Microsoft sizes up!...adopts the low cost route in India

The PC will include Windows, Encarta, Student 2007 & specialised education solutions from a host of key technology partners. Apart from the budget PC, Microsoft has also announced the launch of MSN IQ Beta Education Channel. Through this channel, students will be able to access their curriculum on the Internet, avail online tutoring & coaching for competitive exams & also get access to referencing & online counseling. Initially, Microsoft would roll out its budget PCs & education channel in Bangalore & Pune, later on the programme will be launched throughout India. “It is imperative for technology to be relevant & accessible. Only when we meet these criteria, will the adoption of technology grow exponentially. And this is exactly what we seek to deliver through Microsoft ’s Unlimited Potential,” says Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft India.

Well, through its recent educative initiatives, Microsoft is surely trying to indicate its seriousness towards the Indian market. However, it is evident that the sole aim of Microsoft is to extend its market reach & its concerns about India are (as always) inspired by moolah.

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Michael Dell-II!

Michael Dell is back to revive the company he built 23 years ago; & is beginning to undertake some desperate measures. In a sense, this sequel reminds us of the recent Hollywood entertainer Ocean’s 13, whose tagline reads, “What are the odds of getting even? 13 to 1.” Of course, the Dell sequel has just one central protagonist. Sure enough, Dell would love to get even, with all analysts & investors who wish to write his company off . And most urgently, with Mark Hurd & HP, who are, in fact, proving Dell’s detractors right! But then, what are Dell’s odds of getting it right?

While industry watchers would be hard pressed for an accurate, logical answer to that one, Dell, of course, is moving on. It began with a 10% reduction of workforce (8,800 personnel) in May. More interestingly though, Dell has sacrificed its steadfast allegiance to the ‘Direct Selling’ model (which it pioneered). The company first started retailing its models at Wal-Mart stores in Canada. “The indirect (retail) approach in the region will come sooner in some countries & later in others,” says Paul-Henri Ferrand, President, Asia Pacific South, Dell.

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The Gladiator’s Curse

He was considered the Sam Walton of India, and undeniably, Kishore Biyani had set the organised retail pulse racing across the nation. Pantaloon’s expansion spree had continued unabated and its financials only got better over time. But has Pantaloon miscalculated by investing more than required in an industry where previous sales forecasts are coming to naught?

The feeling is chilling... to be a gladiator, standing there all alone, under the glaring eyes of innumerable vicarious spectators, for whom the excitement is not when you kill the lions, but morbidly, when the lions devour you and feed on you after a thorough mauling. And what if you succeed in surviving? They’ll get in more lions, change the rules, and even take away your sword and armour just to be sure. That is the gladiator’s curse, and that seems to be precisely the situation that Kishore Biyani, the CEO of Future group finds himself in. An industry that was supposed to be protected till time immemorial by the government, a customer base that was supposed to grow exponentially, consumer’s purchasing power that was expected to simply rise and rise...and many more such previously taken-for-granted factors have simply fallen fl at on their faces.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

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Identifying the effervescent economies in the new world order

As the world becomes more fl at & aligned, it is the economies that think big & execute fast that will be most proficient to perceive firms & citizens right, & provision them with the climate & services they demand. So, what are these economies? There exist hundreds of nations that might consider themselves eligible but no one can be certain. All the poster BRIC economies & many other mature ones suffer from grave socio-economic & geo-political constraints, wherein their extant framework would greatly impinge upon their growth prospects. So the B&E partnered The IIPM Think Tank, & hunkered down to organise loads of qualitative & quantitative information to isolate the ten effervescent economies.

Upon rethinking the popular research practices, we roll out these economies to look ahead to. They have been silently evolving in the global backyard, but with the pace & strategy that they are growing, very soon they would be central & significant enough for the entire global economy. They are the ones that can swing the balance in their favour by altering market dynamics & geo-political concerns – through policy innovation or complete economic audacity.

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“Coca Cola welcomes you to Kala Dera”

Nevertheless, such comments were but expected. The comments also aroused a sense of anxiety among us and once again we sought to investigate further. We started browsing the nearby surroundings and river Bagawali was our first target. And when we saw the empty river bed, our astonishment was flared to newer heights! A whole river gone missing? (Phew!) As a local farmer said, “The last time the river had a flow was way back in 1990s!” Wells nearby have also dried-up and we could even hear the owls (at nightfall) and see pigeons (during the day). It has also tried to compensate the loss by sponsoring rainwater harvesting projects. Around 120 recharge shaft s and 200 hand pumps have been sponsored by the company. But stripping Kala Dera of a river and leaving it in a state of acute water shortage will overshadow the compensations, however big it may be!

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007
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