Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Indian companies have also been able to tap the global capital and talent markets

Transnational giants also find it tough to operate in an economy with a poor physical infrastructure and to cope with the Indian regulatory apparatus. India’s software companies recognized the possibility of providing services to overseas customers at least a decade before Western companies acknowledged the feasibility of hiring Indian soft ware professionals. Consequently, the Indian firms gained experience early, which has kept them ahead of their foreign rivals. Recently, some Indian companies have also been able to tap the global capital and talent markets, nullifying more of their overseas rivals’ inherent advantages.

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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Latin America is surely but steadily reasserting its independence

The concepts of democracy and development are closely related in many respects. One is that they have a common enemy: Loss of sovereignty. In a world of nation-states, it is true by definition that decline of sovereignty entails decline of democracy and therefore a decline in the ability to conduct social and economic policy. That in turn, harms development – a conclusion tried, tested and confirmed by centuries of economic history.

The same historical record reveals that loss of sovereignty consistently leads to imposed liberalization, of course in the interests of those with the power to impose this social and economic regime. In recent years, the imposed regime is commonly known by a not-so-very favourable term called “neoliberalism.”

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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Particle of disaster that lurks...

The exposures to them are known to cause symptoms and diseases ranging from sore throat and allergy to cardio vascular diseases and even premature death. Continued exposure to SPMs and ground level Ozone are also known to cause asthma and weakened immune systems. The most dangerous version known as PM 2.5 (particulates less than 2.5 microns in diameter or 3.33% the size of human hair) are known to trigger even lung cancer and heart attack. Globally, the air quality monitoring and pollution control has fallen fl at vis-á-vis the particulate matters. The SPM limit has been among the highest in cities like New Delhi, Jakarta and Chongqing, where they have gone up to 325, 250 and 245 micro grams per cubic meters of air. The PM 10 levels in Kolkata, Seoul and Busan have similarly been at 110, 70 and 60 micro grams per cubic meters of air.

In this backdrop, the level of SPMs not only needs continued and constant monitoring, but also concerted efforts for controlling them. The first step in the process necessarily involves around informing the public about the SPM levels, if needed on an hourly basis. The next step though obvious is the harder one concentrating on creating effective channels for controlling the menace.

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Monday, October 09, 2006

What’s your India positioning?

Our company is focused on the delivery business and our target customers are SEC-A and SEC-B families, in the age group of 25-35 years, where both husband and wife are working. And to target this customer, based on our core competency we have built our strategy on delivering as fast as possible. Today we deliver 1 million pizzas per month across the country within 30 minutes, and if at all we are not able to do so, then we make it ‘free’. World-class deliveries with the freshness locked (as it takes a shorter time for us to deliver) has been our main strategy to develop our brand.

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