Mango Tango: Top 10 Similarities between India and Argentina

These are generalizations I think that would help to give some business context. As they say, for everything you say about India the opposite is also true. 1. Resiliency / Resistencia. Both India and Argentina have enough citizens who are resilient, having collective memory of crises from – wars, foreign occupation, inflation, going from riches [...]


Cultural similarities: India and Latin America – Polychronism

Continuing on the theme of cultural similarities, one other cultural trait that is shared in these 2 regions is polychronism (From the Greek – “poly” – many, “chronos” – time), as coined by the anthropologist Edward Hall. In polychronic cultures, time exists to serve people – and not the other way around. No trains show [...]


Why India’s companies will stay the course and prosper

India’s economic growth, unlike China’s top-down state-sector driven model, is bottom-up and entrepreneur driven. via FT.com While India produces little in the way of commodities and has lagged China in attracting foreign investment, it is not a disaster. Rather, its companies embrace a variety of sectors, from IT, pharmaceuticals and general manufacturing to banks and [...]


Behind the rise of India’s billionaires

Based on its population, that India has the more billionaires than Japan should not a surprise. By furthering economic freedom, it needs to have the most billionaires per capita! reportonbusiness.com: In the title bout of 21st century business – India versus China – China is way ahead on points. With vastly higher exports, energy production, [...]