December 2009: ValueNotes made a presentation - Editorial Outsourcing: Where is the newspaper industry heading? - at WAN India in Hyderabad. The session highlighted: Different types of content outsourcing Challenges in sourcing content The way content has “changed” in past few decades The way... Read More.
August 2009: e-learning has become a crucial part of an organisation’s strategy to deliver training and education. But maintaining e-learning systems within the organisation equals more costs. The solution? Outsource. Internationally, corporations, educational institutions and governments are moving from dealing... Read More.
How can small businesses in India do competitive intelligence (CI)? I had the opportunity to discuss this with a group of small businesses at the TiE breakfast event in Pune last month. Small businesses have limited resources at their disposal and... 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.
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.
Indian investors turn cautious Apr 2011: The 7th wave of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management - ValueNotes Investment Confidence Index (ICI) in India shows that the Indian financial community’s faith in the Indian economic story could be weakening and they... 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.
