Category: Business & Management
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Business in India – A bumpier but freer road
A good economist article about the state of business in India. India has a long list of plus points that are driving up the GDP. Yet the shoddy infrastructure, ineffective governance and skill shortage could play spoil sport. In the long run, the article says India will be a better bet than China, something I…
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Lucy Kellaway – Words to describe the glory of Apple
Words to describe the glory of Apple is a comical dig at the almost unreadable business language. In this case Apple has come up with legal guidelines that are fun to read and easy to understand. We all puff up the language in presentations and reports to make it look polished and specialized. It can…
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MNCs are in for a long haul in rural India
Knowledge@Wharton came up with a report about how MNCs are doing in rural India. For starters, rural India is complex, fragmented, diverse and with shifting consumer tastes. In this market, MNCs have the difficult task of designing customized products and selling them at wafer thin margins. But on the positive side this is the heart…
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Doing business in China (comes with a price tag)
The recent incidents involving multinationals in China are a reminder to other companies about the risks in doing business there. Google Vs China is the first and the most prominent one. Google probably has a short-term lose but China will have even more to lose in the long-term. Their credibility and moral authority to deny…
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Personal animosity in business – good, bad and the ugly
Economist has an excellent article on the personal animosity in Silicon Valley and how it is shaping the technology industry. The article brings up the point that the people with outsized commercial acumen and success tend to have outsize personalities. The same passion that drives them to create something from nothing drives them to crush…