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Jan
13

The patent infringement bug is spreading

After Apple and Nokia, it is time for our very own Google to pay for the sins committed. In November, Google scanned 18000 Chinese books to please its insatiable customers. One thing which they missed was, paying attention to the suppliers. The 570 writers of those works expressed dissatisfaction against google’s act. And now the… Continue reading »

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Dec
22

Small is Big!

with the successful launch of TATA NANO (Smallest/Cheapest Car), TATA Swach (Cheapest water purifier: Threat to bottled water industry), micro financing products and other nano products, the “B” word seems to be dampening. TATA with its bottom of the Pyramid approach is poised to revolutionize the way world thinks. As C.K. Prahlad said in his theory that the real money is residing in with the people at the bottom.

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Dec
14

Dreams of “The Shanghai Gang”

The most talked about country took the most unexpected turn against its best brand called Shanghai. Why? Mega plans fueled with high growth and investments gave birth to high levels of kickbacks, commissions and arbitrage in the 90s. The average per capita income in China increased more than 11 times in a period of 30 years. Every small rule… Continue reading »

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Dec
02

Rising Nations and their growth drivers

The world economic scenario was in a turmoil for the last two years. U.S., U.K. and other developed countries like Japan were struggling to find the root cause. There is a wise saying, whenever something goes wrong look at the basics. What are the basics of economic prosperity? It is not a rocket science to… Continue reading »

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Oct
20

Urbanization of the world

The population in cities are poised to grow more than the villages in the coming decades.Why? To answer this question we need to understand what is a city? A city is a populous confined place which has some sustainable competitive advantages over places not called cities. Take example of any big city in the world… Continue reading »

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Oct
19

Modern China!

China is expanding the capacity of its Central business district by double in the heart of Beijing. What makes China different? When should a country be considered a responsible country? Let us take a fictional country named Demo which is democratic and another country called Com which practices communism. Now, Demo is highly populated with… Continue reading »

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Oct
18

Artificial Wings: Exploring the developing nations

The airline industry of the two largest developing nations of the world are high on artificial wings. When the world is experiencing the aftermath of the global financial meltdown, China seems to rake in moolah from the airline industry. China has more than 1200 aircraft owned by the airlines and is expected to cross the… Continue reading »

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Oct
16

Taxonomy in life: Branding of Everything!

How do you differentiate a common product from your favorite product? What is that makes your buying decision easier? These questions were answered as early as 1300 B.C. Artisans used to put a mark on their products which made it different from others. In return the customers found it a reliable method to evaluate the… Continue reading »

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Oct
12

How different is Chinese economy?

While the world is struggling to recover from the devastating financial crisis, China seems to be full of events. Japan’s news revolve around the flat interest rates, in U.S. the fiscal deficit is still hot and in rest of the world the news revolve around investments. China’s news agencies on the contrary are busy publishing… Continue reading »

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Oct
06

Series 3: Where is China heading?

China has attracted $853 billion FDI in last 30 years, which is the highest among the emerging nations. China’s manufacturing industry ranks 4th in the world. More than 50% of china’s fiscal revenues come from this sector. Most of the PCs and Laptops manufactured in the world are from China. what is manufacturing? It is… Continue reading »

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