Saturday, February 28, 2009

Global collaboration in a recession struck world

Talent, entrepreneurial capability, drive is not restricted to a single country. In today's world just like in any other time, old companies will fall and new ones will emerge. My belief is that the new ones will succeed if they collaborate. With internet and digital communication taking giant strides it is easier for individuals and companies to communicate and come to business understanding that benefits both.
We in SAC have been working on this model for just four months and have already built an excellent collaborative business arrangement with an entertainment company in the US. Together we prospect and sell services in third country. I am seeing this collaboration increasing every day and individuals and companies from Europe too are joining in this venture. Let us collaborate and re-create growth for ourselves and for others.
If you have any comments or wish to join in do go ahead and write to me.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Global collaboration

Are you aware that there are parts of the world which have started showing trends of recovery of growth. In India- cement YOY growth was 11%, autos 23%, FMCGs 26.4%, food and beverages 28%, rail freight 7%, steel 4.2%, credit 24%, deposits +30%.
We are currently processing requests from clinical research organizations, media and entertainment content and event organizations to help them take advantage of this growth. Collaboration is the key to work our way through the bear market. Let us collaborate, work together and use our collective wisdom for mutual benefit. You can reach me via mail: ahluwalia.sudhir@gmail.com or sudhir.ahluwalia@sacglobal.org.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Pharma, healthcare, biotech and lifesciences

Let me mention some market buzz in the pharma sector. "Mint" a business newspaper published from India in collaboration with the Wall Street Journal reports that GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Sanofi Aventis and Merck are all wanting to expand and make investments. Does this not demonstrate that business prospects exist even in the bear market and there are ways to expand and beat the downturn? Of course the challenges of entering into new markets is always there and you will need to do due diligence, identify the opportunity, prepare a business plan, require hand holding support, resource the new organization etc. etc.
The above example is not a case of outsourcing of jobs, it is a case of expanding business footprint through synergy and collaboration.
Tomorrow I will dwell a bit on the opportunities in the clinical research area.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

pharma, healthcare, biotech and lifesciences

We are all aware that the downturn has impacted bottom lines of companies, people are getting laid off, credit is scarce making it difficult to make fresh investments, there is little appetite for risk taking, we want to stay in cash and want to keep our heads down and weather the storm.

In SAC we believe that this is an opportunity to innovate and build new business models for growth. In the world BRIC economies are still growing; in India and China GDP growth is still above 7%, quality manpower is still available at reasonable rates and demand for goods and services is still there. The challenges of entering into these markets notwithstanding, these markets have helped many companies stay afloat. Caterpillar is getting nearly half of its revenues from these markets, IBM is showing healthy growth because of diversified models, even GM is still selling cars in some numbers here.

We in SAC offer a collaborative framework for companies to synergise and grow. Our pharma, healthcare, biotech and lifesciences etc. unit is already getting enquiries in building collaborative engagement models with us. We believe in high degree of transparency, value ethical behavior and work on a principle of trust. When innovative minds will get together businesses will get built.
Tomorrow I will raise the question which is uppermost in the mind of many people- debate on outsourcing and job loss.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Inviting pharma, biotech and healthcare companies


Hi
I am Honorary Chairmain of a global virtual business consulting firm (http://www.sacglobal.org/). We are trying to reach out to companies who are seeking to build a collaborative business relationship to expand their business footprint.
I believe that in the current recessionary environment synergy by bringing together skills across the globe will help hedge business risk, expand business footprint, reduce lay offs, maintain reasonable bottom lines and get us prepared for a leap forward when the market conditions improve.
Interested companies may kindly write to me on my gmail ID which is given on our website contact page.
Sudhir Ahluwalia