Ketchup is delicious when added to certain foods yet when mixed with chocolate the results can be disastrous. Similarly in Aravind Adiga’s book The White Tiger‚ western culture‚ which is normally a great part of certain societies‚ when mixed with indigenous culture‚ leads to corruption. Adiga’s novel is about an Indian entrepreneur who sees a world much bigger than the one he lives in. He notices how those with wealth take advantage of the rest of society. Laws‚ political power‚ and other western
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The Aravind Eye Hospital‚ Mandurai‚ India: In Service of Sight 44118637‚ 44019122‚ 46650842 and 42441715 Executive Summary Key Success Factors Utilizing Porter’s Evolution of Global Competition‚ the following section identifies several key factors that led to Aravind’s success. The factor conditions‚ firm strategy and rivalry‚ related industries and demand conditions were fundamental to this eye hospital’s social and financial realization. 1. Factor Conditions: Labor and capital conditions contributed
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amount of people being diagnosed each year. This is a large reason Dr. V and the Aravind hospital was successful early on. In just four years the Aravind hospital was able to grow from a 20-bed hospital to a 250-bed hospital. Another reason the Aravind hospital was successful was that the staff was motivated and qualified while also willing to work longer hours for less pay. Much of the support staff for the Aravind hospital was in some way linked to Dr. V. Dr. V’s relatives recognized that they
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greeted by someone in India‚ particularly in Mumbai or Bangalore. However‚ even with this increase of dependency on workers in India‚ there are still major inequalities that are present in Indian society. In his book The White Tiger (2008) by Aravind Adiga‚ we learn that although India may have gained independence in the 1940s from the British‚ many still live in servitude and poverty today. We also learn about the conditions that many of India ’s working class live in‚ including the slums‚ the lack
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Flexit International case 1- Flexit was not wrong in considering international expansion. The use of market development strategy was appropriate in their situation due to the following reasons: 1-Existence of the European market as new unsaturated market with competition less than US market 2-The medical equipment industry is global with potential for rapid growth. 3-They had a reliable distributing company (Physique ltd) which is an established health care product distributor in the European
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Case: Aravind Eye Hospital * What is Aravind’s mission? How successful is Aravind at achieving its mission? The mission is to bring eyesight to the masses of poor people in India‚ Asia‚ Africa and all over the world. To provide quality care as a non-profit eye hospital. To spread the Aravind model and offer hope in all parts of the world. Aravind has grown from a 20-bed hospital in 1976 to 1224 beds in 1992 as one of the biggest hospitals of its kind in the world. The Aravind organization
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Aravind Eye Care System: A unique model It was year 1976. Padmashree Dr. G. Venkataswamy‚ popularly referred to as Dr. V.‚ had just retired from the Government Medical College‚ Madurai‚ India as the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology. Rather than settling for a quiet retired life‚ Dr. V. was determined to continue the work he was doing at the Government Medical College‚ especially organizing rural eye camps to check sight‚ prescribe needed corrective glasses‚ do cataract and other surgeries
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SULTAN’S BATTERY -Arvind Adiga Summary: Arvind Adiga’s Sultan’s Battery is an intriguing little story. It’s about a man‚ Ratna belonging to that part of the society which feels the weight of class differences the heaviest. He sells fake cures for venereal diseases (STDs) because this is the only way he can raise money for dowries for his three daughters. Ratna uses the astrologer as matchmaker
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In the wintry lanes of Bara Mohalla in Hisar‚ Haryana‚ a few of the older bystanders still remember the day Gita Devi and Govind Ram were blessed with the arrival of their first-born. Which Govind Ram‚ they first ask‚ before answering with a sly rhetorical question that tells you they know why you’re here: "Woh Jindal colony wale? (The one from Jindal colony?)" The boy was born on Janmashtami on August 16‚ 1968. His grandparents had decided to call him Krishna. Now‚ 45 years later‚ the world knows
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Aravind Eye Hospital – Case Study Exhibit 4 – Historical Patient Statistics(Consolidated) Year | Paying(screening visits) | Paying(surgery) | Free and Camp(screening visits) | Free and Camp(surgery) | 1976 | - | 248 | - | - | 1977 | 15‚381 | 980 | 2‚366 | - | 1978 | 15‚781 | 1‚320 | 18‚251 | 1‚045 | 1979 | 19‚687 | 1‚612 | 47‚351 | 2‚430 | 1980 | 31‚334 | 2‚511 | 65‚344 | 5‚427 | 1981 | 39‚470 | 3‚139 | 75‚727 | 8‚172 | 1982 | 46‚435 | 4‚216 | 79‚367 | 8‚747 | 1983 | 56‚540 |
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