From McKinsey Quarterly: A recent McKinsey study of China’s software sector, however, shows that it will be many years before the country poses a threat to its continental rival in…
From a Reuters report: Private-equity firm GW Capital financed a Rs 45 crore deal last month to merge two south Indian department store chains, Trinethra and Fabmall, aiming to grow…
From New York Times : Partners at two prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms deceived four of the five founders of a start-up company, withholding critical information and thereby cheating…
One of the first software products company in India, Ramco Systems, has been struggling to make a mark. While the company’s ambitious ERP software Marshall failed, Ramco’s VirtualWorks, a platform…
After IT, BPO, equity research and of course, editorial services, now it is the turn of advertising work to go offshore from the US to India. Bannerjee Partners has launched…
A key highlight of 2004 was the emergence of Singapore-based contract electronics manufacturer Flextronics as an active investor in – and acquirer of – Indian technology companies. The company moved…
Thanks to a strong interest among global staffing services firms to enter India, three HR and recruitment services companies provided exit routes to their private equity investors during 2004: Ma…
The Venture Intelligence India Roundup Annual 2004 report will be released next week. Here are a few highlights from the report: Venture Capital and Private Equity firms invested about US$…
Businessworld magazine recently published a country report on Singapore including the renewed interest among Singaporean funds like Temasek and GIC as well as Singaporean companies like Ascendas (best known for…
Businessworld magazine has declared 2004 as a “Champagne year” for investment bankers thanks to the large number of IPOs and cross-border M&A activity. Arun Natarajan is the Editor of TSJ…