Ola, Uber and Rickshaws - Strategy With RS
What do successful businesses do to ensure that there top line & bottom line keeps growing? One strategy is to plan an entry into adjacent territory.
What do successful businesses do to ensure that there top line & bottom line keeps growing? One strategy is to plan an entry into adjacent territory.
“Internet of things” (IOT) - the new buzz word in the business world, is gaining popularity at more than one level. With devices becoming ‘smarter’ and access to technology becoming ‘easier’, the pace at which this technology would gain traction knows no bounds. If we talk about the whole hype being built around this new buzz word ‘internet of things’, we can safely say that most of the players across various industries are extensively investing and finding their way into this new arena. According to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, marketers believe that IOT is currently one of the hottest trends in technology as well as business and by 2020 it is going to have a major impact on marketing strategies. Before knowing the impact of marketing on IOT or vice versa, let’s have a glimpse of what IOT is and what does it have in store for us.
“Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.” – Baltasar Gracian
There are number of ways to advertise your product, to lure your prospective customers into buying your product, such as use of social platforms, t-v commercials, hoardings, print media and a lot more but only a few attract the audience in a manner as is done by product placement.
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This is a continuation of our series on First Year MBA toppers at elite b-schools. SJMSOM, the b-school at IIT Bombay, has established itself as one of the premier b-schools in the country. With the stellar bunch of candidates it attracts, topping the exceedingly competitive first year of MBA is no mean feat.
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, held its annual Convocation today at the CTC Convention Center, Chennai. The chief guests for the occasion Mr. Ratan N Tata, Chairman - TATA Trusts participated in the convocation interaction and Mr. Faizal E Kottikollan, Founder and Chairman, KEF Holdings, Dubai delivered the presidential address.