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How We Think About Innovation at Cisco

Harvard Business Review

In the manufacturing sector alone, market intelligence firm IDC expects the IoT market to grow to about $100 billion by 2018, a five-year combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. To keep up, new standards, architectures, and infrastructures will have to develop at the same pace. Internal diversity. Experts from outside industries.

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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business Review

Amazon entered India in 2013 when two local Indian companies, Flipkart and Snapdeal, had already established themselves as market leaders in eCommerce – and still rose to become the #1 online retailer in India. The country has over 350 million smart phones and this number is growing 25% CAGR.