Practitioners of competitive intelligence (CI) in most developed markets are accustomed to applying analytical and statistical tools to in-depth information which are available in standard database formats and collected from reliable sources. However, India can overwhelm even the most astute... Read More.
Last month, during earning's season, the financial media and analyst community were up in arms over Tech Mahindra's alleged “aggressive accounting methods”. The issue overshadowed all others during the analyst's call, so much so, that Tech Mahindra's vice-chairman Vineet Nayyar... Read More.
Shifts in risk appetite (need for preservation of principal) and return expectations - both at the retail and institutional level have created the need for product manufacturing and research in alternative investment areas. Recent events shaping these shifts include the... Read More.
Revenues from the Malaysian IT/ITeS outsourcing industry are expected to grow at a CAGR of 15% to reach $1.9 billion by 2013, according to a joint publication by Outsourcing Malaysia and ValueNotes . Currently, IT outsourcing services in Malaysia have... Read More.
I have long held the view that the quality of education that the government provides in India through its municipal schools is significantly inferior to that provided by the private schools. I felt the government should simply give “education coupons”... Read More.
Earlier this week, while at Terrapin's India Investment Summit 2010, I got a full dose of the learned views of fund managers,... Read More.
Market sentiment is fickle. Analysts and media seem compelled to manufacture reasons (post-facto) for why the market is going up or down. So one day the Nifty rises because FIIs feel that India is a great long term story. The... Read More.
Despite the compelling needs of outsourcing, there have been instances in the recent past where some companies (although for different reasons) have shifted work back to their roots (onshore). This has been primarily seen in verticals including banking, financial services,... Read More.
Today’ news reported that the Congress has put the issue of food price rise on the shoulders of the agriculture minister and the minister in turn has shifted the blame on to Mother Nature. Who is responsible? And who needs... Read More.
In India, we have a habit of running to the government (or blaming them) every time something goes wrong. This is no doubt a result of our socialistic upbringing, a legacy most adult Indians find hard to shed – even... Read More.
