Coimbatore’s second rung textiles firms begin to scale up
Businessworld has an article featuring the second rung textiles firms in Coimbatore which are now beginning to scale up. Coimbatore is India’s largest cotton spinning hub, contributing nearly half the…
The Tatas global acquisition spree
Businessworld has a cover story on the Tata Group’s global acquisition spree. Click Here for a table of recent overseas acquisitions by the Tatas. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of…
Restructuring in real estate
Economic Times has an article on how real estate firms as well as companies with real estate holdings are busy restructuring. The Ashok Piramal group-promoted Peninsula Land is merging its…
Is KPO the answer to the Indian BPO industry’s problems?
Business Today has a survey of the Indian Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector. With its vast pool of well-trained professionals like doctors, engineers, teachers, lawyers, chartered accountants, MBAs to even…
What’s up at Reliance Life Sciences?
Business Today has an article on Reliance Industries’ ambitious foray into the biotech sector. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence, which tracks private equity and venture capital in…
“Businesses that VCs are dying to fund”
According to the Business Today cover story, the list of businesses include Clean Energy, Healthcare, Mobile, Hospitality, Infotech, Education, Financial Services, Entertainment, ITES and Internet. Arun Natarajan is the Founder…
The race for organized pharma retailing
Business Today has an article on how major business houses (like the Reliance ADAG Group) as well as start-ups are racing each other to get into the organized pharmaceutical retail…
India cos. targeting PE-backed firms for overseas acquisitions
Business Today has an article exploring the trend of Indian companies buying out PE-backed firms to quickly ramp up their overseas presence. Says Aditya Sanghi, Country Head-Investment Banking, yes Bank:…
From vendor to strategic partner: K@W interview with Shiv Nadar
Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting interview with HCL Technologies Chairman & CEO Shiv Nadar. If you want to know what will become not just one of our biggest business lines but…
“Indians now purchasing higher value products online”
Businessworld has an article with data on the e-commerce market in India. Major online shopping sites Fabmall, Rediff, Indiatimes and Sify report that during 2005-06, Indian consumers have spent Rs…