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Where is the market ? Try India for infrastructure and consumer market
var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-857684-6’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Soon after the elections President Obama will be on the biggest ever India visit by aContinue reading “Where is the market ? Try India for infrastructure and consumer market”
BP Oil spill and cement quality – is it only a Halliburton contractor problem?
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Ahead of President Obama India visit- India signs IAEA treaty to limit nuclear accident liability to operators
The Indian nuclear power equipment market is estimated (October 2010) at 175 Billion $ and both GE and Westinghouse are very interested in supplying nuclear power equipment. Worrying potential US suppliers, Indian lawmakers in August had passed a law that might have made equipment suppliers liable for 80 years in case there was an accident and faulty equipment was to blame. Obviously the memories of Bhopal don’t fade and a nuclear leak like Chernobyl would be catastrophic in densely populated India.
[Note: This post is from October 27, 2010 and was edited for formatting on May 22, 2021]
Holiday Online Shopping to increase at least 25% -shoppers will like free shipping
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Selling loans as a product: US Mortgage market and India Microfinance
If you are not a banker it’s difficult to visualize loans as a product that everyone is pressured to sell on the banking side of the transaction. This insight came up during a discussion with some friends involved in pioneering microfinance in India.
[Note: This post from October 25, 2010 was updated on May 31, 2021 for formatting issues.]
Amazon sales up 40% as Kindle and e-book sales soar -implications for business
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Robo-signing foreclosure mess – applying auto assembly Taylor logic to services?
Fredrick Taylor famously did “time and motion” studies to improve productivity in the automobile industry. The American auto worker, pressured to produce more – did always honestly give a bolt the number of turns required. We seem to not understand how or if Taylor’s principles apply to the service economy. It now turns out thatContinue reading “Robo-signing foreclosure mess – applying auto assembly Taylor logic to services?”
For jobs we need to innovate and expand the pie says Jack Welch
Jack Welch joined Donald Trump this morning outside the New York NBC studio at the plaza, they talked about Jack Welch’s appearance on The Apprentice. Towards the end of the video Jack Welch was asked about how jobs can be created. Innovation and expanding the pie is the way to get jobs according to Welch.Continue reading “For jobs we need to innovate and expand the pie says Jack Welch”
Chilean miners rescue unifies the world
Where is Chile – exactly? I knew that Chile is a Spanish speaking country in South America known for Chilean wine and well regarded for football (soccer in the US) but the non-stop media coverage of the miners’ rescue on TV in US,Europe and Asia convinced me that we all need to know a little bit more about Chile. The interesting part is that Chile is that long western strip in South America you would recall from Geography class- home of the Andes mountain range.
[ Note: This post from October 13, 2010 is updated on June 4, 2021 for formatting and a flashback video from NBC]