International Business

A picture of the COCHIN AEROTROPOLIS Region from Google Earth An artists sketch of how an AEROTROPOLIS looks like. Aerotropolises throughout the globe in various phases of development Dr. John Kasardas architectural drawing of an AEROTROPOLIS A picture of an already existing AEROTROPOLIS CIAL which is planning to tap the equity market with IPO's next year need to form a Joint Venture, Subsidiary or Special Purpose Vehicle to execute its proposed AEROTROPOLIS The SPV should be called COCHIN AEROTROPOLIS PROJECTS LIMITED A Special Purpose Vehicle comprising of real estate and infrastructure companies,L&T;,INKEL A NRK funded PPP ENTERPRISE with technical partners like Changi Airport, Dubai ... Read Full Story

By K S Ashik Converting a crisis into opportunity is not something that comes naturally to farmers who cry for relief instead. When a disease infected his coconut plantation in Kasargod, 66-year-old coconut farmer, Sebastian P Augustine, found a way to make wine from tender coconut and instantly shot to fame. “I have got an Indian patent (No. 209015) for developing coconut wine from tender coconut and tender coconut water in August 2007, this is the first time in the world any one is getting such a patent,” Sebastian P Augustine told Commodity Market. Once the news spread about his innovation, lots of scientists ... Read Full Story

South Asia contains about a quarter of the world's population and any way you cut the demographics it is a large, growing and important market, with the new knowledge- based industries - such as software - up there amongst the world's best. And it is by no means a difficult market for us. Look at what we have going for us. English is the language of business; our laws and legal systems are substantially the same. Indeed the way we go about our daily work is very similar and you will find both women and men in senior positions in both industry and politics. ... Read Full Story

How does an organisation identify and develop its international managers for the future? This article looks at some of the issues involved in the selection & development of the global manager Whether working in a 'Global' or 'Transnational' organisation, or simply one that exports to its customers from its home country, the successful interna tional manager needs to have developed the competencies and personal attributes necessary to allow him or her to work effectively in an international and cross-cultural environment. An environment in which they will be expected to interact, manage, negotiate, live and work effectively as individuals and in teams with people whose ... Read Full Story

Three reasons make Poland a different market from other post-Soviet block states. To start with, Poles were able to travel to the Western countries during the Soviet regime. Small businesses and private ownership were allowed to exist after 1945. And finally, around 19m people outside Poland claim Polish background and maintain contact with Poland. These factors made a significant contribution to the latest rapid growth of the economy. Firstly, those who travelled abroad (250-500,000 people per year) brought back not only hard currency earned "moonlighting" in Germany or the UK but also ideas and Western notions of quality. Sums were significant, this was quickly ... Read Full Story