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Building Technology Businesses is hard work, even in buoyant markets. In the current volatile environment, this challenge is even greater. The crucial ingredient for success is better insight into technologies, markets, business models, and processes for creating new value. Catalyzt aims to provide this insight, based on private research, analysis, and expert opinions from Cartezia’s core team and members of its extended global network.

Opinion:

The sale of Autonomy to Hewlett Packard: good news or bad news?

Dr Shai Vyakarnam was challenged with this question on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme (19 Aug) as Cambridge software firm Autonomy, founded by entrepreneur Dr Mike Lynch OBE, was sold to Hewlett Packard for around $7billion. Is this another UK tech firm losing its independence to a US giant multinational or a great entrepreneurial success story that’s good for Cambridge and the UK economy?

Shailendra Vyakarnam, 27 August 2011

Most recent articles:

The Innovation Challenge: an Indo-UK Perspective

The UK and India have both identified the opportunity for India to adopt some of the expertise and experience developed in the UK over the last fifty years in commercialising technology-based innovation. This article explores some of the issues and opportunities. More »

03 July 2011

NDM-1: A Challenge for Indian Medical Tourism?

Can the conclusion by recent study published by the Lancet , one of the UK’s most prestigious medical journals, that Indian hospitals could be the source of a drug-resistant superbug, impact India’s medical tourism business? More »

17 October 2010

Innovation in business models can deliver breakthrough competitive advantage

Dr. Uday Phadke discusses innovation in business models and how it can help companies establish competitive advantage. He uses the examples of Getty Images and dezineforce to illustrate how business model innovation has helped these companies alter the competitive landscape. More »

12 April 2010

Online pay walls for The Times and The Sunday Times: A new beginning or another false start?

News International has announced that it will start charging for access to The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers' digital editions from June 2010. By using a simple and affordable pricing model, it hopes to attract a loyal customer base. With straight forward payment terms and commitment,... More »

01 April 2010

Outward bound M&A deal activity from India picks up in 2010

Indian companies are becoming more active in international Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). The out-bound M&A activity has ranged from the occasional multi-billion dollar deal to a number of smaller deals. The activity has been across a number of sectors such as telecommunications, IT services, Oil... More »

23 March 2010

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