India, once again, has taken center-stage as the undisputed gem among emerging markets. While glimmers shine from faster-growing Bhutan and Myanmar, India is the world’s most dynamic large economy today, with GDP rising at...
“Serve thy emerging market consumer”. This should be etched in stone on the side of every consumer products (CP) company global headquarters, considering that these markets will account for 80% of growth till 2025....
It is fascinating how I increasingly start to see Emerging Market (EM) challengers outmaneuvering incumbent global Consumer Products (CP) firms. Disruptive innovators who combine a grassroots touch of the local consumer with entrepreneurial agility and...
With everything that’s going on in the stock markets since the start of this year, I think this is a good time to revisit one of my favorite bits of investment advice.
I had heard this one before I visited Africa, but the full depth of meaning of this proverb hit me only when I gazed upon those endless African plains – the Serengeti!
[SPOILER ALERT: SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS AHEAD] A version of this post has been featured in The Huffington Post, click here to read it. #5 The Mystery of the Mask In the original trilogy, Darth Vader wore a...
The Harvard Business Review has done a great job by summarizing what we learnt about management and business in 2015, in their collection of 25 of the best charts from this year! What I...
You can also read a version of this post on the Huffington Post by clicking here. Bad news by far outsells good news, making news channels so depressing that my wife refuses to watch...
I’ve always believed that the scariest horror stories come from real life, since they can actually happen! In the last decade or so, as we have all heard, seen and experienced the wonders of digital...
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