January 19, 2009

Mastercard Report: Consumer Spending, Savings and Spending Priorities in Middle East and Africa

Inspite of the financial crisis this report by Mastercard Worldwide Insights on Global Crisis and Consumer Confidence,Savings and Spending Priorities in Middle East and Africa highlights that for the region as a whole the consumer confidence has improved in the second half of 2008 compared to the previous period. From the point […]

January 17, 2009

World financial crisis and the emerging market of Brazil

Knowledge @ Wharton has come up with an special report ” Brazil: Balancing on the Brink ” which brings in interesting insights from a cross section of business leaders of Brazil on  their take on the outlook of Brazil against the backdrop of financial crisis.

January 15, 2009

If you want to wrap your arms around history of China

  China : A History by John Keay will help you do just that. This book captures the epic story of China and effortlessly guides you through the journey lasting for 3000 years.The insights on the socio-economic-cultural evolution and exploration of the roots of confucianism , communism and capitalism helps to build a context […]

January 14, 2009

Vision 2022: India at 75 by C K Prahalad

December 23, 2008

Auroville : where material and spiritual innovations flourish

This weekend the road trip in southern India was particularly rejuvenating. This trips are part of my practice to immerse myself in the realities of the aspirations , challenges and progress of the people in the Indian countryside. I reached Pondicherry from Bangalore by road on Sunday night . I decided to […]

November 28, 2008

The time has come to live as one

The recent terrorist  attack in Mumbai has left me numb. I am wondering how many meaningless death later  the terror mongers will realise the futility of these events. We can always talk about the lapses in the intelligence systems and take tactical steps like beefing up the security to prevent these incidents . […]

November 5, 2008

How the financial crisis is affecting the low income population in emerging markets?

The current financial crisis is giving us an excellent opportunity to test the hypothesis on which emerging markets and to what extent are decoupled from the developed economies. Anyday I would have preferred any other non destructive way of testing this  hypothesis!  The pain is palpable through out the different emerging markets and each is responding in its own […]

October 23, 2008

Where we will find the solution in the end ? ” Inside ” or “outside”

There is no doubt that this is intense time . The global financial crisis is sending shock waves all around the world , US is entering into a recession and GDP figures of Oct-Dec quarter when published will technically acknowledge the recession. In the recent months in India a series of […]

October 12, 2008

Harnessing Innovation at the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid : Marico and Microsoft

When as a corporate you plan for  making a difference in the lives of the people at the  bottom of the economic pyramid you have four broad strategic options: 1. Invest your resources to co-create an innovative business model by engaging low income households as your consumers or producers. 2. Market your existing products […]