Tag: business & management
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Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology (by Chris Miller)
Our lives are far better today owing to that little microchip that is in every electronic device around us. Just look at our smartphone, a device that fits in our pocket, holds billions of microscopic electronic switches, executing trillions of calculations every second to process sound, video, and artificial intelligence. All of this, thanks to…
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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…
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Carbon Management Software – Next big wave
The next big wave in software products seem to be in developing carbon management software. With the increase in energy costs, environmental regulations and green branding the business is forced to track energy consumption to the last light bulb. This requires a huge amount of effort to collect, audit and analyze data on energy consumption.…