In a recently published feature in the Economist entitled "Innovation in Emerging Markets", Anil Gupta was described as a "rising superstar" management thinker and speaker on emerging markets. .
The feature points out that, "the emerging world, long a source of cheap labour, now rivals the rich countries for business innovation."
"Anil Gupta, of the University of Maryland at College Park, points out that these markets are among the toughest in the world. Distribution systems can be hopeless. Income streams can be unpredictable. Pollution can be lung-searing. Governments can be infuriating, sometimes meddling and sometimes failing to provide basic services. Pirating can squeeze profit margins. And poverty is ubiquitous. The islands of success are surrounded by a sea of problems, which have defeated some doughty companies. Yahoo! and eBay retreated from China, and Google too has recently backed out from there and moved to Hong Kong. Black & Decker, America’s biggest toolmaker, is almost invisible in India and China, the world’s two biggest construction sites."
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