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When Rahul Kapoor, a PhD candidate in strategy at INSEAD, became interested in acquisitions, he noticed that although many promising hi-tech start-ups were being acquired, technological progress seemed to stall after the acquisition. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/acquisitions.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/celerant080102.cfm?vid=144 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:42:36 GMT
The study of Celerant Consulting, conducted by INSEAD Professor of Organisational Behaviour Tom D’Aunno, also found that 91 per cent of clients surveyed would like to work with Celerant again. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/celerant080102.cfm?vid=144 http://knowledge.insead.edu/politicalrisk080204.cfm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:45:21 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/politicalrisk080204.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/faststrategy080101.cfm?vid=16 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:43:50 GMT
"I personally experienced how Nokia, as a leading company, gradually lost some of its strategic sensitivity and resource fluidity as a result of successful growth," Kosonen says. "In the early ‘90s it won over Ericsson and Motorola because of its strategic agility. But then over the years, some of these capabilities began to deteriorate and, when we tried to change, it became really difficult." ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/faststrategy080101.cfm?vid=16 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/gabriel.cfm Thu, 24 May 2007 05:19:28 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/gabriel.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/herbold.cfm Sat, 26 May 2007 05:19:28 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/herbold.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Gaba.cfm?vid=2 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:19:28 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Gaba.cfm?vid=2 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Ener.cfm Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:37:55 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Ener.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/healthwomen.cfm Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:38:59 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/healthwomen.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/BOS.cfm Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:48:43 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/BOS.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/BrendanMay.cfm Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:36:57 GMT
Key financial centres are always thinking in terms of risk and investible propositions, and as May notes, “the chances are, that a truly investible proposition in the 21st century is not a company that is chopping down rainforests, (or) exploiting its workforce.” This is resulting in a proliferation of both mainstream and niche institutions looking to invest in socially responsible companies, as financial firms choose to steer clear of dubious, risky companies. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/BrendanMay.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Starwood.cfm Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:37:30 GMT


However, as INSEAD Knowledge has been finding out, the company has so far been taking a step-by-step approach to implementing the concept, rather than try to realise any sort of ‘grand vision’. As Starwood Vice President Robyn Pratt puts it, it’s more a question of finding ‘blue puddles, lakes or rivers’ at this stage rather than ‘blue oceans’ as such. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Starwood.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/GlobalbrandElfrink.cfm?vid=3 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:29:34 GMT

Wim Elfrink of Cisco Systems, who holds the unique corporate title of Chief Globalisation Officer, says cost differentiation at the company is "a bonus, but the not the main driver anymore." The networking firm is investing around 1.2 billion dollars in a globalisation centre in India to tap not only the region’s growth but also its innovative capabilities. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/GlobalbrandElfrink.cfm?vid=3 http://knowledge.insead.edu/IndianRailways080601.cfm?vid=47 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:27:58 GMT
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Indian Railways is one of INSEAD’s biggest executive education clients, and the Minister visited the school’s Asia campus as part of his tour of Singapore and Malaysia. During his visit to INSEAD, he told a gathering of MBA participants, alumni and executives about his strategy for bringing the rail network into the 21st century.
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Pakistan’s telecommunications sector has, in the span of just five years, seen mobile phone subscriptions increase to 86 million from one million. In a population of 165 million, where only 4.5 million people have fixed-line telephones, the rapid expansion of the cellular market has been nothing short of a telecoms revolution.
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Not so according to Robert Polet, chairman of the Gucci Group. While he agrees that consumer psyche vis-à-vis buying behaviour has taken a hit, he believes that his company is in the business of selling dreams – and you can’t put a price tag on a dream.
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But Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University, a leading authority on competitive strategy, begs to differ. He believes this time of great economic upheaval to be the tipping point for companies – if only they know how to harness the right strategies.
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But the correlation doesn’t stop there, according to Ursula Boehm, Vice President, Operations (International Business) at Siemens.

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]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-sula-vineyards-091006.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-China-and-India-090922.cfm?vid=302 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:34:54 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-China-and-India-090922.cfm?vid=302 http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-regional-headquarters-090922.cfm?vid=301 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:36:05 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-regional-headquarters-090922.cfm?vid=301 http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-gymchina-091009.cfm?vid=322 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:22:18 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-gymchina-091009.cfm?vid=322 http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-china-edward-tse-100416.cfm Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:54:36 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-china-edward-tse-100416.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/jesse-price-china-strategy-101018.cfm?vid=471 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:48:51 GMT
Although the west often views China as a collectivist society, his company’s research suggests there is “very strong individualism” in China’s society, which could be due to China’s economic ascendance, its national population policy, and the ensuing changes in China’s social fabric, says Price, who has been in China for over a decade. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/jesse-price-china-strategy-101018.cfm?vid=471 http://knowledge.insead.edu/exploring-emerging-markets-101014.cfm Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:50:14 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/exploring-emerging-markets-101014.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/africa-potential-for-growth-101015.cfm?vid=484 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:51:58 GMT
For this to happen, Sanusi says Africa needs to put in place the right policies, address its infrastructure deficit, and provide the right environment and incentives for businesses and capital to come in. “That includes policy consistency, political stability, the fight against corruption, and improved efficiency in business processes. If we did the same thing that the Asians, such as the Indonesians and the Malaysians, did and if we did it right, we should be able to repeat the experience.” ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/africa-potential-for-growth-101015.cfm?vid=484 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/the-price-of-perception-101015.cfm?vid=483 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:53:38 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/the-price-of-perception-101015.cfm?vid=483 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/social-media-price-of-perception-101015.cfm Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:55:43 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/social-media-price-of-perception-101015.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/Strategy-Value-Negotiation-100917.cfm?vid=463 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:38:54 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/Strategy-Value-Negotiation-100917.cfm?vid=463 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Strategy-Middle-East-Broadcasting-100917.cfm?vid=462 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:40:21 GMT ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Strategy-Middle-East-Broadcasting-100917.cfm?vid=462 http://knowledge.insead.edu/piyush-gupta-building-an-asian-bank-101108.cfm?vid=491 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:00:55 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/piyush-gupta-building-an-asian-bank-101108.cfm?vid=491 http://knowledge.insead.edu/sustainability-energy-security-100917.cfm Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:41:41 GMT from 2015 onwards, with energy prices rising – in some cases – to uncomfortably high levels. “Gas would be a very important bridge to take us to the Elysian fields of a much cleaner energy scene of onshore and offshore wind, renewables, and an expectation of a very large chunk of nuclear,” says Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive of Ofgem (the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets), speaking at The Economist’s recent UK Energy Summit. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/sustainability-energy-security-100917.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/managing-virtual-teams-101015.cfm Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:59:53 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/managing-virtual-teams-101015.cfm http://knowledge.insead.edu/super-returns-asia-private-equity-101018.cfm?vid=478 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:28:27 GMT
At the recent SuperReturn Asia PE conference in Hong Kong (Sept 27-30), China had clearly become the ‘flavour of the month’ for LP investors, with India a not-so-close second, in part due to valuations there. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/super-returns-asia-private-equity-101018.cfm?vid=478 http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-merck-orchestra-101014.cfm?vid=458 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:00:58 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-merck-orchestra-101014.cfm?vid=458 http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-banco-santander-101015.cfm?vid=481 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:40:43 GMT
When the credit crisis hit the UK in 2007, Spain’s largest bank had the will and the means to take advantage of some amazing bargains. Not only did Banco Santander weather the crisis, it emerged as a stronger global player, particularly in the UK. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-banco-santander-101015.cfm?vid=481 http://knowledge.insead.edu/asia-private-equity-coming-of-age-101018.cfm?vid=477 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:34:19 GMT
But for all its healthy growth, only one third of global limited partnerships (LP) have allocations to Asia, including developed markets like Japan, South Korea and Australia and developing economies like China and India, according to Preqin (a research firm focusing on alternative investments). Also, the region’s assets under management have maintained a fairly steady percentage of around 10 per cent of the global private equity industry’s assets. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/asia-private-equity-coming-of-age-101018.cfm?vid=477 http://knowledge.insead.edu/sir-david-tang-business-in-china-101018.cfm?vid=480 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:42:35 GMT
“I don’t think economic development has ever changed human nature,” says Tang. “China is able now, with a rising middle class, to start thinking about all the bourgeois things, about life of the next-door neighbour. And that’s why, in a way, consumption behaviour is perceived to be changing.” ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/sir-david-tang-business-in-china-101018.cfm?vid=480 http://knowledge.insead.edu/mergers-and-acquisitions-strategy-101014.cfm?vid=486 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:58:10 GMT
That’s according to a 10-year global study of 162 telecom companies conducted by Laurence Capron, INSEAD strategy professor, and Will Mitchell, a professor at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/mergers-and-acquisitions-strategy-101014.cfm?vid=486 http://knowledge.insead.edu/china-private-equity-due-diligence-101015.cfm?vid=470 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:35:59 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/china-private-equity-due-diligence-101015.cfm?vid=470 http://knowledge.insead.edu/china-strategy-rural-markets-101018.cfm?vid=487 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:46:54 GMT
Foreign companies that started their businesses in China’s tier one and tier two cities “see the need and the opportunity to move down and meet the rest of the demand in China, which is growing so rapidly”, says Cainey, who has been based in Shanghai since 2005. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/china-strategy-rural-markets-101018.cfm?vid=487 http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-julian-ma-on-tencent-101015.cfm?vid=473 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:44:19 GMT
There’s more. One click can take you to QQ, an instant messaging (IM) service, or to QQ Games, an online gaming portal, or to paipai.com, an e-commerce consumer to consumer site. The numbers are staggering – in June, QQ reported 612 million active users accounts and claimed 78 per cent of the IM market share in the country.

Qzone, QQ, QQ.com, paipai.com, QQ mail, all come under the service portfolio of Tencent, China’s largest internet player, operating under the mantra of providing a ‘one-stop online life experience.’ ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-julian-ma-on-tencent-101015.cfm?vid=473 http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-value-negotiation-100419.cfm?vid=404 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:04:04 GMT http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy-value-negotiation-100419.cfm?vid=404