Posts Tagged ‘market’

The Air Conditioning Market

June 21st, 2010

I never knew that seleting an air conditioner will be soooo difficult. Go to the market and experience the AC fight. The pricing of 80% of the ACs available in the market vary marginally by only 10%. This made me ponder upon whether the AC market has recently emerged with different segments. To my surprise » Read more: The Air Conditioning Market

The patent war: Apple blames HTC

March 3rd, 2010

apple jobs
In a recent statement, Steve Jobs, head of Apple said that HTC had used around 20 of their patented technologies to fuel the growth of its competitors like Google. Therefore they have sued HTC whose products are used widely in the smart phone market. He emphasized on healthy competition which would create more value to consumers by means of better innovation. However, we have seen before that Apple is no saint in this regard. Nokia, RIM and Apple were already in a patent war which is yet to be settled. This case against HTC is just another brick in the wall.
What makes such huge organizations commit such mistakes? Is it an intentional mistake or an innocent mistake?

Rogues

Artificial Wings are getting used to crashes

January 25th, 2010

ethiopian crash

At 0237 GMT a Boeing 737-800 took off from Beirut International Airport hoping to reach Addis Ababa in the midst of heavy rain and thunderstorm. Alas! It went off the radar just five minutes after take off. Eighty three passengers were on board along with seven crew members. The reason for the crash is not yet certain but the residents in the coast say a “ball of fire” crashing in the sea. Ethiopian airlines is a state owned company is well positioned in the African market. The matter of concern is what is what made it happen, whether it happened due to negligence of the company or technical fault. Who is to blame? It is said the the airlines industry is one of the few industry where the margin of error has to be kept lowest and still mishaps are happening. How low should be the margin?

Rogues

Indian Beer Market

August 21st, 2009

The beer market in India is growing at more than 12% per annum! Who is driving this growth? Young Indians loaded with high disposable income are the backbone of the beer market in India.

The U.S. beer market has changed dramatically over decades. Earlier the beer market was run by Macro Brewers like Lager beers. Beer was sold in truck loads almost like commodities. Then in 1990s came the second generation which invloved micro brewers. High quality Ales, Stouts and porters. » Read more: Indian Beer Market