http://www.scribd.com/people/view/125404-insideout This a feed for documents on Scribd written by Insideout 30 Wed, 14 May 2008 06:25:00 GMT Wed, 14 May 2008 06:25:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2965582/FDICI-2007 New Concerns in an Uncertain World The 2007 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index® *The Global Business Policy Council is a strategic service that assists chief executives in monitoring and capitalizing on macroeconomic, geopolitical, socio-demographic and technological change worldwide. Council membership is limited to a select group of corporate leaders and their companies. The Council’s core program includes periodic meetings in strategically important parts of the world, tailored analytical products, regular member briefings, regional events and other services. Global Bu Wed, 14 May 2008 06:25:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2965582/FDICI-2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2964921/What-is-a-Brand April 2004 What is a Brand? A Chapter from Brands and Branding An Economist Book Interbrand 130 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 Telephone: 212 798 7500 www.interbrand.com *What is a Brand? 1 Tom Blackett, Group Deputy Chairman Interbrand tom.blackett@interbrand.com Ancient and modern The Oxford American Dictionary (1980) contains the following definition: Brand (noun): a trade mark, goods of a particular make: a mark of identification made with a hot iron, the iron used for this: a piece of burning or charred wood, (verb): to mark with a hot iron, or to label with a trade mark. Similarly Wed, 14 May 2008 04:38:21 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2964921/What-is-a-Brand http://www.scribd.com/doc/2954632/Establishing-A-Joint-Venture-In-India M L S Chase solicitors An Overview Establishing a joint vEnturE in india Manoj ladwa & vaibhav shukla © MLS Chase 2007 The information in this document is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal or professional advice. Relevant legal or professional advice should be sought before taking any decision based on the contents of this document. This article was first published by the Practical Law Company – www.practicallaw.com MLS Chase, 2nd Floor, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1J 6BD | T +44 (0)20 7222 5966 E info@mlschase.com * Tue, 13 May 2008 05:17:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2954632/Establishing-A-Joint-Venture-In-India http://www.scribd.com/doc/2945042/human-resource-foundation-of-the-Indian-IT-enabled-services-IT-industry Strengthening the human resource foundation of the Indian IT enabled services/ IT industry Report by KPMG Advisory Services Private Limited in association with NASSCOM under the aegis of the Department of IT, Ministry of Information Technology and Communications, Government of India National Association of Software and Service Companies India *Preface Developing India's human resource is key to our progress. The most visible and successful demonstration of this is our IT industry. In this sector, human resources comprise both the raw material and the 'technology', and is therefore of prime Mon, 12 May 2008 12:39:14 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2945042/human-resource-foundation-of-the-Indian-IT-enabled-services-IT-industry http://www.scribd.com/doc/2880864/Made-in-India-The-Desi-Web Is ‘Made In India’ a unique selling proposition on the Web? Everybody seems to be launching Web products for, of and by Indians! A year later, it’s probable that only the cream will remain, because the ‘100 per cent Indian’ tag alone cannot draw traffic to a site anymore. To stay in business, a website has to be innovative, unique and able to offer high value to users. The Desi Web going to offer that differentiates them from Orkut, Google, Yahoo! Search, MySpace,YouTube or other such global services? After all, the Web is pretty much borderless. An Indian can blog on Wordpress or Blogger as eas Mon, 05 May 2008 08:59:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2880864/Made-in-India-The-Desi-Web http://www.scribd.com/doc/2880842/Challenge2-0SocialNetworkingDrivesNewRequirements White Paper Challenge 2.0: Social Networking Drives New Requirements Prepared by Aditya Kishore Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading www.heavyreading.com On behalf of www.level3.com December 2007 *Introduction Social networking is exploding. In October 2007, Alexa found that 7 of the top 10 most visited Websites globally were Web 2.0 sites. A month earlier, ComScore reported that MySpace, with more than 55 million unique visitors, is still growing at a healthy rate of 23% year over year. Over the same time period, Facebook increased its number of unique visitors by 129% and Bebo grew 83%. But th Mon, 05 May 2008 08:54:31 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2880842/Challenge2-0SocialNetworkingDrivesNewRequirements http://www.scribd.com/doc/2880819/Power-to-the-people-SOCIAL-Media-TRacker-March-2008 Mar.08 Power to the PeoPle SoCIAl MeDIA trACKer v .3 *Power to the people - Social Media Tracker Wave 3 *3 Welcome to Wave 3 04 06 10 12 18 34 48 56 76 Introduction Methodology What is Social Media? Global Snapshot Blogging Social Networking Sharing Content Consuming Content Final Word *Introduction Welcome to Universal McCanns global research into the impact of social media. This project is an ongoing commitment by Universal McCann to measure consumer usage, attitudes and interests in adopting social media platforms and is the largest exploration of its kind. It aims to provide the fac Mon, 05 May 2008 08:43:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2880819/Power-to-the-people-SOCIAL-Media-TRacker-March-2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2879930/Overview-of-Government-Of-indias-Initiative-to-promote-Public-Private-Partnership Aparna Bhatia Joint Director Ministry of Finance Government of India 1 Encouraging PPPs…. Government  of  India  has  announced  several  policy  initiatives  and  taken  measures  to  create  enabling  framework for PPPs …. Planning for PPPs The bidding process and implementation Capacity Building Information/ knowledge sharing 2 The views expressed in this paper are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data in Mon, 05 May 2008 05:53:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2879930/Overview-of-Government-Of-indias-Initiative-to-promote-Public-Private-Partnership http://www.scribd.com/doc/2778685/dfarrellpresentation McKinsey Global Institute Asia and the Global Capital Markets Diana Farrell, Director McKinsey Global Institute May 6, 2007 The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. Terminology used may not *Which of the following is largest in value? A B C Asian central bank foreign reserve asse Thu, 01 May 2008 11:46:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2778685/dfarrellpresentation http://www.scribd.com/doc/2778587/Asias-Emerging-Markets-Opportunities-for-Investment Asia’s Emerging Markets: Opportunities for Investment Ta-lin Hsu H&Q Asia Pacific May 6, 2007 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms *H&Q Asia Pacific Migrated Silicon Valley-style VC to Asia Thu, 01 May 2008 11:44:32 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2778587/Asias-Emerging-Markets-Opportunities-for-Investment http://www.scribd.com/doc/2593392/ADB-Outlook-India-2008 India Tight monetary policy to cool overheating slowed growth, but India remained among the fastest growing of the world’s major economies. Though largely driven by domestic demand, the country is nevertheless vulnerable to the worsening global economic environment. Avoiding a deep downdraft in the next 2 years will primarily be shaped by the outcomes of three counteracting forces: keeping food price inflation moderate, lowering interest rates to sustain high levels of investment, and containing the fiscal deficit. The country’s dynamism in recent years underpins the high growth path. Key stru Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:53:41 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2593392/ADB-Outlook-India-2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2511165/WIP-2007-WEB World investment prospects to 2011 Foreign direct investment and the challenge of political risk Written with the Columbia Program on International Investment **WORLD INVESTMENT PROSPECTS World investment prospects to 2011 Foreign direct investment and the challenge of political risk © The Economist Intelligence Unit 1 *The Economist Intelligence Unit The Economist Intelligence Unit is a specialist publisher serving companies establishing and managing operations across national borders. For over 50 years it has been a source of information on business developments, economic and political Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:09:43 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2511165/WIP-2007-WEB http://www.scribd.com/doc/2505479/Beer-Etiquette-Report ******* Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:36:43 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2505479/Beer-Etiquette-Report http://www.scribd.com/doc/2505460/How-Global-Is-The-Business-Of-Retail HOW GLOBAL IS THE BUSINESS OF RETAIL? CB RICHARD ELLIS | EMEA RESEARCH c *DISCLAIMER 2008 CB RICHARD ELLIS CB Richard Ellis has taken every care in the preparation of this report. The sources of information used are believed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee of accuracy or completeness can be given. Neither CB Richard Ellis, nor any CB Richard Ellis company, nor any director, representative or employee of CB Richard Ellis company, accepts liability for any direct or consequential loss arising from the use of this document or its content. The information and opinions contained in Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:30:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2505460/How-Global-Is-The-Business-Of-Retail http://www.scribd.com/doc/988069/India-Risk-Factors-WEF-Report COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE STATE OF THE WORLD India@Risk 2007 India Economic Summit A Global Risk Network and Confederation of Indian Industry Briefing *Data charts were kindly prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for the specific use of the World Economic Forum and are not to be used, distributed or relied upon by any third party without PwC's prior written consent. © 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers. All rights reserved. "PricewaterhouseCoopers" refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:00:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/988069/India-Risk-Factors-WEF-Report http://www.scribd.com/doc/930323/India-Consumer-Outlook-2007 consumer a quar terly repor t by technopak OCTOBER ‘07 / VOLUME 1 india consumer trends 2007 *contents Overview TREND 1 The youth brigade takes charge 01 02 TREND 2 Workforce gender bender 03 04 05 TREND 3 The Golden Oldies TREND 4 Baby Boomers TREND 5 An International Indian arrives 06 07 08 09 10 TREND 6 Health is wealth, health is beauty consumer ©Technopak TREND 7 Neo-tradition and neo-spirituality Advisors Pvt. Ltd. TREND 8 Entertain-me ‘Consumer Outlook’, a quarterly feature is an effort by the Technopak Consumer Team to explore the dynamic changes that are occurr Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:56:21 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/930323/India-Consumer-Outlook-2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/930279/Indian-Automotive-Industry-Seept-2006 www.imacs.in Automotive September 2006 *www.imacs.in AUTOMOTIVE Contents • Market Overview • Government regulations & policy • India Advantage and business opportunities *www.imacs.in AUTOMOTIVE Market Overview • Market Overview • Government regulations & policy • India Advantage and business opportunities *www.imacs.in AUTOMOTIVE Market Overview Profile: Indian Automotive Industry • The industry has grown at a CAGR of 14% p.a over the last 5 years, with sales of 9 million vehicles in 2005-06 • With the potential to emerge as one of the largest in the world. Present Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:36:45 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/930279/Indian-Automotive-Industry-Seept-2006 http://www.scribd.com/doc/930254/Global-Service-Location-Index-2007 Offshoring for Long-Term Advantage The 2007 A.T. Kearney Global Services Location IndexTM **M oving operations to low-cost countries offers a variety of advantages — from reduced wages for qualified workers to historically lower costs for businesses. The question is, are these advantages short-lived? Already, for some locations, the increasingly heated competition for talented and skilled workers has resulted in a rise in wages and attrition rates. weighted combination of relative scores on 43 measurements, which are grouped into three categories: financial attractiveness, people and skill Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:43:55 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/930254/Global-Service-Location-Index-2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/927005/450-bn-reason-to-invest-in-Indias-infrastructure November 28, 2007 ! The strong population growth in India and its booming economy are generating enormous pressures to modernise and expand the country’s infrastructure. This applies all the more since the past few decades have seen the development of an investment backlog going into the billions. More than USD 450 bn worth of investment is to flow into India’s infrastructure by 2012. Infrastructure is the basis of economic activity. India’s annual GDP growth could be 2 percentage points higher but for the shortcomings in its infrastructure. For one thing, the required construction acti Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:57:52 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/927005/450-bn-reason-to-invest-in-Indias-infrastructure http://www.scribd.com/doc/927001/The-Emergence-of-the-Chinese-and-Indian-Automobile-Industries The Emergence of the Chinese and Indian Automobile Industries and Implications for other Developing Countries Gregory W. Noble Institute of Social Science University of Tokyo May, 2006 The Chinese are coming, the Chinese are coming—and now the Indians, too. Alarms about the rapid emergence of two gigantic new competitors have begun to rattle the global motor vehicle industry. In just half a decade, China has grown from a modest market on par with Spain to the third-largest automotive market and fourth-largest auto producing country, with output trailing only the United States, Japan and Ger Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:54:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/927001/The-Emergence-of-the-Chinese-and-Indian-Automobile-Industries http://www.scribd.com/doc/924909/Developments-in-Indias-Capital-Markets DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA’S CAPITAL MARKETS India’s improving macroeconomic fundamentals, greater integration with the world economy, increasing corporate profitability and competitiveness is becoming apparent through the developments in its capital market. The likely benefits of investing in a growing economy have inspired the overseas investors to invest in Indian markets. That is specifically so with the Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) i.e. pension funds, mutual funds, investment trusts, asset management companies, nominee companies and institutional portfolio managers who have been Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:28:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/924909/Developments-in-Indias-Capital-Markets http://www.scribd.com/doc/528918/Why-MAs-Fail-often Why Do Mergers and Acquisitions Quite Often Fail? T. Mallikarjunappa, Panduranga Nayak Department of Business Administration Mangalore University Mangalore, Karnataka, India (tmmallik@yahoo.com), (pnayak62@yahoo.com) Volume 1, Number 1 January 2007, pp. 53-69 Abstract: Corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have become popular across the globe during the last two decades thanks to globalization, liberalization, technological developments and intensely competitive business environment. The synergistic gains from M&As may result from more efficient management, economies of scale, more profi Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:35:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/528918/Why-MAs-Fail-often http://www.scribd.com/doc/489728/Doing-Business-In-India Doing Business in India: Budget 2007-2008 Archana Rajaram and Daksha Baxi Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai This article has been published in the March 2007 issue of BNAI’s Tax Planning International Review *Doing Business in India: Budget 2007-2008 Archana Rajaram and Daksha Baxi Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai The Budget presentation by the Indian Finance Minister (“FM”) is an important annual fiscal event for the nation. It not only narrates the fiscal achievements of the past year, but also announces the fiscal policy measures of the government for the forthcoming year. Of most im Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:21:18 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/489728/Doing-Business-In-India http://www.scribd.com/doc/469200/Grant-Thorton-Doing-Business-In-India If you are planning on doing business in India knowledge of the investment environment and information on the legal, accounting and taxation framework are essential to keep you on the right track… *Grant Thornton’s Doing Business in India 2006-07 Contents Contents Page Grant Thornton in India & Contacts Foreword India – Fact File Business Opportunities in India Country profile Foreign investment Finance Business entities Labour Accounting and reporting requirements Direct Tax Indirect Tax Transfer Pricing in India Investment Risks in India 1 3 4 5 6 11 14 19 23 25 27 32 34 35 *1Gr Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:38:22 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/469200/Grant-Thorton-Doing-Business-In-India http://www.scribd.com/doc/469189/Doing-Business-In-India-A-Country-Commercial-Guide-for-U-S-Companies Doing Business In India: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2006. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. • • • • • • • • • • Chapter 1: Doing Business In India Chapter 2: Political and Economic Environment Chapter 3: Selling U.S. Products and Services Chapter 4: Leading Sectors for U.S. Export and Investment Chapter 5: Trade Regulations and Standards Chapter 6: Investment Climate Chapter 7: Trade and Project Financing Chapter 8: Business Travel Chapter 9: Contac Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:30:29 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/469189/Doing-Business-In-India-A-Country-Commercial-Guide-for-U-S-Companies http://www.scribd.com/doc/456583/ADB-Outlook-India-2007 India Two years of above-trend growth are causing inflation. Optimism over growth prospects has brought high capital inflows and currency appreciation pressure. Manufacturing and construction growth have stimulated a voracious appetite for credit, which in turn complicates attempts to control the money supply. Agricultural stagnation is the key structural challenge. Rising food prices contribute to inflation. Stagnation also widens inequality, as industry accelerates and services pull on robustly. It also raises pressures to transfer land out of agriculture into industry, and highlights the im Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:07:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/456583/ADB-Outlook-India-2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/456555/Indias-Services-Sector INDIA’S SERVICES SECTOR: Unlocking Opportunity INDIA’S SERVICES SECTOR Unlocking Opportunity Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Economic Analytical Unit DFAT **©Commonwealth of Australia 2007 This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth available through the Attorney-General’s Department. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Copyright Law Branch Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:50:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/456555/Indias-Services-Sector http://www.scribd.com/doc/456519/Skill-Gaps-in-Indias-Logistics-KPMG-2007 INDUSTRIAL MARKETS Skill gaps in the Indian Logistics Sector: A white paper KPMG IN INDIA *Foreword Healthy economic growth in India is increasingly supported by robust industrial growth. One of the relatively lesser known but significant sectors that support almost all industrial activity - the logistics sector - is also witnessing this growth as a follow through. However, notwithstanding its importance and size (INR 4 trillion), it has traditionally not been accorded the attention it deserves as a separate sector in itself. KPMG has been tracking this sector and enabling clients to effect Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:22:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/456519/Skill-Gaps-in-Indias-Logistics-KPMG-2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/456257/Containerisation-Global-and-Indian-Scenario-Cetrum-2006 Background note on ‘CONTAINERISATIONGLOBAL AND INDIAN SCENARIO’ CENTRUM 2006, New Delhi 1 *CONTAINERISATION-GLOBAL AND INDIAN SCENARIO (Percentage Change) Chart 1: World Merchandise Trade and Container Traffic Growth 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005* Global Trade and Container Traffic Shipping is truly the lynchpin of global economy and international trade. More than 90% of world merchandise trade is carried by sea and over 50% of that volume is containerised. In today’s era of globalisation, international trade has evolved to the level where almost no nation can be Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:17:30 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/456257/Containerisation-Global-and-Indian-Scenario-Cetrum-2006 http://www.scribd.com/doc/456255/India-The-Next-Automobile-Giant January 2006 VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 Contents India: The Next Automobile Giant Emerging Market Sourcing – Strategies for Success Measuring ERP projects Banner India: The Next Automobile Giant By Aditya Nath, CEO (This is the first in a series of articles on the Global Automobile industry. The author is the CEO and Managing Partner of CGN & Associates Inc., Aditya Nath.) A powerful force in the global auto market The last few years have witnessed revolutionary changes in the management systems and manufacturing innovations of the worldwide automotive industry. The focus has tilted away from volu Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:15:17 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/456255/India-The-Next-Automobile-Giant