The current scenario! - IIPM News

And someone who looks at a glass as half empty would say Brijmohan Munjal & group of Hero Honda did pretty badly: They managed to add a meagre Rs.32 billion to their personal fortune! But they had pristine company in Infosys, where the promoters saw only an increase of Rs.31 billion. How amusing that billions of rupees seem like pennies, especially in the current scenario!....

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These reforms will eventually come. Globalization has meant closer international integration, and that in turn has meant a greater need for collective action. The UN is the international institution created for that purpose, and as the world changes, the UN must change with it. But meaningful reform will almost surely have to await an American administration that is committed to global democracy in deed as well as rhetoric.

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Here comes the killer, honey! - IIPM Knowledge Centre

Yes, here really comes the killer, honey! Interestingly, though establishing correlations is not so simple, the company has seen its RONW (Return on Net Worth) come down continuously since the year 2001. And more incidentally, 2001 was the landmark year when the company announced its entry into packaged foods business. How's that as a killer sweetie? Yeah right, we know, they've been there and done that. And they're not dead yet: of course not! Well, Chairman Y. C. Deveshwar too, seems to have a growing affinity for all businesses that do not have to involve the ‘injurious cigarette’. Deveshwar highlighted the potential of the cigarette business and how strategic investments to the tune of Rs.7 billion have been made over the last four years “in technology, brands and skills upgradation.” So what is so surprising, one might ask? The punch is that he said that in the AGM of the year 2000! In successive shareholder AGMs, Deveshwar has talked about a range of topics like food business, hotels, triple bottom-lines and rural development initiatives. But hey, what about the cigarettes business?....

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The war in the telecom market : IIPM

It is obvious that the company that provides the best package, at the appropriate cost, will eventually rule the roost. Service providers have to remember that though mobile phones for the Indian consumer today are fast becoming a lifestyle statement, a true blue ‘right’ price value proposition is what will succeed in this most frivolous market. The war in the telecom market has just started, and the ones that will lead are those who understand tactical warfare!

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Mobile Technology

Overall, does this flurry of activities spell the end of dominance of traditional console games of Sony, Sega, Microsoft, Nintendo and others? Compellingly so! The revenues from the console sector in the total gaming market are projected to reduce to 45% by 2010 from the current 60%.....

“One factor dampening console share is the spectacular success of the mobile sector... Looking beyond, convergence is the big issue,” said Adam Thomas, media research manager, Informa. The logic is simple. Wireless carriers want user spends to increase beyond calls, text messaging, ring tones, music downloads et al. Game publishers and mobile phone manufacturers too need newer selling propositions…..

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Source :- IIPM Editorial, 2006