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New Champions - World Economic Forum Asia
Inside this issue
• Companies are fighting to win consumers in increasingly influential emerging markets
• Cheap labour has fuelled the EU state’s economy but it must now look to innovate - -
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Grand designs for tomorrow’s world
A speedy economic recovery will depend on the courage of rising corporate stars, says Sundeep Tucker
Corporates: Value of emerging consumers grows clear
Richard Milne looks at how the east is benefiting from the global credit squeeze
India: Trial by fire sheds light on wisdom of former leader
If India needed proof that its economy belongs in the league of the “New Champions”, then August’s announcement from the country’s business community that the worst of the recession was over certainly provided it
Brazil: Good behaviour sees rewards
Sound banking and a new oil discovery provide high hopes, says John Rumsey
Indonesia: Archipelago asserts its economic clout
But the country’s corporate landscape remains uninspiring, writes John Aglionby
Poland: EU favourite must innovate to stay ahead of the game
Economy needs more than cheap labour, reports Jan Cienski
China: Beijing’s bulls expand at home and abroad
Ben McLannahan finds success breeding confidence and verve among companies
Gulf: Ambition usurps domestic focus
A broadening of horizons is in vogue, says Robin Wigglesworth
Bollywood helps local media on to world stage
The nation’s booming film industry encourages an emergence of new corporate champions in the form of domestic media groups, writes Joe Leahy
Software company finds lucrative niche
Totvs is the king of enterprise resource planning for small and medium companies, writes John Rumsey
