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3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Harvard Business Review

India has added new customers at the fastest rate for Amazon in its history of operations across the world, including the U.S. The country has over 350 million smart phones and this number is growing 25% CAGR. The second factor is India’s vast number of consumers and its large, highly educated, and young talent base.

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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%. Operations in a Connected World. Gartner predicts that there will be more than 6.4 Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.