Because….’you got to DO something about it’, if it is to happen. The reason I make this point is that Canadian businesses are curious about doing business globally but that curiosity is yet to turn into action. We need to galvanize businesses to get into action mode and I feel that it is partly my responsibilityContinue reading “Doing business with India….is a lot like losing weight.”
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Salut. To sommelier Lindsay Groves from Canada.
Who would have guessed? A 28 year old sommelier from Burlington, Ontario in Canada, sitting across from you at the bar in the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai, India? India’s first foriegn female sommelier, as the Toronto Star writer claims in her piece on India uncorks its finest . I’d certainly like to raise a toast to Linsay’sContinue reading “Salut. To sommelier Lindsay Groves from Canada.”
Do you know how to stuff an elephant into a match box?
The Global Business Exchange 2010 is an event conducted by the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters [CME], to be held tomorrow at the Steam Whistle Brewing in Toronto. The Seminar is all about businesses going global. I will be one of the speakers and my focus is on The India Opportunity and what it promises for the entrepreneur who daresContinue reading “Do you know how to stuff an elephant into a match box?”
Cameron’s Indian Summer of Opportunity
Continuing Rmagine’s spotlight on news coverage across the EU on the Indian economy and opportunities, here is another from the UK’s Telegraph…Liam Halligan, the chief economist at Prosperity Capital Management writes: “…..Indian commerce is these days about so much more than “cheap labour” call-centres and Bollywood movies. India is transforming itself into a manufacturing andContinue reading “Cameron’s Indian Summer of Opportunity”
“The 21st century belongs to India”, courtesy UK’s Telegraph
“….while the 19th century was Britain’s and the 20th century America’s, the 21st century surely belongs to India”. Telegraph”s writer may have gotten carried away a wee bit there but …you get the picture. Rmagine brings to Canadian and US readers, a glimpse of what media across Europe has to say about the opportunities in IndiaContinue reading ““The 21st century belongs to India”, courtesy UK’s Telegraph”
How’s the automobile market in India? Ask Ford.
Would anybody like to take a guess at Ford’s scale of investment in India, in the last ten years? One billion dollars! And how many new models is Ford going to launch in India by 2015? Eight new models. Just two more indicators for auto parts/ancillary manufacturers from US and Canada to set shop in India. Ford’s ambitiousContinue reading “How’s the automobile market in India? Ask Ford.”
Tip for Canadian & US businesses- invest where Soros invests: India.
Following the 5% buy of the Indian Bombay Stock Exchange in May this year by Temasek [the Singapore sovereign fund], George Soros’ hedge fund has bought into a 4% stake in India’s premier stock exchange. Just another robust indicator for where the Indian economy is heading and how comapanies doing business in India are expected to perform. ComingContinue reading “Tip for Canadian & US businesses- invest where Soros invests: India.”
Bloomberg news on India: Fastest Growing Economy by 2015.Canadian businesses looking to expand globally to take note.
In its recent report, Morgan Stanley has stated that as India doubles its infrastructure investment and adds-on a six fold increase in workforce by 2015, it may well become the fastest growing economy in the world. One more reason why Canadian businesses in infrastucture, healthcare, education, automotive, financial services, food, leisure & entertainment and many moreContinue reading “Bloomberg news on India: Fastest Growing Economy by 2015.Canadian businesses looking to expand globally to take note.”
Understand your potential partner in India.
A key question for any Candian or US entreprenuer seeking a partnership in going global would be ”How can I get to know more about how businessmen behave in that country”. There are some qualities that define an Indian entrepreneur and there would be specific questions about the partner one is considering. While Rmagine canContinue reading “Understand your potential partner in India.”
Doing business with the Middle East
Rmagine in the media. The Managing Editor Jared Mitchell of Business without Borders met with us to present our point-of-view on the opportunitites that are in store for Canadian & US businesses in the Middle East . BWOB is a fresh news-and-analysis website dedicated exclusively to Canadian businesses looking to export, expand their operations and sales abroadContinue reading “Doing business with the Middle East”
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