...‘The employment relations system in India is undermined by the large proportion of workers employed in the unofficial economy’. Discuss. BACKGROUND Capital: New Delhi Population: 1.3 milliard Currency: Indian Rupee GDP Value: 3.33% of the world economy Political system: Federal parliamentary democratic republic – President (head of state), prime minister (head of government) Became independent in 1947 * Major economic reforms in the 1990s paved the way for high economic growth in India and involved the considerable liberalisation of the expansive labour laws. * There is a large rural sector and a large ‘informal’ sector in which unions and collective bargaining are rare. Trade union membership overall is low but membership and collective bargaining coverage is higher in the public sector and large enterprises. There are weak laws regarding trade union recognition and representation and poor enforcement of labour laws and collective agreement provisions. Current concerns include lack of protection for workers who have been made worse-off by the market-based labour reforms, poor growth prospects in key parts of the labour market, high rates of contract and casual workers, increasing downsizing and a low-value added IT sector. The Indian industrial relations system is rooted in British common law * The unionisation rate is low at 5% of the total workforce due in part to large rural and informal sectors, which are not unionised. Most union are concentrated...
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...Q 1 How has the global economic down turn, Discussing in opening profile and throughout this chapter, impacted jobs outsourcing in the BPO industry? Ans: The global economic downturn has impacted jobs outsourcing in the BPO industry as it has helped to be one of the largest job creators in India. Due to this, many companies had to increase their operations output and therefore employ more and more people to keep up with the expanding trend. Job outsourcing seemed to be the only viable option as global economic downturn had created many problems when it came to funding and financial institutions. There needed to be cut backs in order to keep things afloat and most companies would see that job outsourcing would solve at least one of the many problems involved in the economic downturn. The global economic downturn provided merges and many acquisitions for the BPO industry and helped to create certain flexibilities for some companies which helped with resource management. The main reason why the economic downturn has impacted on job outsourcing in a major way is because it is cost effective and helps companies concentrate on core areas. It also contributes to improvement in productivity. Referringto chapter, The International Institute for labor has discussed in the opening profile “The reason behind the global economic downturn is the financial crisis which is hitting the world of work”. The credit crunch and collapse of stock markets are starting to effect firm’s...
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...in India? What were the mistakes it made? ABOUT KELLOGS: Kellogg is $13.2 billion multinational food manufacturing company with its headquarters in Michigan, USA. It has manufacturing units in 18 countries and markets its products in over 180 countries. Brand Kellogg’s a global successful player serving packaged breakfast items across globe. Kellogg’s ventured in India in 1994. On its arrival, it created a new category of branded breakfast cereal products. Since then the journey for Kellogg’s has been far from easy, actually it has been so tough that it has found itself to be one of the biggest brand failures in India. In this article let us study what went wrong for the global brand, what mistakes it made and going forward what should be its strategy. Breakfast Cereal Industry: The Industry was pegged at Rs 150 crores way back in 1995 during early days of Kellogg’s. Today, this new category created by Kellogg’s is pegged at Rs 500 crores. Cornflakes account for 80% of the market, rest is shared by Oats, Muesli and Wheat Porridge. Kellogg has 70% market share i.e. 350 crores. The category has grown by only 8.4% per annum over the last 15 years. The figures are testimony to the fact that Kellogg's effort to change the breakfast habit of the Indian people, has not had as much success as it hoped for. Cornflakes for breakfast is somethings we as Indians are not used to and making us leave our idli’s, dosas and parantha’s for cornflakes is tough. However higher...
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... 1) Q: What strategic objectives should this venture serve? A: Eldora Company’s main strategic objective should be to gain access into the Asian market, due to the market for the same kind of bikes over there is doubling annually, while the market in the United States has remained stagnant. Eldora should also attempt to maintain their strength that they have locally, due to them being the top mountain bike manufacturer in the United States. They should also take advantage of the lower labor and distribution costs in Asia by setting up facilities in that part of the world as well. 2) Q: Given the strategic objectives, what functions of the company might be relocated in this effort as well? A: The Eldora Company should place a manufacturing plant in Asia, due to the lower labor and production costs. In the same area, they should place their marketing department for the Asian market. It is important to move a marketing division over to the Asian market, due to American marketing strategies not necessarily working in Asia. Having a local plant would also help reduce the market risks, especially the trade barriers and exchange rates. This would also help the company interact with its emerging market. The Eldora Company should still keep their product development function in America, in order to maintain their signature high quality light frames. By keeping this function in America, the company can also continue perfecting skills in reverse engineering. Q: What are the company’s...
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...Marketing Project on ITC Ltd. Ciggarette Industry Submitted to: Dr. Kavita Pathak Submitted by : Ajitesh Kumar Soni(012) Anuj Tripathi(033) Ashish Kumar(042) Avi Shankar(052) Akash Yadav(017) Dheeraj Suri(060) Table of Contents Introduction 3 Cigarettes: 3 The Global Tobacco Market 3 ITC 4 MARKETING MIX 5 Product 5 Price 5 Promotion 5 Place 5 VISION AND MISSION (/www.itcportal.co) 6 VISION 6 MISSION 6 PEST ANALYSIS 6 POLITICAL ANALYSIS 6 SOCIAL ANALYSIS 6 SWOT ANALYSIS (itc-hikes-gold-flake-prices) 8 SEGMENTATION 9 FUTURE GROWTH PROSPECTS 9 Bibliography 11 APPENDIX 12 Introduction Cigarettes: Cigarette is a product consumed via smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, combined with other additives, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder (generally less than 120 mm in length and 10 mm in diameter). The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smolder for the purpose of inhalation of its smoke from the other (usually filtered) end, which is inserted in the mouth. They are sometimes smoked with a cigarette holder. The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette but can apply to similar devices containing other herbs, such as cannabis. Approximately 5.5 trillion cigarettes are produced globally each year by the tobacco industry, smoked...
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...infrastructure. GISCO has earned the status of preferred steel manufacturer for traders, customers, engineering, construction, infrastructure and other primary industry. Since its inception, as Gopal Rolling Mills Private Limited, the company has never looked back. Every year has brought enormous rewards not only in the form of revenues and records, but also in the form of continuously growing customer base. The company was converted into a Public Limited Company in the year 1995 and since then it is known as Gopal Iron & Steels Co. (Gujarat) Limited (GISCO). The company continuously pursues new grounds in the area of steel manufacturing and at present engaged in manufacture of Sections like Beams, Channels, Angles and Bars like Flats, Round, Square etc. Recently company has installed fully automatic with State-of-art technology Tube Mill for manufacturing of ERW MS, SS and Galvanized Round, Square and Rectangular Hollow Tubes under the...
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...Global Strategic Management Control Class Assignments 11/1/2015 Kavitha Balakrishnan I. Select firms by yourself and describe process of internationalization of selected firm using a relevant framework to explain. * What is Internationalization? * As the process of increasing involvement in international operation. * Internationalization envelops all activities that a company undertakes with regards to its relations with foreign markets. * Internationalization can take many forms, such as investing in a foreign country (foreign direct investment), forming partnerships with foreign companies, subcontracting foreign experts, taking part in international networks, and many more. * Why consider going international? * To increase overall customer base * To offset seasonal fluctuations in local markets * To minimize risk of losing market share to clients who themselves use internet to find goods\ services in overseas markets * To offset increasing costs of doing business at home * To gain prestige with customers at home * Why STARBUCKS? In a globalized world where every company has the opportunity to explore the world in search of other profitable markets, there are different challenges and opportunities faced. I would like to explain this by focusing on Starbucks, one of the world’s leading coffee chains. Starbucks has come a long way from a coffee bean retailer to one of the world’s most recognized...
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...and income in order to meet the required level of investment needed to sustain the growth of the economy. In such cases, foreign direct investment plays an important role of bridging the gap between the available resources or funds and the required resources or funds. It plays an important role in the long-term development of a country not only as a source of capital but also for enhancing competitiveness of the domestic economy through transfer of technology, strengthening infrastructure, raising productivity and generating new employment opportunities. In India, FDI is considered as a developmental tool, which helps in achieving self-reliance in various sectors and in overall development of the economy. India after liberalizing and globalizing the economy to the outside world in 1991, there was a massive increase in the flow of foreign direct investment. This paper analyses FDI inflow into the country during the Post Liberalization period. Further, the trends of FDI inflow into the country are projected for a period of five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15 using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) forecasting technique. The paper tries to examine the various set of factors which influence the flow of FDI Identifying the causes for low inflow and suggestive...
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...ePAPER ON “SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY” By- GROUP A3 PGPM1013-006- Anshul Maheshwari PGPM1013-043- Rashmi Ranjan Padhi PGPM1013-060- Vamsi Korlepara PGPM1013-082- Keshav Mishra TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Cover Page………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….………………………………...1 2. Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………..2 3. Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………… 3 4. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………4 5. Aerospace Supply Chain Process………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….5 6. Description of 5 stages………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………..6 7. Global Aerospace Supply Chain……………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………7 8. Sourcing in Aerospace Industry………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8-9 9. Need for Supply Chain in Aerospace Industry……………………………………………………………………………………..10-11 10. Major Aircraft components………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 11. Supply chain of Boeing components world wide………………………………………………………………………………………15 12. Criterion for adopting Supply Chain strategies…………………………………………………………………………………….17-18 13. Who does it?.......................................................................................................................................19-20 14. What technology enablers are used?........................................................................................
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...Running head: Managing Service Supply Relationships. Managing Service Supply Relationships Danny Lingham Glion Institute of Higher Education Managing Service Operations in the Evolving Business Environment Word Count 2,514 Statement of Authorship I certify that this assignment is my own work and contains no material, which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute, college or university. Moreover, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the work. I also understand that under no circumstances should any part of this assignment be published, including on the Internet, or publicly displayed without receiving written permission from the University. Signed Student number E00010312 Name Danny Lingham Managing Service Supply Relationships Executive Summary In today’s global environment, companies are able to leverage their competitiveness through service supply relationships. Outsourcing is key for a company’s survival. With the increases in costs levels through the market segments, companies are able to leverage economies of scale by lowering costs and at the same time maintain a presence in the market. Through technological advances, the world has become well connected. As such, interdependencies and inter-cultural...
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...investments. India has been able to attract better FDI’s than the developed countries even during the crisis period also. Especially in the recent years the FDI in India has been following a positive growth rate. Since 1991 the government has focused on liberalization of policies to welcome foreign direct investments. These investments have been a key driver for accelerating the economic growth through technology transfer, employment generation, and improved access to managerial expertise, global capital, product markets and distribution network. FDI in India has enabled to achieve a certain degree of financial stability; growth and development to sustain and compete in the global economy. KEYWORDS: FDI, GDP, Growth & Development & Indian Economy. ___________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION South Asian countries such as china have implemented open door policies during 1980’s but India liberalized its policies in 1991. Before pre-liberalization India followed conservative policies to protect the indigenous investors and...
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...Logistics Sector Present situation and way forward January 2012 www.deloitte.com/in 2 Contents About Deloitte About ICC Overview I. Challenges faced by the Logistics industry in India II. Impact of challenges faced III. The way forward Bibliography Websites Contacts 4 5 6 8 13 14 16 18 19 Logistics Sector Present situation and way forward 3 About Deloitte Deloitte is one of the largest professional services organizations in the world with a worldwide presence of over 182,000 professionals in over 150 countries, with $28.8 billion in annual revenue (FY11). Deloitte’s global presence is highlighted below. the right combination of local insight and international expertise. Deloitte in India provides a full range of management consulting, financial advisory services, Accounting, Tax and IT solutions delivery to clients, tailored to Deloitte: Global network - 150 countries : 182,000 people Europe 297 offices in 47 countries Key Offices: London, Frankfurt, Paris, Rome, Dusseldorf, Madrid, Moscow, Prague Asia Pacific 113 offices in 26 countries Key Offices: Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia North America 131 offices 2 countries Key Offices: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Toronto, Montreal South America 69 offices in 28 countries Key Offices: Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Caracas Africa & Middle East 46 offices in 35 countries Key Offices: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Kenya, Tel Aviv India 15000 Professionals...
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...International Research Journal of Business and Management – IRJBM ISSN 2322-083X Indian Technology and Globalization: A New Wrapper on Old Context Soma Bandyopadhyay Department of Computer Science and Engineering MCKV Institute of Engineering Howrah, India Basab Bandyopadhyay Department of Civil Engineering Professional Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata, India Abstract The objective of this paper is to explain the meaning of Globalization and to explore the impact of globalization in Indian context. Our study has two major goals: To analyse the globalization process before and after independence and to describe the main features of the Indian software industry, especially its competence and weakness. The study also reveals the trade and investment policies of the Government of India and its effects on Foreign Direct Investment. We have also done comparative study between Indian and Chinese economy, their strength and challenges. Keywords—Globalization; FDI; India; IT; China; Economic Policy; Industry; Technology. Introduction Globalization is a natural phenomenon of today’s world economies. However in the Indian perspective the globalization of its economy in general and science and technology in particular has taken varied course on its way to modern times. The key feature of this paper is to trace its path through the different periods, with special emphasis on the evolution of science and technology during this course. Different government policies adopted...
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...Session 7 Emerging Markets: India July 11, 2016 IIM-K PGP 19 IB 2016-17 S7: Emerging Markets: India 1 Emerging Economies Location: Asia, Americas, Africa, Europe Features: Rising income/skills; large markets; cheaper factor resources Prospect: Fast developing (e.g., BRICS) July 11, 2016 IIM-K PGP 19 IB 2016-17 S7: Emerging Markets: India 2 Prospective Economies Asia: Indonesia, India, China Europe: Poland, Russia North America: Mexico South America: Brazil Africa July 11, 2016 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa IIM-K PGP 19 IB 2016-17 S7: Emerging Markets: India 3 India as Global Business Destination: Perceptions* Democracy is vibrant, govt. is highly bureaucratic; corruption is rampant in state & local governments A dynamic press & vigilant NGOs act as checks on politicians & companies Restrictions on green-field investments & acquisitions in some sectors make joint ventures necessity Red tape hinders companies in sectors where the govt. allows foreign investment Some local design capability is available in product markets; IPR problems exist with US in some sectors; regulatory bodies monitor product quality & fraud Suppliers are available; but their quality & dependability varies greatly * Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets, HBR, June 2005, pp.9-10 July 11, 2016 IIM-K PGP 19 IB 2016-17 S7: Emerging Markets: India 4 India as Global Business Destination: Perceptions* Roads...
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...Globalization can be defined as the growing integration of the world’s economy in terms of capital markets, as well as, the escalating interdependence of the economies of different countries in regards to the markets of goods and services. Economists describe globalization as a universal unification of the commodity, capital and labor markets (Bordo et al., 2003) Baghwati states that “economic globalization constitutes integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, direct foreign investment (by corporations and multinationals), short-term capital flows, international flows of workers and humanity generally, and flows of technology.” (Bhagwati, 2004) In the past few years this increasing integration within the world economies has promoted economic growth and been aligned with the substantial growth in world trade. On the one hand, globalization has been associated with the improvement of living standards within a society. As well as, simplifying the production process. However, this phenomenon could potentially act as a constrain to the societies well being, in addition to aiding the in the restrain of economic emergence. (Daniels, 2001) In this essay, the factors contributing to globalization will be illustrated in regards to the trade barriers and the emergence of MNCs. The benefits and costs of globalization will be demonstrated by evaluating the affects on employment and the impact on the business operations. The emergence of globalization...
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