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Developing Your India Strategy
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Dates: March 12, 2008 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Location: The University of Chicago Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL 60611.
Fee: $1800 (Includes instructional materials and meals)
Registration: Download and complete the registration form here.
    
India has one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world today. While India has emerged as an important global player, many Indian companies are competing and leading the way in today’s market. India will become a major factor in your value chain over the next two years either as a large market, important supplier, source of competition, valuable partner, or role model.  Regardless of the size of your firm or the industry in which you compete, you will be impacted by India. Are you prepared with an India strategy or will you be taken by surprise?
   
Whether you are interested in India's potential as a supplier, buyer, partner, or competitor, you need to become better acquainted with India's market. It is pertinent for business leaders to have a comprehensive understanding of where opportunities stand and how to avoid and minimize threats or risks when looking at opportunities in India. To help you craft a sound and intelligent Indian strategy guide, Strategic Leverage Consultants has teamed up with Argea to present this intensive, one-day seminar.
    
In the August 13, 2007 edition of Forbes, Peter Sondergaard, SVP of Global Research at Gartner said:
  
"Executives and managers need to understand China and India, separately as well as together, for gauging future threats to, and opportunities for, their enterprise... The answers you seek may well be among the most important for setting the long-term course and success of your enterprise... As China and India increasingly redefine the future of technology and innovation, knowing how to map a course into that future will be a core competency"
    
Did You Know?
  • The world's largest steel conglomerate is controlled by an Indian citizen - Lakshmi Mittal
  • Jaguar and Land Rover will soon be part of the Indian conglomerate, Tata
  • India has the world's 12th largest economy, the third largest in Asia behind Japan and China
  • The US is India's largest trading partner, with $32B in bilateral trade in 2006
  • India will sustain over 8% growth until 2020 and become the second largest economy in the world by 2050, ahead of the US.
  • India has the largest middle class of any nation in the world
  • TiE - the entrepreneurs of Indian origin - is the world's largest association of entrepreneurs
  • India is the largest source of outsourced labor for the US
  
Unique Approach
This seminar will focus on the opportunities and challenges in doing business with India. The content and insights are based on extensive in-country research and interviews with companies, executives, and public officials, resulting in a first hand look at India.

Seminar Leaders
Milind Lele is a former Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Business Policy at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago and author of the books Monopoly Rules and How To Find, Capture And Control The Most Lucrative Markets In Any Business. He is also the Founder and CEO of Strategic Leverage Consultants and has specialized in helping mid-sized companies to develop effective business strategy for over 20 years.

Ram Iyer is the Founder and CEO of Argea, Inc., an advisory firm made up of highly experienced practitioners that provide advisory services in Business Process Optimization, Shared Service Excellence and Outsourcing (BPO, ITO and KPO). Argea was recognized as one of Global Top Ten Boutique Advisors and Influencers in the 2007 edition of the Black Book of Outsourcing. He speaks and writes extensively about successful sourcing strategies for mid-market companies and Argea is widely recognized as the most prominent thought leader in mid-market issues in the industry. .

Topics
  • The background behind the emergence of India as a global economy
  • Different opportunities created by India's growth - buy, sell, partner, or compete?
  • Critical success factors to doing business in India
  • India's influence across the globe
What You Will Take Away
  • Insight into open and closed industry sectors
  • Practical insight into what the emerging markets of India has to offer
  • Why India is a critical factor in your company strategy for the next ten years
  • How to take advantage of the rising Indian economy while mitigating risk
  • Identifying potential threats that stand between your firm and succeeding in India
  • Multiple first-hand perspectives (via video) from Indian business executives and government officials
  • Real business cases of successful and unsuccessful initiatives in India or with Indian firms
Who Should Attend
General Managers and Executives in International development, Business Development, Strategic Planners, Mergers and Acquisitions, Marketing, and Sourcing.