whole business securitization. : Whole business (WB) securitization is a corporate fundraising strategy that allows companies to realize the full value of their operating assets in cooperation with their stakeholders. In a WB securitization, the company raises funds by issuing securitization bonds backed by its operating assets. Hence, investors can influence the branding and customer service practices, as well as the stakeholder relationships of the company.
Flavour of Optimism: India took the world’s auto scene by storm last year, when it overtook China as the world’s fastest growing automotive market. The country, which until two decades ago had a choice between the Ambassador and the Premier Padmini, was suddenly flooded with the attention of car makers from every alcove of the world – who now claimed India was “a hugely important” market from them.
The Higher Ambition Leader: The “higher-ambition leaders” unlike many executives are not content with achieving only strong economic returns. Rather, they strive to generate high performance on three fronts at once: creating long-term economic value, producing significant benefits for the wider community, and building robust social capital within their organizations.
Changing companies minds about women: Leaders who are serious about getting more women into senior management need a hard-edged approach to overcome the invisible barriers holding them back.It is up to the senior team to help new executives become active participants in this journey and to make regular efforts to inject the energy that the organization as a whole will need to change its mind about women.
Executives Teaching in B-School: Nassim Nicholas Taleb's best-selling business book The Black Swan makes a statement about the unique perspective of a practitioner. The book mentions Harvard University professor emeritus Robert Merton and Stanford University professor emeritus Myron Scholes, who together won a Nobel prize in 1997 for a formula used to value financial derivatives.
After Harvard, Wharton looks for a classroom in India: The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, is the latest entrant to the growing Rs 350-crore executive education space in India. The school, ranked number two by Financial Times in its Global MBA rankings, said it will soon have its own campus in India.
IIM-Calcutta to tap corporates for funds: The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) is planning to tap Indian corporates for funds to complete some of its infrastructural projects following increased intake of students over the last three years.
Business schools must be wary of short-term myopia: They arrive on our university campuses every fall, a large, diverse cross-section of students from around the world, ready to invest the time and money required to earn an advanced degree.
Lessons learned at Harvard find new home at Oxford: Peter Tufano, the new dean at the Saïd school, has plans to build the reputation of the business school to match that of the university, one of the UK’s most prestigious. Few could doubt his credentials: for the past 22 years he has been a faculty member of Harvard, considered by many to be the world’s leading university.
Social Media: Why B-School Applicants Need to : Many MBA applicants think that if they turn in a polished application and perform well at the admissions interview, they will be a shoe-in at top business schools. What they fail to realize is that their online reputation—everything from their high school blog to their Facebook page to their Twitter feed—is fair game when admissions committees are considering applicants.
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