CASE: E308 DATE: 02/14/08 ENDEAVOR Endeavor was formed for the purpose of promoting entrepreneurs in emerging markets, beginning in Latin America. Its basic model is to link up small and midsize businesses with seasoned entrepreneurs so that little guys and gals can get the advice and contacts they need to grow their companies into bigger businesses that can employ more people—the best antipoverty program of all. —Thomas L. Friedman, from his book, The World is Flat (version 3.0) It
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Introduction The Indian economy and the importance of family-owned groups The Economy of India is the ninth largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP)[1]. The country is one of the G-20 major economies and a member of BRICS. The country's per capita GDP (PPP) was $3,408 (IMF, 129th in the world) in 2010, making it a lower-middle income economy[2]. As a result of the financial crisis of 2007–2010, coupled with a poor monsoon, India's gross
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Shefali Sharma FY-25 MBA Final Year AUD Book Review We are like that only: Understanding the Logic of Consumer India By Shefali Sharma We are like that only is a book which is trying to analyze the buying behavior of Indian consumers. This book is written by Rama Bijapurkar who is one of India’s most respected thought leaders and has a rich and varied experience in business strategy, consulting and market research and has worked with McKinsey & Company, MARG Marketing and Research Group
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India A Portrait Patrick French is the author of India a Portrait, French is a historian and a writer who has also published Liberty or Death: India’s journey to independence and Division and The World is What it is: The Authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul. Penguin books published India A Portrait in 2011.In this novel, French gives a detailed account of the economic and political state of India starting from the Aryan era to modern India. French has divided the book into 3 parts:
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Author and Independent Journalist, USA Shereen El Feki, The Economist, UK David Grimshaw, Intermediate Technology Development Group, UK Pamela Hartigan, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Switzerland Ashok Khosla, Development Alternatives, India Ehsan Masood, LEAD International, UK Penelope Mawson, LEAD International, UK Nick Moon, ApproTEC, Kenya Adil Najam, Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA Julia Novy-Hildesley, Lemelson Foundation, USA Anna Richell, Design Council, UK Ammon Salter
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opposite sides of India: the India of underdogs and the India of elites, India of light and India of darkness. Adiga in his debut novel realistically paints on the one hand the nation as the dark, the corrupt, the wasteland, the Subaltern and the illiterate on the other hand the nation is seasoned with affluent luxury, extravagant lifestyle and as an emerging and booming India. Like Charles Dickens’s novels of the Victorian age, Adiga’s novel The White Tiger also portrays the real India, the incredible
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Lack of quality luxury space, environment and dearth of high street or super premium malls is a prime reason for restricted presence of luxury brands in India, thus there is a dire need for modernized and dedicated luxury retail areas in protected vicinities such as airports, according to a recent ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study. "Setting up stores in high streets affects luxury retailers' profitability due to sky-rocketing rental costs, moreover, high streets are very cluttered, crowded and are unsuitable
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In The White Tiger, written by Aravind Adiga, tells the story of how the protagonist, Balram Halwai, managed to find success, becoming an entrepreneur in India, through the narrations in his letters to Wen Jiabao, the premier of China. Through the use of several literary devices such as characterization, setting, and imagery, the author illustrated how a simple man who grew up in an impoverished city as a lowly peasant was able to find success despite having known many whom were faced with the same
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surely know where the strength of a nation lies. They also have a duty to retain that strength and develop other strengths. This reinforcing of complementary strengths builds a strong nation. Unfortunately, that disciplined approach has been missing in India, largely due to the lack of morality and discipline in our leadership. Western education has taught us to work as a team. It has also taught us that materialistic well-being is important. This new knowledge must be blended with that of our traditional
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Snapdeal business model: It is pure marketplace, somewhat like eBay and alibaba. Snapdeal’s business and platform model is anchored by an innovative system that incorporates updates from both sellers and shoppers. The platform enables sellers to list products for sale on the site, manage inventory, and make pricing changes in real-time based on what is happening in the marketplace. High volume—for example, a pair of shoes sells every 30 seconds— means that thousands of sellers are making dynamic
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