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Uber In China - A Journey Which Never Took Off

Uber In China - A Journey Which Never Took Off

Uber entered China in 2013 after a test phase in Shanghai. But the company never really was able to settle in facing stiff competition from the local players. Uber was facing major cash losses (resulting from subsidizing drivers & slashing fares) after replicating its strategy of hiring private car owners. It was losing $1 Billion in cash a year & after losses of $2 Billion over two years, it sold its Chinese business to Didi Chuxing, the local stronger competitor. Now, let’s look at some factors which went wrong for Uber:

Abishake Koul
E-Commerce In India Is A Bubble - Common Room Quarrels - Student Debate At MISB Bocconi

E-Commerce In India Is A Bubble - Common Room Quarrels - Student Debate At MISB Bocconi

E-commerce industry in India is expected to grow to Rs 2,11,005 crore by December 2016 as per IAMAI. Despite being the country with second largest internet user-base, penetration of e-commerce is low as compared to other countries. Have you wondered what’s going to happen to this booming industry? Are we all converts to online shopping? Why is it thriving at this rate? In this series of common room quarrels, we have students of MISB putting their opinions forward in a debate whilst giving an overview of the current scenario of e-commerce in India.

Career Services Centre
Make A Difference - IIM Trichy

Make A Difference - IIM Trichy

Life at a B-school teaches us a lot of things - time management, multi-tasking, paraphrasing, and the one thing we are most adept at is, presentations. A B-school graduate is capable of dishing out a presentation with his eyes closed and hands behind his back. All this, to get us up to speed to the corporate world post our b-school journey. But to what extent does it makes us wary of the troubles plaguing our society? Will we all end up becoming straight up white collars, with hedonic career goals and oblivious to the under-privileged populace amongst us?

Aroop Sanyal
Rewind And Relive - SIBM Bangalore

Rewind And Relive - SIBM Bangalore

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru saw an evening where history was repeated all over again. An evening where alumni from all 7 batches came back to college to relive those precious memories which they painted the college walls with. It was the 6th edition of Samaagam, the Annual Alumni Meet, which was held this Saturday, 10th of September 2016. The theme for this year’s Samaagam was ‘Rewind, Relive’ and over 160 alumni took time out of their busy schedules to visit their Alma Mater – SIBM Bengaluru.

SIBM Bengaluru
My Journey To DMS, IIT Delhi - Eashwar's Story

My Journey To DMS, IIT Delhi - Eashwar's Story

When you turn round the corner and find yourself facing a wall which appears to be a dead end, you will eventually find a small by-lane which is a shortcut to a bigger and a better route. This, when told to me by one of my professors just fell on deaf ears. However, I could truly realise the potency of those words only when I experienced the situation.   

Media Cell DMS, IIT Delhi
Are You A Victim Of Student Syndrome? - Nikhil Murthy From IIM Indore

Are You A Victim Of Student Syndrome? - Nikhil Murthy From IIM Indore

Do you invariably start studying for an exam at the last moment? Or delay working on an assignment till the deadline approaches? And, while doing so, do you get stressed out? Or take long breaks when working? You are, if the answer to anyone of these questions is yes, one of the 9.5 students out of every 10 students across the world who is influenced by “student syndrome” (as per a specific research). It is the most prevalent among the several behavioral issues exhibited by students. Associated closely to this term are two other issues namely, stress and slack. Let us begin by discussing what these three are -

Nikhil Murthy