Tag Archives: Doing Business in India

Guest-blogger on Terrorism in India

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

My fellow IIM alumnus, Venky Venkatraman, keeps an interesting blog at venkyvenkatraman.com We’ve decided to occasionally guest-blog, i.e., my posts will show up on his blog as well, and vice-versa. I was intrigued by his take on the terrorist attack … Continue reading →

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Doing without Paypal

Posted on February 12, 2010 by

If there was one single thing I’d emphasize in doing business in India, it would be Check The Regulations. Despite the liberalization, India still has a ton of them. Paypal (or, maybe, its clients) just learned the hard way. India … Continue reading →

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(Don't) Drive in India

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

Someone sent me a funny-but-true piece on driving in India; it’s attributed to Coen Jukens, ostensibly an employee of the Dutch software firm Baan, who spent a couple of years in Hyderabad. I couldn’t find anything more on Jukens, so … Continue reading →

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Virus-Warriors in Chennai

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

Oftentimes, Americans talking about outsourcing offshoring have stories of  clueless youngsters with incomprehensible accents. I’ll admit that I’ve encountered inefficiencies and poor training; my experience as a consumer hasn’t been all good. One airline managed to give me four mutually … Continue reading →

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Does Haagen Dazs Head Office Know?

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

There’s an update at the bottom of this post. ——— When Haagen Dazs, the super-premium ice-cream company owned by the US corporation General Mills, recently announced it would be opening its first store in India in New Delhi, they probably … Continue reading →

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The Non-resident Indian's India

Posted on December 6, 2009 by

A recent article in in the Wall Street Journal’s online edition was forwarded to a newsgroup I frequent. Called “The Brain Boomerang,” it spoke about Indians who, after years in the US, go back to India. When researching my book, … Continue reading →

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Versace and Video-games

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Two news items caught my attention recently. Versace, which opened a store in Mumbai in 2006, is looking to expand in India. It opened a second store in Delhi, reportedly one of their largest outlets worldwide. And it’s trying for … Continue reading →

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India: Market of the Month

Posted on October 12, 2009 by

It’s nice to have the spotlight turned on India by the US Government’s Export.gov, which has chosen India as its Market of the Month, right behind China, which was its ‘market of the month’ in September 09. Export.gov’s profile on … Continue reading →

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Air India Rage

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

We’re all used to reading about air rage. Passengers get drunk or angry or just plain lose control, and start fights with other passengers and the cabin crew. Air India (the nation’s state-owned airline) has improved on this. Recently, on … Continue reading →

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Indian Ports – Muddling Through Somehow

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

In fiscal 2008-09, India’s twelve major ports handled only 2% more cargo than the year before. (That compares with 12% growth the year before.) Perhaps it’s just as well. At 530 million metric tons, the major ports were running at … Continue reading →

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