March 2011: If all the challenges small and mid-sized consulting firms face today had to be summed up in two words, it would have to be “profitable growth”. Growth at the cost of profitability is neither sustainable nor scalable.Large consulting... Read More.
“Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.” - George V. Higgins Yet, reliable data is so hard to find in the Indian business context, that very few companies operating in the country factor it into their decision-making; most are... Read More.
“I got 85% in the mid-term test”, my daughter pipes as she bursts into the house. “So, is that good, or bad?” I ask. I know it is not cool to compare your child with other children, but I want... Read More.
All companies monitor their competitive environment. Although competitive intelligence is not a formal function in most companies, other functions like marketing, operations and finance keep tabs on what the competition is up to, what the economic environment is looking like,... Read More.
Narayan Murthy could not have been more correct when he said, “India will become the country of choice... Read More.
“… That general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.” - Sun Tzu, Chinese General & military strategist As competitive intelligence analysts,... Read More.
“Should policymakers trust the IIP or the PMI numbers?” an article I saw in livemint this morning cried out. “The RBI had, in its mid-term monetary policy statement, raised doubts about how effectively the index reflects the underlying momentum in... Read More.
The Competition Commission of India can now choose to scrutinize all external communication of individual employees, particularly in companies that are dominant in their markets. What does this mean for the CI analyst? The Competition Act 2002 in India (CA02) is... Read More.
Most companies want to be and claim to be on the right side of the fine line that demarcates ethical CI from low life espionage. Only, different people and companies draw lines at different places. Let’s first distinguish between personal and... Read More.
All competitors have access to the similar data and information. But only a few of them are able to leverage it to ink success stories. While data constitutes fragments of information that are unconnected to each other or the environment, information... Read More.
