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...Medical School (HMS). Second, we move the Harvard School of Education and the School of Public Health to Allston to form a linked cluster with the Harvard Business School. Third, to provide some “life” over in Allston, we import three undergraduate houses and some retail shops. Fourth, we plan for a cultural institution, probably a contemporary annex to the Cambridge museums. Given these four constraints, we arrange the building blocks to satisfy the flow of people and infrastructure. Each step thoroughly sensible, the “program” handled professionally...
...Real change began four years ago with the arrival of German retail giant Metro Cash & Carry. Foreign companies are still barred from setting up multi-brand retail outlets in India (single-brand shops, such as Nike and McDonald's, are allowed), but Metro was able to start a wholesaling business and sell directly to mom-and-pop shops, hotels, hospitals and other companies. But because the law still forced Metro to buy produce through the mandi system, there was little chance for improvements. Then Metro convinced the southern state of Karnataka, home to high-tech hub Bangalore, to change...
...comes hurdles," says Shushmul Maheshwari, head of New Delhi-based market-research company RNCOS. Nowhere is that more true than in India, where poor infrastructure and bureaucracy can combine to thwart even the best-laid plans. When Reliance, which has interests in oil and petrochemicals and opened its first retail store only last November, began exploring the possibility of a nationwide chain of grocery stores-it wants to open 2,000 by next April-it quickly realized that it would need to build its own distribution network almost from scratch. "If we are putting up a pan-Indian business...
...India, that means investing in systems that retailers take for granted in other countries. To ensure refrigeration units keep humming during the country's frequent power outages, Reliance is installing diesel generators not only in all its shops but also at its rural collection hubs, where farmers bring their produce, and at its processing centers, which usually sit on the outskirts of a city. A reliable supply of safe water in which to wash fruits and vegetables is also a basic necessity. Because city water often runs dry and can carry dangerous bacteria, Reliance has installed reverse-osmosis machines...
...that it's time for a change is still a major struggle. While the national coalition government in New Delhi says it is committed to reform as a way of helping farmers boost their incomes, its left-wing members are horrified by the prospect of a flood of organized retail outlets putting mom-and-pop stores out of business. Wal-Mart, which has tied up with Bharti to set up a chain of retail stores to take on Reliance, has drawn protests, including a demonstration last February in which a generic Wal-Mart executive was burned in effigy, even before...