“I believe in life long learning and I hope these stories may assist towards that goal.”

Economic and Political Dimension of the EU-India Strategic Partnership

August 27, 2007

Kamal Nath Last week I attended the high level meeting organized by the Europe-India Chamber of Commerce. Held at the European Parliament in Brussels, it was an interesting conference. The thing that struck me most was the high calibre speeches made by the representatives of the Government of India. Kamal Nath, India’s minister of commerce and industry, compared India with Europe where many states with different languages strive to provide a single economic entity.

Diversity & Inclusion

August 26, 2007

On April 18 I did join the very interesting Diversity & Inclusion seminar courtesy the ABN-AMRO bank and the Free University (VU). Chaired by Charles Groenhuijsen, the presentation by Prof. Yvonne Benschop (Nijmegen Uni) was particularly interesting. Also noteworthy was Francoise Companjen’s (VU Uni) reference to Richard Florida ‘s findings that “people in technology businesses are drawn to places known for diversity of thought and open-mindedness, and that our measures potentially get at a broader concept of diversity and inclusiveness.

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Let's meet in Brussels!

August 26, 2007

The Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC), of which I am a member, in association with Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) and Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) is organizing a High level Conference “Europe meets India: Economic and Political Dimension of the EU-India Strategic Partnership – Challenges and Opportunities” to be held in Brussels on 8-9 November 2006.

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The book is out!

August 26, 2007

The book “Managing International Trade & Investment”, the new text book for the MBA course at Erasmus University to which I contributed a small, but I dare hope a valuable part, has been released by McGraw Hill. Scheltema has it in stock. It sells at €57,95. It is also available on Amazon.

Leading Innovation

February 8, 2007

####Workshop ‘Leading innovation: ensuring patient satisfaction in health care Tuesday afternoon (16.00 -20.00 hrs), 27 February 2007 Is this workshop intended for you? You would find this workshop useful if you are a senior manager of any healthcare related activities with a stakeholder role, for example, in Health Insurance Companies, Hospitals, Social Services, Hospitality Providers, Tour Operators, Airlines and Government. You are cordially invited to attend the workshop if you are interested in exploring various facets of emerging healthcare service.

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Indian Management - Towards Cultural Congruence

June 5, 2006

Doing business in India: A Dutch perspective is the paper I presented at the Eurasian Management Education & Training Conference held at the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam (June 13, 2006). Humility forces me to admit that that my fellow speaker, Dr Bert Twaalfhoven and entrepreneur pur sang, presented a much more interesting glimpse of his colourful business career.

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India, long-term sustainable growth?

October 24, 2005

Written by Alfred Tuinman, published in FM Corporate (Nr 1 Vol 1, Nov 2005) It was sometime after midnight that day in November 1982, that I experienced my first exposure to India. I was being driven through the dark streets of Bombay to my destination. I was to soon to recover from my long flight from Sydney. At various points I could see people huddled around little campfires on the side of the road.

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