Why are countries like India, China and other emerging economies exciting?

Every year billions of dollars of FDI are being poured into countries like China, India and other emerging economies. Why? Because the rate of growth of GDP is so fast in the middle and moving to the bottom of the pyramid that makes this opportunity exciting.

Sectors such as education, retail, BFSI, Healthcare, et al are all in need of new business models to serve these markets and that is where the greatest churn is taking place.

http://www.nextbillion.net/node/4163/print
http://www.nextbillion.net/node/1464/print
http://www.stocksabroad.com/blogs/
http://www.sustainableinnovation.org/

There are great opportunities for products and services to be customized for these markets and to leverage opportunities for consumers waiting to be served. The key is the innovation, unlocking the social-cultural-economic potential with products, services and business models. Some resources below which you may find very interesting to help you along the way connect to the ecosystem.

http://stvp.stanford.edu/
http://sen.stanford.edu/
http://edcorner.stanford.edu/index.html;jsessionid=23398D991885C8C7035055C2797BC2CE