The Six Sigma Team

The Roots of the Present Economic Crisis The global economic crisis that started in 2008 has its origins in the events of the 1970s. That was the time when the United States reneged on its commitment to work under the Bretton Woods Agreement, which stipulated that countries must peg their currencies to gold and must […]

The city of Seattle, Washington is one of the most prominent economic centers in the world. It houses companies like Microsoft and Amazon which are some of the wealthiest and most powerful companies in the entire world. However, this prosperous city in the most prosperous nation of the world has become a victim of its […]

Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions Cross border Mergers and Acquisitions or M&A are deals between foreign companies and domestic firms in the target country. The trend of increasing cross border M&A has accelerated with the globalization of the world economy. Indeed, the 1990s were a “golden decade” for cross border M&A with a nearly 200 […]

What is Demographic Dividend and Demographic Deficit ? We often hear the terms Demographic Dividend and Demographic Deficit being written about and spoken about by experts and economists. These terms are mentioned in the context of how economies in the future can manage either the rising percentage of youth among their population or deal with […]

Much has been written about the way in which India was one of the few countries that was relatively unscathed because of the global economic crisis. Most of these narratives focused on how India managed to weather the storm in the dark days following the collapse of Lehmann Brothers. However, it cannot be completely said […]