- Manage your India investment risk - ValueNotes Strategic Intelligence Business opportunities in India are vast, but they come with risks. Market intelligence and due diligence can help mitigate some of these risks.... Read More
- Indian Markets: Humpty Dumpty headed for a fall? Are the Indian Markets headed for a fall? We take a closer look at past trends to determine if the overall index level is overvalued or undervalued.... Read More
- Publicization not Privatization: The solution for India’s public sector In India, the struggle of how best to deal with declining state-owned companies is particularly problematic. Is privatization the answer?... Read More
- Bad loans & NPAs: The clean-up has begun! - ValueNotes Strategic Intelligence India’s banking system is mired in distressed loans. The government and RBI are determined to clean-up the situation with the new insolvency law.... Read More
- Is all well with the GST (goods and services tax) regime? Given the sheer scale of the GST (goods and services tax) exercise, one can expect disruption. It will be interesting to see how the transition pans out.... Read More
- From cash-rich to cashless Despite the immediate disruption caused to businesses & people across the country, India's demonetisation move will drive financial inclusion & boost GDP in the long run... Read More
- GST bill: A long hard road ahead Finally, after a decade of politicking and delays, the GST bill was finally passed in Parliament. Here's a look at who will gain or lose in the near term.... Read More
- Unified Payments Interface, a silent revolution in Indian banking The Unified Payments Interface is a game changer for the Indian banking ecosystem, and will dramatically accelerate financial inclusion and cashless payment... Read More
- Is B2B manufacturing already a service? Recently, I’ve been reading a lot about “manufacturing as a service” – which is mostly about disruptive cloud-based models we might see in future.... Read More
- Five reasons why I need a Virtual Research Assistant Like most other businesses I face peaks and troughs in my work-cycle. In addition there are core and non-core responsibilities.... Read More
- 10 trends for 2021 - and not all about technology or Covid! The start of a year invariably leads to a flurry of articles and prognosis about key trends for the future. Many of these are extrapolations from the recent past. Here are the 10 trends for 2021, and not all are about technology or Covid-19...... Read More
- Will China continue to be the world’s factory? The US-China trade war, rising tariffs, Covid-19 and uncertainty has fuelled a growing movement in several countries to try and reduce their economic dependence on China. While it is proving extremely difficult to replace the “China factory”, the immediate task is to identify alternate options.... Read More
- Insights into actions and strategies to fight the Covid-19 crisis A survey of senior executives at companies around the world found that more than half have reduced their marketing spend in the last quarter. Given that demand has dried up in most sectors, this appears logical. However, the most important priority for CXOs is to understand changing customer needs.... Read More
- Winners (and losers) in the time of Covid-19 Most industries had a challenging time in the first quarter of 2020. An analysis of the sectors that were most and least affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Q1 2020.... Read More
- Random thoughts on Life in the post-Covid19 world It is now clear that we’re seeing the worst health and economic crisis, ever. The world has fundamentally changed. Here are some key changes that we can expect. Thinking about how to face the future with positivity is far more productive than obsessing with daily Corona statistics and media bombing.... Read More
- Leveraging Data: Mindset comes before technology Businesses are scrambling to board the train of big data and analytics. Before worrying about data collection and technology, ideally, organizations must drill down from business objectives to define their key intelligence topics (KITs) and key intelligence questions (KIQs). And then finally come to technology!... Read More
- Future of work – II The future of work (or a significant part of it) will be informal, gig-like - and driven by services. Manufacturing jobs will be created, but not enough to make a significant dent – given the extent of automation and threats from 3D printing. How do we prepare for this?... Read More
- Win Loss is not CRM analysis Very few (if any) organizations will admit they don’t conduct win-loss analysis. After all, this is now deemed integral to every sales process. Since every CRM has a field for “Reasons for loss”, it is easy enough to analyze. Any analysis is only as good as the data that is available. Yet, majority of organizations…... Read More
- Urban Infrastructure – Opportunity or Disaster? Big opportunities are often linked to big challenges. Figuring out how to bring investment to urban infrastructure will not only provide a huge boost to GDP and prospects for a large number of businesses, but also substantially improve the quality of life for billions.... Read More
- Global Residential Renovation: A huge untracked opportunity? Could the renovation market be the next big focus area for the construction industry? Much of the world’s building stock is in need of renovation. For the first time since 2014, EU's renovation sector will see stronger growth than new construction by 2020.... Read More
