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About ichiban Thoughts »
Knowledge Creation – Dissemination and Application forms the three pillars on which 'ichiban' rests its strength and service. 'ichiban Thoughts' is the research arm at ichiban, encompassing within it the activities of knowledge creation. 'ichiban Thoughts' was born from the strong need to make available data, analysis, perspectives, trends and frameworks specifically for the Indian SME.

The dearth of information from the indigenous context is forcing the small and medium businesses to turn towards philosophy and frameworks from the west, which while being robust, fail to deliver at implementation and outcome level in the Indian SME context.

With a dedicated team of people, working across industries and guided by a sound research approach ichiban proposes to make available to the ecosystem data and information on current and future trends, hypothesis and frameworks, solutions and suggestions based on facts that can lend themselves easily to adoption by the Indian SME segment.

The work would encompass areas of strategy, operations and small business management. Insights based on current trends at global and domestic levels, changes in socio-political climate and regulatory framework would also be regularly tabled. The work format cover a wide range including research paper, trend analysis and expert views, articles, white papers and perspectives. Most of these works have been published in national and international journals, online forums, trade magazines and books.

We have archived for your reference the work based on their type, with research reports and papers holding a short abstract that can help you in choosing the ones that may interest you. We invite you to read them and let us know how else we at ichiban can help you in making available information that would be of interest and use to you.