Abstract
With the FDI in retail knocking at the doors of the major Indian cities, here is a study on how already the organized sector has impacted the way shopping is done in India. With the long history of clustered selling of products, known as traditional bazaar, the historical depiction of India has been through its [...]
30. September 2012
1) Dr. Varghese Kurien Known as a Milkman of India Died on 09th September 2012 started his Career with AMUL. What is the full form of AMUL?
2) What does word cherry Picking means in terms of bargaining?
3) Which Smartphone operating system is also known as ‘ ice cream sandwich”
4) Hub and spoke distribution strategy is [...]
30. September 2012
1 – Anand Milk Union Limited
2 – Bargaining by going from store to store to get the best deal
3 – Android – 4.0
4 – Tata Nano
5 – Carrefour is one of the biggest European retailers, and it’s also French for crossroads. The logo symbolizes this word via two opposite arrows. They also added the first [...]
1. February 2012
India, currently facing a governance of ambiguity, mixed signals and wooly- headed decision making, is now being poked by another addition to its long tail of ineffectual policies. The Union Cabinet had earlier met to approve Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi brand retail, with a cap of 51 percent in foreign equity. But the [...]
Continue reading...1. December 2011
With the rising economy and increasing disposable income at hand and in a bid to save taxes , people are thinking about new ways to invest their money and are exploring various avenues for the same. Similarly the brokerage firms are devising new schemes to lure more affluent clients to invest their money with them [...]
Continue reading...1. October 2011
Executive Summary
Microfinance sector has grown rapidly over the past few decades. Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus is credited with laying the foundation of the modern MFIs with establishment of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh in 1976. Today it has evolved into a vibrant industry exhibiting a variety of business models. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in India exist as NGOs [...]
1. October 2011
After prolonged deliberation, Reserve Bank of India released guidelines for the players seeking entry in the banking world. While for some it might prove to be a tryst with destiny, others are bound to get a setback. Banking has long been envisaged as a ladder to climb the tree of success for the fruits of [...]
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Overview
Company Overview
Berkshire India Ltd. is a majority owned non-direct subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. It started its operations in India in 2011 and is currently a licensed corporate agent of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd., selling their products directly to retail consumers through its own Internet portal BerkshireInsurance.com. Currently, its product offerings are limited [...]
1. September 2011
The final part in this 3 part series covers the counter balancing forces of government policy needed to stabilize and drive emerging economies into a progressive future.
Continue reading...1. September 2011
US Debt Crisis is one of the major news flashing in media and clogging our minds for quite some time now. There were many issues which led to it and there are various possible repercussions to it: the downgrade by Standard & Poors being one of them. This piece is an attempt to chart out [...]
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30. September 2012
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