october issue

Infographics

Floating structures...It all started with Noah's Ark

Despite mankind’s fascination with flying and the emergence of aeroplanes, we are still dependent in a big way on floating structures – from small fishing boats to capesize cargo ships – particularly, when it comes ...
Contents

Contents October 2014

    Cover Story - Export Temples of India     The Dollar Business travels across India to bring to you some of the lesser known towns of export excellence. An exclusive feature on how each of these ...
Date Book

Date Book October 2014

Have a product to showcase? Or want to learn what your rivals are up to? Here’s a list of trade fairs you shouldn’t miss in October and November 2014   India International Aviation Conclave 2014 October 9-11, New Delhi www.aviationconclave.com International ...
Monologue

Monologue - People Speak - October 2014

Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy   Whatever was the structure of earlier FTPs, it would be different from that this time.   Minister of State for ...
Inbox

Inbox October 2014

We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And here are a few that hit our mailboxes in September 2014  The cover design drew me towards The Dollar Business magazine at Mumbai airport. All the articles ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!

Instead of signing FTAs, we should invite FDI from China. That will guarantee investments and knowhow to help improve India’s manufacturing ecosystem. It will also address India’s trade deficit in the long run Steven Philip Warner ...
Exclusive Column

Doing business abroad? You gotta know the territory

Joe Grasso, Associate Dean for Finance and Corporate Relations at Cornell University ILR School, and Steve Miranda, Managing Director for Cornell University’s Center for Advanced HR Studies and ILR School’s executive education programs, write in ...
India Trade

India Trade October 2014

News, leads and analysis related to India’s trade and all that’s happened on the policy front during the month of September 2014   HSBC Indian export growth To tide over domestic woes India’s intransigence and concerns over food security, which ...
Global Trade

Global Trade October 2014

News, events and analyses related to global trade and snippets of changing trade matrix during the month of September 2014   China FDI Four year low The stonewall of China China’s commerce ministry figures indicate a year-on-year increase of ...
Cover Story

Export temples of India

The Dollar Business travels across India to bring to you some of the lesser known towns of export excellence. An exclusive feature on how each of these ‘export temples’ are multi-million dollar economies With the nation’s ...
Unlocking Cash

Export Credit Scheme - Time to lend a helping hand?

If policymakers really want to strengthen and stimulate India’s export sector, all they need to do is further ease the supply of credit to exporters and make financing option more viable. Is that asking too ...
Manish K Pandey | Editor

One day seores, we will find the right rulesand theyll be simple

Rules of Origin lack the much-needed harmony. There is still a wide variation in the procedure followed by governments when it comes to these rules.   Manish K. Pandey | @TheDollarBiz    Recently, I was at a FIEO-organised ...
Spotlight

Pakistan: Land of blunders, plunders & surrenders

Born out of a confused ideology, Pakistan has experimented with almost everything – from free market capitalism to socialism, from modern democracy to martial laws. And the end result has been the most unstable and ...
Policy Focus

DEPB Scheme - Not as easy as it might seem

The death of India’s most popular export incentive scheme – Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) Scheme was inevitable. Not only was the WTO at the Indian government’s throat because of subsidies hidden in the scheme, ...
New-Gen Newsmaker

Demand for Vu's LEDs & SuperMacs originate from US, EU & Australia

In an interaction with The Dollar Business, Devita Saraf, CEO & Chief of Design, Vu Technologies, talks about her company’s edge in content and display platforms, her bet on exports through e-commerce, and her take ...
Bestseller

Insulin - Of saving lives and bringing back smiles

From Tom Hanks to Wasim Akram and Halle Berry to Arun Jaitley, insulin helps millions of people all around the world lead a normal life and go about doing what they love to do. This ...
Big Idea

Time to set sail like Sir Raffles

Upon hearing the word ‘export’, odds are high that the first proper noun that comes to one’s mind is China. And why not? With exports of over $2 trillion for each of the last two ...
Importonomics

Apple - A fruitful business

An apple a day may do more than just keep the doctor away! Be it a bite of the Fuji apple from Japan, a slice of the green Granny Smith from Washington or a mouthful ...
Dockyard

Paradip Port - Hiding behind numbers

In FY2014, when most Indian major ports failed to meet their targets set by the Ministry of Shipping, one of them not only managed to meet but also beat its target by a handsome margin, ...
Globetrotter

Defending the nation's borders - Astra Microwave Products Ltd

Not many companies can boast of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre as their clients. Astra Microwave Products Limited (AMPL) can. Not ...
Global Manager

We dont want to be number one in discounts

Philipp von Sahr, President, BMW Group India The youngest among the German ‘Big Three’ – BMW – is also the strongest, with over 1.6 million units global sales last year. But with Audi and Mercedes-Benz ...