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India’s Luxury Market Heats Up
Marketers of global luxury brands are targeting the fast-growing nouveau riche population in rural and urban India.
Debt Default’s Game of Chicken
Jack M. Guttentag, professor of finance emeritus at Wharton, describes what a debt default would look like — and it’s not pretty.
Can India Make a Global Impact with Its Innovations in Services?
The idea of creating innovative products aimed at developing countries, and then moving them to the developed world, has been around for some time. Lately, several Indian firms have been using the same model to export unique service and business process models.
India’s Energy Woes Power New Business Opportunities
How companies are converting India’s power constraints into innovation, opportunity — and profits.
Posted in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tagged Coca-Cola, electricity, energy shortage, energy shortfall, GE Healthcare, India, Nokia, Philips, renewable energy, Tata Group
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Small Business Woes? Find a Smart Groove
Small businesses around the U.S. may not be a happy group, but opportunities for growth still exist if companies know where to look.
Treasure Trail: Private Philanthropy in India Proves No Match for Religious Giving
Private charitable giving is up in India — but it still doesn’t hold a candle to the treasure amassed by the country’s “temple towns” and spiritual leaders.
Posted in Business Ethics, Knowledge@Wharton Today
Tagged charitable giving, India, philanthropy
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Happiness 2.0 – New Efforts to Nurture Well-Being
What makes people happy? From small towns and tiny kingdoms, to large countries like France and the United Kingdom, the aim is to find out — then do something about it.
Posted in Knowledge@Wharton Today
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Comic-Con: Revenge of the Nerds
San Diego Comic-Con, which ended its four-and-a-half day run this past Sunday, offers evidence of the increasing power of fan culture in Hollywood and beyond.
