AvantGarde

Editorial (Dec’10)

Dear Readers,
WELCOME to the latest edition of Avant Garde !!
A new year has ushered in a new hope for the country. A hope to usher in a new decade of peace, prosperity, self-sufficiency and progress. With this hope for the future, here at AG, we focus on a few of the positives that have occured [...]

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Pantaloons – A Success Story in Organized Retail

Retail plays a major role in increasing circulation and sales for all kinds of consumer goods and services. Countries like USA, U.K. and China are successful examples of the same. Consumer retail is the second-largest industry in the United States, both by the number of establishments and by the number of employees. Wal-Mart, the world’s [...]

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The Slow Fly Paradox

In the usual disconnectedness of my flow of thoughts, I was triggered to write this note by a slow and incredibly persistent fly sitting on my cheek while i was trying to catch a bit of late morning shut-eye. As I was trying to shoo it off, I was momentarily stumped at the number of [...]

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The IITK MBA Rulebook :-)

Finally breaking away from the cobwebs of laziness and lethargy, I decide to start off my long planned MBA diaries. Notwithstanding the tough competition already in this segment (from 5 point writers with minimal literary ability but absolute mass appeal), I hope that all will enjoy and connect to at least something said in the [...]

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New Beginning – The Blackberry OS

Blackberry OS 6 is coming. Research in Motion announcement in April, 2010 that they will be releasing the OS in third quarter of 2010[1] has enticed me to take a deeper look.
While BlackBerry devices are the indisputable leaders when it comes to pocket email machines, the world is moving to the web applications like social [...]

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Obama’s India Visit: Acknowledging India’s Rise

When Barack Hussein Obama was elected as President of the most powerful nation on planet Earth, he was hailed as the face of change that American Citizens and the world were seeking. The first state guest for this charismatic professor turned politician was none other than our own Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. This was [...]

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Mobile Phone Buying Trend Analysis

Mobile Phone Buying Trend Analysis as part of MBA 641 – Marketing Management under Prof. Jayanta Chatterjee

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