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The Supplier Who Can Keep Delivering
Europe’s supply-chain redesign and the next challenge for Indian export clusters A factory can offer an excellent product at a competitive price and still become a risky supplier. Its weakness may lie in one imported component, one overseas customer, one transport route or one document it cannot produce. When that…
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The Certification Economy: When Proof Becomes More Valuable Than Production
The next global trade divide may not be between countries that can produce and countries that cannot. It may be between those that can prove compliance and those that cannot afford to prove it. From the Industrial Economy to the Evidence Economy For nearly two centuries, industrial competitiveness was built…
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When Every Rooftop Becomes a Power Station
For more than a century, electricity has moved in one direction. A large power station produces it, a transmission network carries it, a distribution company supplies it, and the consumer pays the bill. The household stands at the final end of the system. It consumes electricity but has little influence…
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The End of Cheap Cross-Border E-commerce: Why Indian MSMEs Must Rebuild Their Export Model
The Parcel Revolution Is Reaching Its Limits For nearly two decades, cross-border e-commerce was built around a powerful assumption: a small parcel was too insignificant to deserve the full attention of the customs system. Governments created de minimis or low-value exemptions because collecting a few dollars of duty often cost…
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When Everyone Waits and Development Stands Still
The economy can fail even when nobody makes an obvious mistake Economic stagnation is often explained through shortages: insufficient capital, weak infrastructure, limited skills or inadequate technology. Yet some of the most persistent development failures arise even when these resources are potentially available. The real problem is that they do…
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India’s Next Export Revolution Will Be Built Between Industries
The age of the self-contained sector is ending For much of the twentieth century, industrial policy was organised into separate boxes. Agriculture belonged to one ministry, automobiles to another, electronics to a third and energy to a fourth. Each sector received its own incentives, institutions, research facilities, regulations and export-promotion…
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When the Rulebook Moves Faster Than the Business
From Licence Raj to a New Age of Permission India’s economic history is often divided into two periods: the controlled economy before 1991 and the liberalised economy after it. This division is convenient, but incomplete. The old Licence Raj may have weakened, yet its basic instinct has not entirely disappeared.…
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When the Economy Trusts Familiarity More Than Capability
Modern economies claim to reward performance. A business with a good product, competitive price, reliable delivery and sound management should theoretically be able to compete. But real markets rarely operate so cleanly. Between capability and opportunity sits something much less measurable: reputation. And reputation is not always earned through performance.…
