The café market in India has grown leaps and bounds in past 5 years. There has been a surge in the local as well as global players. The new outlets have been opening up across the country like mushrooms. The café revolution has now ensured there is a huge competition in the space with big [...]
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May 7th, 2010
Why Indian Cafe Market Needs Customer Engagement
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December 1st, 2009
Processes for Entrepreneurs with Multiple Start-Ups
I was sitting with one of my friends who is a first generation entrepreneur, he runs an two ventures. One of his ventures is a successful one with a relatively constant revenue stream through good clientele; however the other one is still in a nascent stage to generate sustainable revenue stream. He was discussing his [...]
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April 14th, 2009
Organizational IT in Downturn
Considering the current economic scenario & downturn, the first and foremost thing about the organization strategy which needs to be observed is, the primary impact of the downturn has resulted into a credit crunch situation. This essentially means that the cost of capital for an organization has gone higher and it also means that the [...]
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April 14th, 2009
Learning Culture
Learning Organization & Culture has been one of the most clichéd and misused terms. It is one of the terms which actually got highlighted and most of the organizations started including it in their sales pitch before actually implementing it. With my experience commonly the organizations have assumed the best way of implementing learning culture [...]
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April 9th, 2009
Cost Cutting Syndrome
In the turbulent times like these all the corporations are running haywire to cut costs, increasing efficiency and productivity. A lot of tough measures are being taken across corporations. The reality behind a lot of these cost cutting frenzies is a bit dark. Here is what I see around when I see corporations rolling out [...]
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March 24th, 2009
Management By Walking
I believe that “Management by Walking Around” is more of a concept or philosophy than a management style. The major point of contention between the two sides on disagreement is majorly because of the way the people might have tried to practice it. As per my interpretations of the philosophy the core message is the [...]
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