Why doing R&D in Bangalore is becoming dumb and dumber
At least for start-ups – including VC-backed ones. For over a year now, entrepreneur friends who are doing R&D for their product companies out of Bangalore have been pointing out…
“Emerging markets PE to fetch 5.4% higher returns over US buyouts”: LP Survey
The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association has released the exectuive summary of its 2007 Survey of Limited Partner Interest. Some highlights of the survey’s findings: • 52% of LPs said…
Air Deccan CEO interview to The Mint
The Mint has an interview with Air Deccan’s Founder & CEO, Captain G.R. Gopinath, on his company’s plans to raise a large amount of Private Equity funding at a time…
Globalization through acquisitions: Pharma cos. show the way
Habil Khorakiwala, Chairman, Wockhardt Group has an article in the Economic Times on how Indian pharmaceuticals are leading the way in creating global operations via the inorganic route. The transition…
Do buyout firms need operating partners?
Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting article on whether buyout firms hiring operating partners “with experience running plants and facilities, and rolodexes full of industry contacts” will boost their higher returns. A…
Paco and Witco
V.P.Harris, Managing Director of Chennai-based speciality retailer Witco, sent me a note with some interesting takeaways and reactions to the recent presentation made by retail guru Paco Underhill in Bangalore.…
Why captive outsourcing centers are “imploding”
Basab Pradhan, former head of sales at Infosys, has his own take on the recent Forrestor Research report on how captive centers of MNCs are underperforming their third-party outsourcing peers.…
Social Networking sites: The VC View
Alok Mittal of Canaan Partners and Avnish Bajaj of Matrix Partners India have triggered off an interesting discussion at VentureWoods on Social Networking start-ups in the Indian context. Extract from…
Gaurav Dalmia on the Real Estate correction
Business Standard has an interview with Gaurav Dalmia, Chairman of Landmark Land Holdings, on the correction in various pockets of the Indian Real Estate market. Instead of maximising returns from…
More Middle East money flowing to India
Economic Times article on how more and more middle east based banks and financial institutions are investing in India. Corporate India will have a new set of deep-pocket investors eyeing…