Archive for November, 2007
Seigniorage
let me put it as simple as possible to begin with “It is The profit that results from the difference in the cost of printing money and the face value of that money.”
During the era of metal-based money, the monetary base consisted of precious metals produced by the public and converted into coins by [...]Pharma industry at a glance
Pharmaceuticals is one of the essential industry of any economy and government plays its role in many ways. Currently India’s one-fourth of the domestic pharmaceutical market is controlled. The total pharmaceutical industry size in India is Rs. 30,000 crores ($5.7 bn). Global pharma industry is estimated to be about $400 bn. Typically pharmaceutical companies spend [...]
Who needs advertising?
“The online advertising giant has awakened!” ~ Shar VanBoskirk, Forrester Research, Inc. May, 2007
In the context of the companies finding new ways to connect directly to customers, some are asking the question “Who needs advertising?”
Media experts are suggesting that the explosion of online interactive media such as blogs and social networking sites are [...]AIMKBlogger in class-room - Measure of Market competition
What is HHI and ‘contestable markets‘?
Herfindahl Hirschman Index (HHI) is a commonly accepted measure of market concentration. It is used to determine the extent of competition in an industry. It takes into account the relative size and distribution of the firms in a market and approaches zero when a market consists of a large number [...]Bad bank - Good bank
When I applied for a new bank account in ICICI last month, I didn’t even thought they will prove themselves as bad bank by taking so much time to open a normal account. Now a days Sarkari banks are not that bad, there’s lots of lochha in so called professional private banks. Anyway these [...]
Textile sector sops
The rising rupee, which has appreciated by 11 per cent during the last 12 months, has raised doubts on achieving the $160 billion export target set for 2007-08. Appreciating rupee have hit the textile and leather sectors the hardest. Brokerage firm AnandRathi in a report on the impact on the textile sector said the recent [...]
Broadband penetration in India
According to the latest figures, India has just about 2.3 mn broadband subscribers. That translates to a penetration of just 0.2% for broadband compared to 19.6% in the US, 20% in the UK and 32% in Denmark and Iceland.
India has 39.5 mn wire line telephone subscribers compared to Denmark’s little over 3 mn. Despite having [...]
