Archive for March, 2008
Quest to formulate a Plan B for empty bars and beaches
via FT.com Industry insiders say that, for Uruguay to compete globally, it must reconcile itself to two things. First, that the economy should focus on services. “We are a country of services but we don’t want to understand that,” fulminates one veteran Punta del Este manager, whose bar is still pumping out reggae music despite [...]
Leopard of growth strains at state leash
via FT.com Some argue that Brazil’s love affair with the state is an inheritance of the Portuguese colonial system. Others such as Amaury de Souza, a political analyst in Rio de Janeiro, say the dilemma is more recent, harking back to the social and political model put in place by Getúlio Vargas in the 1930s [...]
Coastal Fog Tower Harvests Chilean Mist
Inhabitat » This dispatch from the future of skyscraper technology takes us to the northern coast of Chile, where Alberto Fernández and Susana Ortega have conceived of a Fog Tower that absorbs and channels water from its mist enshrouded environs. This pristine helical structure would allow for the development of a sustainable agriculture environment at [...]
Countries with highest entrepreneurial activity
Good representation for the LatAm region. Surprising that India is not on the list – India is abuzz with entrepreneurial activity, you can see it on the streets. There is also a difference between entrepreneurship by choice vs. entrepreneurship by compulsion (i.e. lack of employment alternatives) Long-term, entrepreneurship in every form is to be encouraged. [...]
Engineers Without Borders Bring Tech to Villages Without Power
This is one of my key passions – to facilitate companies with a Gandhian engineering approach to their product portfolio to enter and serve previously ignored market segments in Latin America. Poster child for this approach – the Tata Nano car. Definition of Gandhian engineering [via Innosight]: Gandhian engineering, or appropriate design, – a terrific [...]
India – Una tierra de magia y asombro
A land of magic and wonder. I love the lyrical and poetic description in Spanish that is hard to replicate in English – a style that is almost never used in a mainstream English language newspaper. Grupo Clarin is the biggest Argentine media company. via Clarin La India, uno de los países más visitados del [...]
CII organizes Latin American and Caribbean investment seminar
via domain-b.com: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized a daylong seminar on 13 March where 10 heads of missions and top officials from the Latin American and Caribbean Countries represented in India, made presentations on opportunities in doing business with their countries. The ambassadors and embassy officials included, Ernesto Carlos Alvarez, Ambassador, Republic of [...]
Developing Anti-TB drugs from frogs found in Argentina
Potential joint research opportunities for Indian organizations Translated excerpts from LANACION.com The frogs and toads of our country[Argentina] could be a very important tool in the development of new drugs against TB Researchers there say that secretions from the skin of amphibians containing compounds capable of fighting pathogens, including the cause of tuberculosis. “All living [...]
BCG Report on Local Market Dynamos
Giving MNCs a run for their money in their home markets by being more in tune with customer needs and serving the historically neglected market of the ‘bottom of the pyramid’. “China and India are the hot global growth markets for companies today. But Western companies are at serious risk of missing out on the [...]
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