tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post111944433596266953..comments2024-03-21T14:54:29.876+05:30Comments on Exploring The Future of Work : Leaders from the developing worldGautam Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691216163099240523noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1119974062086490232005-06-28T21:24:00.000+05:302005-06-28T21:24:00.000+05:30well I don't know about the FX market...but if you...well I don't know about the FX market...but if you take Hamel and Prahalad's three criteria:<BR/><BR/>1. Provides potential access to a wide variety of markets<BR/>2. Makes a significant contribution to the perceived customer benefits of the end product<BR/>3. Difficult for competitors to imitate<BR/><BR/>I don't think IT services makes the cut in even one of the points.<BR/><BR/>1. Due to their focus on $$ they cannot even afford to service Indian firms<BR/>2. Customer benefits? Not at every engagement...maybe in some<BR/>3. They are quite copy-able !Gautam Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691216163099240523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1119907272073450652005-06-28T02:51:00.000+05:302005-06-28T02:51:00.000+05:30The IT services TV dealer gives you all TV's irres...The IT services TV dealer gives you all TV's irrespective of brand and adds value to convert your TV to a home theater with different brands of components and the final solution will cost less than if you bought a TV from samsung and put the solution together yourself. And BTW IT services satisfies 2 of the 3 characteristics of core competence as defined by Prahlad and Hamel. <BR/><BR/>At least its not a sham like the FX market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1119860156086346782005-06-27T13:45:00.000+05:302005-06-27T13:45:00.000+05:30Hi YAB, The phrase core competence is applied only...Hi YAB, <BR/><BR/>The phrase core competence is applied only when the competence is unique and not easily imitated. It's like saying that the Samsung dealer should be valued higher than the TV manufacturer because he services TVs and sells them. That's essentially what the IT services firms are doing.Gautam Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691216163099240523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1119638613557016262005-06-25T00:13:00.000+05:302005-06-25T00:13:00.000+05:30Tell me this. Why can a company not focus on purel...Tell me this. Why can a company not focus on purely services as their core competence? Why should they be criticized to have stuck to a business model? How do we say Infosys/TCS/Wipro have not dreamt big? Arent these among the biggest in the world in services business? Arent they the one that pioneered a concept called offshoring? Isnt that an invention in IT which has revolutionized the way the world works today? <BR/><BR/>If leveraging cost arbritage is not considered a business I think we should relook at the financial and FX markets itself as not a business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1119598028384588252005-06-24T12:57:00.000+05:302005-06-24T12:57:00.000+05:30Hi YABThe sense of managing people is that now ess...Hi YAB<BR/><BR/>The sense of managing people is that now essentially people are treated as 'resources' and not about using their imagination and creativity ...the VC also probably means that business is also about risk taking and making financial investments ...not just about getting projects and adding headcountGautam Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691216163099240523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-1119570107609773592005-06-24T05:11:00.000+05:302005-06-24T05:11:00.000+05:30from managing people to managing businesses >> How...from managing people to managing businesses <BR/><BR/>>> How do these 2 differ when the business is about people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com