Indian Challenges: Fragmentation & Infrastructure
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, commentary on issues that must be addressed for multinationals to succeed in India: 1. Fragmentation: Multinationals have to move out of the traditional Tier-1 [...]
From Mass to Mainstream: Keeping Pace With China’s Rapidly Changing Consumers
McKinsey has published a very interesting study on the Chinese market and segmentation: 2012 Annual Chinese Consumer Report From Mass to Mainstream: Keeping Pace With China’s Rapidly Changing [...]
Burger King: Beefing Up In Colombia
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Burger King’s plans to expand in Colombia: Just months after it announced an ambitious plan to take on arch-rival McDonald’s in China, Burger King [...]
Azerbaijan: Socar, So Good…
Via GreenGoPost, a look at Azerbaijan’s oil dependence: In Azerbaijan, the hydrocarbon, oil, and gas extraction industry continues to represent the lion’s share of the economy. Yet, [...]
The Global Banking Leaders of the Future
Via HBR Online, a look at some of the emerging market banks that may replace outbound international institutions, such as Russia’s Sberbank and Brazil’s BTG Pactual which has been clear [...]
Myanmar: Set To Ease Investment Restrictions
Via The Financial Times, a report on Myanmar’s foreign investment regulations: Myanmar’s parliament is set to relax some of the restrictions on foreign investment it had proposed, following [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.