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Continue reading →: THE CEO WHO STOPPED BUILDINGMSME Briefing Bureau How LEGO’s Knudstorp and India’s Greaves Cotton rediscovered the power of focus LEGO was built around one product: the interlocking brick. Yet by 2003, the Danish toy maker was losing US$1 million a day and carrying more than US$800 million in debt. Some accounts put it 90…
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Continue reading →: India–China Trade Deficit: Beyond Beijing’s BarriersMSME BRIEFING | TRADE, MANUFACTURING & GEOPOLITICS MSME Briefing Bureau China’s trade barriers matter, but India’s manufacturing ambitions matter more India’s trade deficit with China has crossed ₹9 lakh crore (US$100 billion), reviving questions about market access, industrial dependence and economic strategy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has challenged Beijing’s non-tariff…
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Continue reading →: New Zealand FTA: Zero Duty, But Who Can Compete?MSME Briefing Bureau Textiles, apparel, footwear and packaging gain new opportunities—but tariff savings alone will not secure orders. Compliance, sourcing, environmental performance and landed costs will determine which Indian MSMEs can compete. New Zealand will eliminate import duties on all Indian export tariff lines when the India–New Zealand Free Trade…
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Continue reading →: The Rise of the Invisible Industrial FactoryMSME Briefing Bureau How CMOs and Turnkey ODMs Are Opening a New Growth Route for Indian Manufacturers A consumer brand can grow into a national business without building a factory. A large FMCG company can combine its own manufacturing facilities with dozens of external production partners. And a specialist manufacturer…
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Continue reading →: Aluminium Prices in 2027: The MSME RiskMSME Briefing Bureau Forecasts, factory costs and what founders must do now Aluminium prices could follow very different paths in 2027—from a correction to another supply-driven surge. For Indian MSME founders, the difference can mean lakhs of rupees in additional procurement costs. India is the world’s second-largest primary aluminium producer,…
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Continue reading →: Beyond Steel: Seven Lessons in Business and LeadershipSunday Musing By Haresh Jhala: Hetal Thakkar of HK Steel on profit, trust and succession A ₹10,000 salary offer. A father’s counter-proposition: earn ₹100 a day. That simple choice set Hetal Thakkar on a different path. Today, his approach to steel trading offers MSME founders lessons in delegation, profitability, customer…
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Continue reading →: The Family That Let Him Build His FutureMSME Briefing Bureau How family support and Anand Mahindra’s backing helped Uday build a bank In 1985, Uday Kotak faced a choice familiar to many second-generation entrepreneurs: join an established family business or build something of his own. His family helped him take the less conventional route, providing office space…
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Continue reading →: US Visa Curbs: Jobs or Offshore Work?MSME Briefing Bureau Will US visa curbs create jobs—or shift technology work overseas? Washington wants American companies to employ more Americans. But if Indian technology professionals face tighter restrictions on working or securing permanent residency in the United States, how will their employers respond? Recruit locally, deliver more work from…
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Continue reading →: ₹10,000 Crore: Will SGF Reach Factories?MSME Briefing Bureau India’s SME Growth Fund must fit manufacturing reality—not financial theory India’s ₹10,000-crore SME Growth Fund could address one of the country’s most persistent industrial problems: viable small and medium enterprises that have customers, products and growth opportunities, but lack the balance-sheet strength for their next leap. Yet…
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Continue reading →: RBI’s Non-Striker StrategyMSME Briefing Bureau It cannot control food or oil prices. Can costlier money control inflation? Food prices, crude oil, an uneven monsoon and El Niño are pushing India’s inflation outlook higher. These are not problems a repo rate can directly solve. Yet the RBI has raised the repo rate by…
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