AvantGarde

Editorial (Feb’12)

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Sir Isaac Newton
This timeless quotation has inspired several generations to realize and appreciate the importance of all the teachings, values, learnings and resources from the past. It’s often the case that these factors congregate into one unifying force for the progress [...]

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Pharma industry – an insight in supply chain management

ABSTRACT
This article explains how Pharma companies in India are coping up with ever increasing complexity of operations in the midst of strengthening regulatory and inflationary pressures. More than the time tested approaches of implementing standard SAP packages, the author explains how the real need of hour is  to be able to respond to  changes over [...]

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Fall of Rupee: Causes, impact and the role of RBI

The fall of rupee vs. Dollar has created the same conundrum what the rupee appreciation caused in year 2007. However, the impact has reversed this time with exporters making appreciated revenues and the importers feeling the heat. The increased demand for dollars vis-à-vis the India rupee has led to a sharp depreciation with rupee falling [...]

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FDI in Multi Brand Retail: A Holdback or a Rollback?

India, currently facing a governance of ambiguity, mixed signals and wooly- headed decision making, is now being poked by another addition to its long tail of ineffectual policies. The Union Cabinet had earlier met to approve Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi brand retail, with a cap of 51 percent in foreign equity. But the [...]

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The Asocial Networking – an Author’s Perspective

Some three months back when I used to search on Google with the keyword – ‘The Asocial Networking’, I used to get suggestions like, ‘did you mean, the social networking’ from Google. Now in the same Google I get quite a few search results for my very first book which has just been released and [...]

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Right to expression Or Reasonable expression!

The recently sparked debate on Censorship of Internet in our country has raised several questions to ponder over. Internet heavyweights like Google and Facebook got involved in a legal battle with the Government over the objectionable and offensive material on these websites. Apparently, High Court has warned these websites to remove defamatory and obscene content [...]

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Carbon emissions reduction – an initiative

Executive Summary
Carbon emission reduction and climate change mitigation show increasing prominence in corporate strategy and sustainability initiatives. Companies addressing their carbon footprint, i.e. the quantum of carbon emissions generated measured in terms of Global Warming Potential (GWP), identify opportunities to bolster their bottom line, address climate risks and discover competitive advantages. Governments are expected to [...]

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