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Analysis of Healthcare IT Market Across APAC: Healthcare information
technology covers a plethora of systems and solutions that have a common end
goal—to improve the quality of healthcare while reducing cost. Asia-Pacific
countries will redefine key healthcare industry performance indicators such that
they measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing infrastructure
better.
Auto Ancillary: Aces in the pack: Indian auto component industry is
emerging as a global manufacturing hub for auto component manufacturers and is
one of the front runners for grabbing the global auto component outsourcing
market, estimated to be worth US$700bn by 2015. The value in sourcing auto
components from India includes low labour cost, raw material availability,
technically skilled manpower and quality assurance.
India: Information Technology Report : Asia-Pacific will be the
outperforming region in terms of IT market growth rates over the next five
years. In India the PC market is offering the vendors tremendous growth
opportunities over the medium term due to the low penetration rate and forecasts
for rising incomes. The cloud computing market in India is also developing
rapidly with the help of government initiatives on the awareness of the same.
Truck Manufacturing in Asia-Pacific: The truck manufacturers market
comprises of the production of Light commercial vehicles (LCVs), Heavy trucks,
and buses & coaches. Demand for more-technologically-sophisticated vehicles has
quickened in the face of tightening emissions controls around the world. The
forces causing demand for trucks, vans, and buses vary markedly across regions
in the manufacturing industry.
Social Gaming Market in the APAC Region: Social gaming allows users to
play with connected friends and chat with other players. Consequently, the
popularity of social gaming has increased in recent years. The high popularity
of social media sites in the APAC region has contributed to the growth of the
social gaming market.
Applications of business analytics in healthcare:
The American healthcare system is at a crossroads, and analytics, as an
organizational skill, figures to play a pivotal role in its future. As more
healthcare systems capture information electronically and begin to collect more
novel forms of data, such as human DNA, how will we leverage these resources and
use them to improve human health at a manageable cost?
Decoding Global Talent:
If you live in global major city like New York, Singapore, Sao Paulo, or Berlin,
it’s likely that many of the people you run into in course of regular business
day are foreign born. It might be barista who sells coffee on your way to work.
Or the businesswomen next to you on commuter train. It might be head of your
department or CEO of your company. You might be person from another country.
FDI and Firm Competitiveness:
Evidence from Indian Manufacturing:
As developing countries are increasingly opening up their economies to foreign
direct investment, one of the principal objectives has been to enhance
competitiveness of domestic firms using their network, technology and
organizational skill. This study on India shows that competitiveness is more
likely to be achieved with presence of foreign firms rather than by simple
purchase of foreign technology. Absorptive capacity of firms and institutional
factors (namely, competition in the industry) induce competitiveness among
firms.
Unlocking Acquisitive Growth:
Lessons from Successful Acquirers:
Successful serial acquirers deliver more growth and create more value from
acquisitions than peers. What-explains-their-success? Most important is
willingness to invest disproportionately in 3-key areas. 1-Compelling investment
thesis-Clear and compelling investment thesis defines where members of
organization should look for potential acquisitions. 2-An Enduring M&A network
and culture-Senior executive spend significant time looking for potential
business combinations, personally overseeing M&A process. 3-Distinctive
principles for M&A process-while most companies have structured M&A successful
serial acquirers.
The impact of an MBA on managerial skills and career
advancement: The Greek case : The
present study attempts to offer some insights into contribution of an accredited
MBA program on graduates’ skills, employability and career advancement in
Greece. In addition, current findings are compared to those of twin survey
conducted in 2006 to test MBA ‘value’ under contrasting labor market conditions.
The findings indicate that an MBA contributes considerably to most of the
managerial skills, although relevant criticisms regarding gap between MBA
programs and business needs are not groundless.
The future is green for business schools:
Education sector is reluctant to embrace economic models of durability and
sustainability. The climate challenge presents a real opportunity for the
business education industry to take the lead on the issue, reinforcing their
position and relevance as thought leaders in the new economic landscape. We look
forward to working closely with them to achieve these goals.
The world’s best business programmes:
For the fourth time in five years, the Chicago Booth School of Business tops The
Economist’s ranking of full-time MBA programmes. Fifteen of the top 20 schools
are American. However, HEC Paris, the top European school, has climbed four
places to fourth, mostly because of the impressive salaries its graduates get.
The University of Queensland is the top-ranked school outside America and Europe
and IIMA ranked at No. 48 among top business schools worldwide.
Banks? No, thanks!: For
graduates of the world’s leading business schools, investment banking is out and
consulting and technology firms are in.
Time to stand out from the crowd:
As the number of business schools continues to expand globally year-on-year,
every incumbent tries to differentiate itself from the crowd. Far too often this
has meant jumping on next management bandwagon and teaching the latest fad.
While this may be important it is hardly innovative or distinctive and is in
danger of slowly leading all the schools to become derivatives of one another.
To be truly distinctive, business schools need to look at how they deliver
management education.
Learning and Development at workplace:
Changing Paradigms, Emerging Trends : The theme of this paper is to highlight
the learning and development concepts and case studies in Corporate India. Grant
Thornton India, in collaboration with 24×7 Learning and Indian Institute of
Management, Kozhikode has conducted primary surveys of large organisations to
understand the learning and development initiatives being taken by dynamic
businesses in India.
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