If you were tracking the outsourcing industry, the news of the recent acquisitions (and some mergers), particularly those in the month of May would have made your head spin! Any MBA student will tell you that acquisitions are made to... Read More.
With global pharmaceutical markets registering sluggish growth (around 4-6%), multinational companies have shifted their attention towards emerging markets like India which grew at the double digit rate of around 13-15% in 2010. Economic growth, increasing healthcare expenditure and the improved... Read More.
Doing business is getting riskier. Increased globalisation, rapid technological changes, regulatory shifts, etc. have increased the competitive pressures that companies face. Knowing that their environment has more variables, it is logical that companies take actions to mitigate risks. In this... Read More.
Competitor profiles is possibly the most frequently produced competitive intelligence output. But it is also perhaps one that is least critically evaluated. It is one of those things that are done because we have always done them; it never occurs... Read More.
Analytics as a service area is being touted as one of the ‘hottest’ markets to be in, for providers in the services outsourcing industry. While this may indeed be true (and it is), the supply side is currently dominated by... Read More.
The healthcare industry is broadly divided into providers, payers and individuals, to whom the services are provided. The services that are rendered by third party vendors are classified into payer and provider services. The payer segment provides services such as... Read More.
The publishing industry has witnessed tremendous change in the last few years. While opportunities for non-linear revenue growth opened up for publishers, there were many challenges. The main challenges were around production, distribution and sales in the digital market. ValueNotes’ recent... Read More.
The Philippines has been a destination of choice for business process outsourcing (BPO) services, particularly voice-based outsourcing services. A recent study on global locations trends by IBM indicated that the Philippines had bypassed other offshoring destinations to become the top... Read More.
An inescapable and only too visible trend is the rapid urbanisation of India. Existing cities are growing rapidly (and haphazardly) in all directions, those that cannot (like Mumbai) are growing vertically, and many villages now resemble towns. Current estimates of... Read More.
The first quarter of 2011 saw a decline of more than 60% in the number of M&A deals as compared to the earlier quarter (Q4 2010) as high valuations and increasing uncertainty about macroeconomic factors such as fiscal deficit, interest... Read More.
