Timex is considering making India a global sourcing base to reduce manufacturing costs, a senior executive said. Currently, Timex has its global manufacturing hubs in Hong Kong, China and Japan. “A high-level team is working on a project to identify what all can be imported from India and what will...
Filing international Patents in India
To obtain patent protection internationally it is necessary to file a patent application and and to prosecute the application to grant of a patent. Many medical device companies are wary of the process, but with the help of an experienced patent agent/attorney, the process can be completed relatively smoothly. Here...
How do people in India and in China see each other?
The New York Times conducted an interesting series of interviews in Shanghai and New Delhi asking Chines and Indians what they think of their own countries and each other's countries. As one Indian says in the video, "We have gone from Bhai Bhai (a period of friendship and brotherhood in...
Secretary Gary Locke talks up National Export Initiative in Los Angeles
In 2010 American exports to Asia exceeded shipments to the Europe for the first time ever. Yesterday, I met U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke who was in Los Angeles to promote President Obama's National Export Initiative (NEI), which seeks to double American exports to $2 trillion by 2014. Speaking at...
India inside Bangladesh inside Bangladesh inside India?
No matter whether you look at economics, culture, business, language or politics, there are aspects of India that are uniquely bizarre or out of the world. But sometimes, even The India Expert has to raise its eyebrows, as we did when we came across this entry about "enclaves" in The...
Edelman Trust Barometer produces puzzling results
I am often asked to compare India with China. In many ways in my work, this is the wrong question but since so many clients ask it, we created a whimsical page on my companies website comparing the three largest companies in more ways than your can possible imagine. (India...