Foreign Companies
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
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4 statements about Foreign Companies, every show
De Wit: Import friction remains an obstacle for 'Make in India' manufacturing
“To make in India, sometimes you also have to bring things in from outside. And that's still sometimes an obstacle for many companies.”
Atluri: Foreign defense firms deliberately choose passive manufacturers to avoid IP absorption
“Invariably, the foreign guys select people who are very dumb, who will just take the tech and manufacture, not try to understand, absorb it like, you know, the China does. So they don't want to absorb it. They would just want to be the dumbest of the dumbest m…”
Robles: Foreign Startups Struggle Raising US Capital Due to Exit Friction
“It's difficult for foreign companies to come into the U S and raise money from U S investors because U S investors want to know that they have some kind of a liquidity event. Is this pump company going to go public in the US? I mean, am I going to have to figu…”
Osnos: Foreign tech firms struggle to compete against local Chinese startups
“And what you find over and over again in the cases that I've looked at is that the people who know the most, in the most subtle terms about what Chinese consumer habits are, about what it is that they're looking for, they really do succeed. And I hate to say, …”