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US: The peace maker!

March 17th, 2010

world peace

world peace

In a not so surprising report, by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), US was named as the biggest exporter of weapons in the entire world. Guess who was the biggest importer? No prizes…it is China followed by India. US exports 30% of the entire world export.
The volume of imports by India and Pakistan is increasing steadily and is expected to rise for another five to ten years until they agree an a permanent solutions.
The SIPRI said combat aircraft accounted for 27 per cent of the volume of international arms transfers during 2005-2009. Orders and deliveries of these potentially destabilizing weapon systems have led to arms race concerns in the following regions of tension: the Middle East, North Africa, South America, South Asia and South East Asia. Leading peace activists are finding it difficult to control this hike in weapon transaction in spite of well established protocols and platforms for discussion. It is just like a prisoner’s dilemma! Country ‘A’ buys weapons to become stronger than ‘B’ and vice verse. Thus increasing the expenditure for both. This is because the cost of not being strong enough to counter the opponents attack is much more than spending to become strong. However, if both do not spend,  both can survive without defense expenditure.Wow! so simple and yet so difficult to implement!

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10 reasons for doing MBA!

March 11th, 2010
management blues

management blues

Master of business administration is one of the most sort after course for people who want to create wealth. People from all backgrounds: engineering, science, commerce, pharma and even doctors are slogging to get into the b-schools which promise sky rocketing salaries. This is one course which attracts even the experienced people, working at top positions. What is behind this maddening charisma?
1. It gives you a platform to jump manifolds in the organization hierarchy.
2. It gives you the much desired two years break from the corporate life.
3. It gives you a ray of hope when you see that the scope of growth has shrunk in your current organization.
4. It gives you an opportunity to live the student life once again
5. It gives you an opportunity to learn the management jargons which are used so frequently in high level meetings
6. It gives you another opportunity to switch your specialization. e.g. from engineering to finance, finance to HR or marketing and all permutation and combination.
7. It gives you one more chance to become the Casanova of the batch!
8. It gives you a unique opportunity of blabbering/gassing about your experience and background to people who know little or nothing about your field.
9. It gives you a chance to create competitive advantage over your peers who are better off than you.
10. Finally, it gives you the most valuable opportunity of making school friends, about whom you can keep on telling stories..

MBA is not a course it is an experience where you study, play, party and enjoy at full throttle.

Rogues

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Is IPad a threat to the conventional PC market?

January 31st, 2010

Apple's Strategy

Apple's Strategy


Steve Jobs is known for creating revolutionary products and launching them like a box office thriller. The movie producers should learn a few tips from him! The launch of IPhone marked a new milestone in the history of tech products. Now, it is the time for IPad. What is IPad? In the last few years, the world has seen that the technological gap between a phone and a computer is reducing. Earlier people were satisfied with a basic phone which can be used to communicate only. Gradually the products’ expected features like internet, WAP and data processing abilities crept into the basic features. However, mobile manufacturers could not break the ice to think further, which Apple has done. Apple is trying to create a new segment where people want a multipurpose mobile device through which all basic needs of a mobile and a computer can be experienced with ease. IPhone implemented this unique ‘Filling the Gap’ strategy successfully. It seems that Apple has made this ‘Filling the Gap’ strategy it’s unique selling proposition. Is it sustainable? The sustainability of a strategy depends on the entry barrier for competitors. If the entry barrier is low then apart from the first mover advantage, Apple will have nothing. It will not be able to milk this newly created segment for a long time. One feature which is valuable about this product is that more than one lakh applets can be accessed through this device. These features are currently used in Iphones and IPad is compatible with it. So, the product is different but the features are developed on a common platform which can be used only on Apple products. It reminds me of the era when Apple tried to rule the market with Macs which could use only Apple’s applications and software. This strategy of Apple decades ago, did not last much because the competitors could sniff it and Microsoft and IBM reaped the benefits. Is it that this time the competitors are not aware or Apple has done its homework well enough. Apple has penetrated deep enough in most of the developed markets with its platform featured products IPhone, iTouch and IPod. Gradually they are moving back towards the PC in terms of features. WOW! Steve Jobs seems to implement his old strategy well enough to reach the levels of Microsoft with huge strategic advantages. Analysts say that IPad will not be able to replace the PC/Laptop market but you do not know what Apple is all for. It will not be surprising if Steve introduces an iPC which will run on the same platform used for iPod, iPhone and iPad.

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