Category Archives: Asia

2014 India Corruption: Modi Effect?

Posted on January 17, 2015 by webmaster

Last year, when I wrote about Corruption Perceptions, I said: I’ll be very interested to see if the new government in India significantly affects corruption perceptions in the next survey. The 2014 data are available, and it’s had an effect. How … Continue reading →

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Surprise for 2013: Corruption in India, China, US and Myanmar

Posted on June 8, 2014 by webmaster

I was browsing the Transparency International website, and realized they have their 2013 data up. This organization tracks corruption, and each year they make a ‘Corruption Perceptions Index’ across 175-180 or so countries. For 2013, it was 177 countries. This … Continue reading →

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My New Project: “Business in Burma/ Myanmar”

Posted on October 18, 2012 by webmaster

As I mentioned in my recent post, I’m just back from Myanmar and Singapore. I’m working on a book on doing business in Burma. WHY BURMA? It’s an exciting new market, having been essentially closed to Western firms since the … Continue reading →

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India: A Telling Corruption Study

Posted on December 8, 2011 by webmaster

Transparency International (TI) has published their annual survey of corruption perceptions — how corrupt various countries are perceived to be. As usual, India does not fare well. What’s particularly disturbing, though, is what the data now reveals. TI publishes two … Continue reading →

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Asia: Upward Wage Pressure

Posted on October 25, 2010 by webmaster

There’s an atmosphere of uncertainty, even gloom, about employment in the US. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in California for September 2010 was  12.4% and there’s no immediate sign of improvement. So the document that landed in my email box … Continue reading →

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Growth and inflation in Asia

Posted on March 10, 2010 by webmaster

IMA Asia‘s notes always provide a useful perspective, given that Asia is likely to be the region that will lead the world out of recession. What they’re saying now is that “2010 is set to be a bumpy, complex and … Continue reading →

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Indian Curry Powder

Posted on February 14, 2010 by webmaster

Years ago I saw an interesting if unclear-on-concept product in Japan: Indian Curry Powder, illustrated with a Native American in a feathered war-bonnet. In those days, Japan had a fairly insular culture, and India didn’t have a high profile internationally; … Continue reading →

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Naan Dog at Narita

Posted on November 23, 2009 by webmaster

Yesterday, at Narita airport in Japan, I encountered an interesting new product: The Naan Dog. I was intrigued. It spoke of innovation, globalization, and adaptive palates all at the same time. The Naan Dog product was clearly fusion, though I … Continue reading →

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Corruption in India: Worse?

Posted on November 18, 2009 by webmaster

As I noted in India Business Checklists, there’s no getting round it: India has a problem with corruption. At the time, I posed the question to the people I interviewed: Is corruption getting better or worse? I got a mixed … Continue reading →

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India's Prosperity

Posted on November 3, 2009 by webmaster

The UK based Legatum Institute conducts an annual prosperity survey of 104 countries, India and China among them. It measures prosperity not just as wealth, but includes factors such as health, safety, democracy, and social capital – the confidence in … Continue reading →

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