Agri-Logistics in India : A Sectoral Analysis

Agri Logistics with it’s various constituents is probably one of the oldest occupations in the world. In a nutshell, Agri-logistics in India can be divided into three major components: Procurement, Storage and Distribution. Agri logistics in its modern concept covers mainly agricultural output commodities and can be charactarised with various constituent operations post harvesting including sorting, grading,...

Mobile Marketing

I believe most of us must have noticed the cute ad of “Airtel” featuring Madhavan and Vidya Balan, in which Madhavan pays the mobile bill or transferring money to his father’s account using mobile phone. Recent whacky ad of “Beam” college student chiding a fellow student with “aaya kya” at different places for the pocket...

Social Media: How to maximise your benefits

Dave Evans defines Social Media in the following way: “Social media is the democratisation of information, transforming people from content readers into content publishers. It is the shift from broadcast mechanism to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people and peers. Social media uses the “wisdom of crowds” to connect information in collaborative manner. Social media...

What is available other than TV?

(Competition for TV Advertisement) I am part of various social, professional and micro blogging networking sites like linkedin, toostep, bigadda, twitter, orkut and recently I came across a blog, which read: “These days pay channels have become almost common and we hardly find any free channels. We pay for the programs in the channels and...

The Changing Face of Business

Environmental, organizational and technological factors are creating a highly competitive business environment in which customers are the focal point. Furthermore, these factors can change quickly, sometimes in an unpredictable manner. Therefore, companies need to react frequently and quickly to both the problems and the opportunities resulting from this new business environment. Because of the pace...

Stock Market: Entry & Exit Strategy

It is always questioned how to best determine entry and exit strategies when trading in markets. Of course, if a trader knew exactly when to get into a market and when to get out…. wouldn’t trading be easy!! But even the most successful traders in the world can’t do that. The best they can strive for is...

Relevance of Behavioural Management

Exploring the link between Strategy and Change Management With the present times showing a greater level of uncertainty and ambiguity, it has become pertinent to understand the deeper determinants of sustainable competitive advantage. If we look at the developments over the last three years, the Indian Industry has witnessed tremendous changes – the unbundling of...

Economic Recovery…….. Reading Between The Lines

Nouriel Roubini, one of the few leading economists who correctly predicted the magnitude of the world’s recent financial troubles and said “if govts maintain large deficits, worries about excessive inflation will grow, causing bond yields and borrowing rates to rise and perhaps choking off economic growth.” He further said, “another reason to worry is that energy, food and...

COMMODITY: An Option for a different Asset Class…

Since Commodity carries a commercial value which can be bought & sold in any state (raw or final produce) and the variation in price follows the simple dynamics of supply and demand, it creates depth in the market to invest. Therefore it is more logical and easier to understand than any other asset class. Commodities...

Changing Times ……, Changing Mindset??

“Once there lived a village of creatures along the bottom of a great crystal river and the current swept silently over them all – young and old, rich and poor, good and evil, the current going its own way, knowing only its own crystal self. Each creature in its own manner clung tightly to the...