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India’s post–COVID-19 economic recovery: The M&A imperative
The humanitarian and economic dislocations resulting from the pandemic have affected companies in India and the world. Several strategic themes can support a stronger recovery into the next normal. The COVID-19 pandemic is a humanitarian crisis that continues to damage lives and livelihoods everywhere on Earth. It has shuttered regional and national economies for weeks and months at a time.
India’s post–COVID-19 economic recovery: The M&A imperative
The COVID-19 pandemic is a humanitarian crisis that continues to damage lives and livelihoods everywhere on Earth. It has shuttered regional and national economies for weeks and months at a time. As of early July 2020, well over ten million cases had been confirmed around the world, and the virus had taken the lives of more than 500,000 people. India has struggled mightily to contain the pandemic. Indian society was mostly closed down beginning March 24.
The digital archipelago: How online commerce is driving Indonesia’s economic development
New research explores the impact of online commerce in Indonesia, as well as the priority measures needed to boost the country’s broader digital economy. Indonesians are among the world’s most avid users of social media, in a country with a rapidly growing digital ecosystem of online commerce, ride-sharing services, media distribution, financial services, and more.
A closer look at impact investing
The mistaken rap on this kind of “social” investment is that returns are weak and realizing them takes too long. With the fraying contract between society and business an urgent priority, many companies and banks are eager to find investments that generate business and social returns.
A closer look at impact investing
Impact investing directs capital to enterprises that generate social or environmental benefits. Our findings challenge the myth that this kind of “social” investment yields weak returns that take too long to realize. With the fraying contract between society and business an urgent priority, many companies and banks are eager to find investments that generate business and social returns.
Impact investing finds its place in India
The country’s market for purpose-driven finance could grow to $6 billion to $8 billion in 2025. What’s shaping the landscape? Rising demand for socially responsible and purpose-driven finance has resulted in new ways of putting capital to work the world over. In the past decade, what is now known as “impact investing” has challenged the long-held view that social returns should be funded by philanthropy and financial returns should be funded by mainstream investors.
Impact investing finds its place in India
The country’s market for purpose-driven finance could grow to $6 billion to $8 billion in 2025. What’s shaping the landscape? Rising demand for socially responsible and purpose-driven finance has resulted in new ways of putting capital to work the world over. In the past decade, what is now known as “impact investing” has challenged the long-held view that social returns should be funded by philanthropy and financial returns should be funded by mainstream investors.
Private equity and India’s economic development
Our new survey determines if India’s emerging private-equity sector has helped or hurt the country and its companies. Private equity has injected more than $100 billion of capital into India in the past 13 years, providing scores of companies with a vital new funding source. Yet the sector continues to be considered a mixed success. Has private-equity capital helped bring new skills and capabilities to investee companies?
Rohit Kapur, Vivek Pandit & Toshan Tamhane: PE in India - Setting new benchmarks
Private equity (PE) has provided over $100 billion of capital to India Inc in the last 13 years, an impressive figure by any reckoning. It has helped scores of companies tap a new funding source and yet is considered to have had mixed success. This is perhaps a good time to assess the nature of this very high-profile source of capital and also to consider the impact it has had on the various participants. Has PE capital really helped bring in new skills and capabilities to investee companies?
Asia’s $1 trillion infrastructure opportunity
Foreign investors are finding more open doors than in the past. But the way forward is far from clear. Despite bright economic prospects, most emerging Asian countries—China, India, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)—continue to suffer from underdeveloped infrastructure. In India, for example, electricity generation is 16 percent to 20 percent short of what is needed to meet peak demand, thanks to persistent underinvestment and poor maintenance.
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