Friday 19th April 2024,
Sandeep Mann
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Browsing the "Competitiveness" Category

Evolution

Crunch Point Thesis

Biological evolution versus Social evolution…. Mankind chose to raise Social evolution as a counter to slow biological evolution (so no survival of the fittest – of 100 aspects needed to survive biologically, if someone has 5-10, that’s OK – the [...]

April 27, 2022 Awareness, Competitiveness, Innovation, Life Skills, Management, Society, Spirituality

The Future of Island Economies

The world is changing – and many potent changes can create challenges of alarming proportions. The fabled Global Warming (its truth and untruth notwithstanding), has ramifications towards whole planet, esp. the island economies. A melting of polar icecaps can initiate complex [...]

April 23, 2022 Island Economies, Politics, Strategy, Sustainability
be one with nature

Value Nature – Stay Connected

Disconnect with nature, non-appreciation of its laws, can wreak havoc. We have experts talking of the Butterfly Effect, indicating the tenuous devious fine-balance way there is interconnectedness between various modules, systems, flora and fauna of our universe, our planet, our [...]

February 3, 2015 Blog, Competitiveness, Life Skills, Society, Sustainability
rights contest

Rights Competitiveness

A quotation in a magazine triggered this write-up: If a CEO performs his duties, the rights of the people are protected; if the people perform their duties, rights of the nation are protected. Porterian conception was a paradigm changer, as [...]

December 28, 2011 Blog, Competitiveness, Leadership, Society
size sweden equivalent

Relooking Competitiveness – 2

Variations exist, but broadly competitiveness is a non-dimensional ratio of output to input. Thus it talks of efficiency as the norm; higher the efficiency, more the competitiveness. A nation that can produce more with less inputs is the winner. Assumption [...]

January 27, 2011 Blog, Competitiveness, Economy, Society
sweden high on competitiveness

Relooking Competitiveness – 1

Wish Prof Michael Porter was an equal doyen at psychology (assuming he is not) as he is at Industrial Economics. Were that to happen, competitiveness may have been defined differently. No doubt, the bonafide objective for all studies is prosperity [...]

January 26, 2011 Blog, Competitiveness, Economy, Society
States of India

States of India

Business World 05 April, 2010 Cover Story Competitiveness is basically a measure of productivity, that is, returns per rupee invested. GDP is a measure of productivity as it reflects prosperity of the state. Factors that determine or affect the same [...]

April 6, 2010 Blog, Competitiveness, Economy
Future of India

Future of India

The destiny of India can only be determined by its billion plus residents. I believe that Indians will continue to follow other people’s leads as somehow it seems to be our nature to walk down well-worn paths rather than trying [...]

February 6, 2010 Blog, Competitiveness, Economy, Politics, Society
Indian Business Culture

Indian Business Culture

a paper written in humor and not to be taken seriously Individualistic, Non-planner, Dreamer, Intuitive, Ambivalent, Nimble are the key characteristics of Indian Business Culture, epithets coined as expansions of letters of the word Indian. Business transacts in the bedrock [...]

February 4, 2010 Blog, Board Level, Competitiveness, Economy, Leadership, Politics, Society, Strategy
Century of Invisible

Century of Invisible

Let this century be dedicated to the invisible. This may not be the panacea of all ills challenging mankind, but shall surely take all mankind to better coping levels. And if the trends are to be seen, will-nilly this is [...]

February 7, 2005 Blog, Board Level, Competitiveness, Human Resources, Leadership, Life Skills, Politics, Society, Sustainability