A developing India is good for its neighbours not only because it becomes an example everyone can relate to and wishes to compete with, but also because economic prosperity inevitably spreads to the margins.
But economic growth per se is not created by luck or chance. It is the result of all round development - legal, cultural, social and attitudinal. Which is the reason I am responding in detail to the post below.
If the west stop handing india everyt hing in a silver platter, India would still be in a deep hole.
Nothing,
nothing in business is handed on a silver platter. Modern business works on clearly established mutual benefits, not on social philanthropy. This is a fundamental truth and the sooner it is understood the faster Pakistanis will be able to develop their economy.
Today the west needs us, so we have a business relationship. Tomorrow it may not. The trick is to continuously evolve so that we continue to provide value.
Let me give some examples.
what is the difference between India and Pakistani talents when it come to setting up call centers, Why India is preferred over Pakistan, only one can guess, and it looks fishy.
The difference is in infrastructure, scalability and the effeciencies that scale brings. The difference is in a proven track record that clients want to see before they commit to outsourcing their business.
A call center with 20 people is radically different from a call center with 50 people, or 500 or 5000. There are several reasons - operational, financial, business model based. But simply being able to speak English and talk over the phone is just the first step. You need modern management principles, organizational ability, a business model, and years of effort.
The other difference is when you approached the market, the risks you took, and the efforts made when the market was nascent, but that's by the by.
I do not say Pakistan cannot do it as well; but to think that India is being given a free ride is ridiculous. Casting aspersions on someone's success, however meagre is not exactly the first step to replicating that success.
The Mini car a true copy of German smart car was so much talked about in western media where as Pakistan had developed a car few years prior to Indian car and the name was Revo (revolution)never got such attention. Why?
Photos: Pakistan's first locally designed car Revo picture and comments.
Good question. The simple answer is - very few business ideas are truly original. You have an idea? At any point in time, there are at least 30 people in the world with the exact same idea.
In business, ideas are important, but (if by the Indian car, you are referring to the Nano), but operationalization, i.e. the ability to actually make it work as a business is even more important.
I cannot emphasize the point enough. There is a huge, HUGE, difference between having an idea and making it work as a business. In fact in this difference lies the key to business and economic success.
The company that made Revo is out of business today; why? i think you will find the answer in market timing, business models, service support, legal/ government issues. Not in extraneous reasons such as 'favouritism' or 'nepotism'.
Computer industry in Pakistan is much better and more vibrant in Pakistan than India but somehow India is given more access than Pakistan.
I am interested in finding out how the Pakistani computer industry is 'better' and 'more vibrant' than India. In terms of the IT engineers that graduate every year? Quality of programmers? Software products?
I don't think so. But even if that were the case, what is the business model for IT in Pakistan?
Again, I cannot emphasize enough - organizational/ business success is totally different from individual excellence.
There were at least a hundred entrepreneurs who peddled soft drinks in the late 19th century; some of them probably tasted as good if not better than Coke or Pepsi - yet in fifty years Coke and Pepsi had captured the market. Why?
There are thousands of fantastic ideas and innovations coming out of Silicon valley every
month. Yet only a handful make it to the business stage every
year. Why?
Out of every 100 ideas on 5 ideas actually make it to the business stage (I am not even speaking of business success). Why?
Pakistan has been fighting for the world since Russians walked in Afghanistan, but world denies it and do not want to see the truth, it is very bad when your neighbor joins the array of harming Pakistan by trying to stop developments. and use false propaganda and surveys by those who are known adversaries of Pakistan and talk about its breakup and neighbor who bring in the adversary who is killing Muslims by scores.
Nevertheless we believe in truth decency and honesty, these traits shall win.
It is law of Nature and of Universe.
The law of business is that efficiency, foresight, scale, organization, enterprise, understanding of the market and timing plus a bit of luck - these traits win most of the time.
Rest assured no Chinese don't practice favoritism (perhaps a little inkling but that's inevitable).
