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New Value Leadership Group Strategy Paper

India: An Emerging Research Cluster

By Professor Srinivasa Rangan

Professor Rangan provides cutting-edge insights into the strategies companies are applying to leverage the emerging scientific research cluster in India.

This paper is based on a global Value Leadership Group next practice strategic research project involving the research centers of more than 20 companies in India including Philips, ABB, Motorola, HP, GM, and the Tata Group.

Professor Rangan’s paper builds on his work of almost 10 years with Professor Michael Porter at Harvard University.

Click here to download the complete study in PDF Format

The New Competitive Paradigm in European IT Services – Global Strategy Conference
in Stockholm

In June 2007, the Swedish investment bank, Handelsbanken Capital Markets, and the Value Leadership Group, hosted a global strategy conference in Stockholm. The theme of the conference was – The New Competitive Paradigm in European IT Services.

The Value Leadership Group provided exclusive analysis and CEOs from industry leaders gave important new insights into the competitive dynamics and likely future direction of the European IT services industry.

More than 125 senior executives from 18 countries and a cross section of industries were in attendance. Delegates and speakers gave this event the highest ratings.

Click here to download a 1-page anaylsis of the conference

Does your Offshoring
strategy create differentiation
and greater business value?

Read an exclusive interview on offshoring strategy with Peter Schumacher.

Best practice companies – regardless of size – are those that leverage offshoring to do things they would not be able to do otherwise. You can entrepreneurially rethink your business and implement organizational and service innovations.

Companies that are not thinking about offshoring strategically are likely to miss this opportunity.

This interview was released in Belgium in July 2008 in “Offshore Update” a publication of Applied Development, continental Europe’s first venture funded offshore services firm.

Click here to download the 1-page interview in English Language

Click here to download the 1-page interview in Belgian-Dutch Language

Value Leadership Group in the news

Hindustan Times

OUTSOURCING
Adding Up Foreign Numbers


Indian IT firms are now hiring more foreigners, but the numbers are low

VENKATESH G. AND DHANYA KRISHNAKUMAR
01 May 2009

Peter Schumacher comments on why Indian firms need to hire more foreign employees.

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Hindustan Times

TECH MAHINDRA-SATYAM
The Winner Takes All...


...both the potential upsides as well as the enormous risks

18 April 2009
VENKATESH G.

Peter Schumacher comments on TechMahindra's acquisition of Satyam.

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Hindustan Times

Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, Apr 17, 2009

Tech Mahindra nominees brace for Satyam challenge

Peter Schumacher comments on TechMahindra's acquisition of Satyam.

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Hindustan Times

Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, Apr 17, 2009

Satyam buy may hasten BT’s exit from Tech Mahindra

UK co has been looking to sell 31% stake for a year.

Peter Schumacher comments on BT's strategy for TechMahindra following the acquisition of Satyam.

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Hindustan Times

CORPORATE
The Writing On The Wall


Will Ramalinga Raju be India’s first CEO to be forced out?

VENKATESH GANESH
02 Jan 2009

Peter Schumacher comments on corporate governance problems at Satyam.

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2008

Hindustan Times

CORPORATE
A Design To Quit?

Was the Maytas bid a step towards exiting Satyam?

DHANYA KRISHNAKUMAR & VENKATESH G
19 Dec 2008

Peter Schumacher comments on corporate governance problems at Satyam.

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IT slowdown?
Cognizant bags $100 mn US contract

10 Dec 2008, 1158 hrs IST, Pankaj Mishra, ET Bureau

BANGALORE: Cognizant Technology Solutions, which competes with Indian offshore biggies such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro, continues to win new contracts from its existing customers, including Astrazeneca and Merck, even as the industry prepares to cope with lower information technology spend in top markets of the US and Europe.

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IT Majors eye European SAP Cos
19 Nov 2008, 0107 hrs IST, Pankay Mishra, ET Bureau

BANGALORE: Leading Indian tech firms, including Infosys and Wipro, are evaluating SAP service providers such as BearingPoint and IDS Scheer for a potential acquisition, as they seek to increase their revenues from customers that run SAP software in Europe. While BearingPoint counts Volkswagen among its large SAP services customers, IDS Scheer offers SAP-based consulting and services to companies such as Audi, Bayer, CropScience and BMW.

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This article is in German

Indiens Berater legen Billig-Image ab

Die Dienstleister des Subkontinents übernehmen europäische Unternehmen und bauen eigene Forschungsexpertise auf
Von Lars Reppesgaard

Handelsblatt Nr. 212 vom 31.10.08 Seite b04, 31.10.2008

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Hindustan Times

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Spreading Their Wings

Infosys’s acquisition of the Axon group has got mixed reviews

DHANYA KRISHNAKUMAR
29 Aug 2008

Peter Schumacher comments on Infosys’ intention to acquire Axon Global, a UK-based IT services firms that specializes in SAP services

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