It's interesting that two or three years into the social media movement and publication of books like Naked Conversations , and six years after the publication of ClueTrain Manifesto, most companies still don't "get it." Sure, they give it lip service and they may even set up a blog. But they don't really understand this is [...]

Solutions that Work—In and Out of the Office At Intel, we're making efforts to improve the lives of our employees worldwide, both in and out of the office. Learn about the tools and work environment solutions we offer to make it easier for our employees to manage work and personal life commitments.  Our Mission  Managing [...]

Leading business schools and educational institutions all over the country are kicking off new courses, research programmes, seminars & discussions. Interestingly, these and many such educational activities are aimed at helping small enterprises boost their scale of business, helping them build their network and get access to the correct resources at the right time. The [...]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering a proposal to provide easy credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by setting aside 10% of the adjusted net banking credit (NBC) for them and dispensing with collateral security requirements for loans up to Rs 5lakh. The move would help export-oriented SMEs, which are under pressure [...]

Government’s proposal to make it mandatory for PSUs to buy 20 per cent of their requirements from the small firms may run into difficulties as the policy can be enforced only if the SME prices are competitive, industry chambers say. “Practically, it is not easy to implement and monitor this policy,” a CII official said. [...]

Hindu Gods are distinguished from each other by the symbols they carry. Shiva , the ascetic, for example, is identified by his trident and rattle drum. Brahma, the priest-teacher, is identified by his books, rosary and pot. Vishnu, the leader-king , is identified with four symbols: conch-shell trumpet or shankh, discus whirring round his index [...]

Both domestic and overseas exhibitors landed contracts at the fourth China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair and China-Japan Small and Medium Enterprises Fair, which wrapped up in Guangzhou yesterday. According to Lin Ying, secretary-general of the fair’s organizing committee, 220,000 professional buyers from 30 countries and regions across the world visited the four-day event. [...]

So how do you describe yourself? Are you an Enterprise, a Corporation, a Business or perhaps even a non-profit? However you describe yourself, at this point you are probably considering blogging as a tool for your organization…. So why would a Company or organization blog? As we get beyond best practices for blogging, we need [...]

Today, blog is the main thing that most newbie thinking about. In whatever field you are into, blog seems to be the “secret weapon” for those who want to build their reputations instead of selling products. Built traffic for a blog does not need you to become an expert. There so many method that you [...]

The most current research (Hurst, 2007. Fine Food Network) has developed four plausible scenarios for the future (2022) of retailing/ marketing. Each of these scenarios has been developed by incorporating all current trends and developing the possible outcomes that would be internally consistent. My way – an individualistic society with the internet and other technologies [...]