Dharavi, It's a dog's wash in Japan!

Asia | 16.03.2010

It's a dog's wash in Japan!

The Japanese enthusiasm for state-of-the-art technology has come up with a new service for pet owners in Tokyo – a washing machine for dogs.

Bildunterschrift: 3-year-old poodle Mizuho being shampooed at "Pet World Joyful Honda". The service inside the closed machine includes a tear-free shampoo, rinse and blow dry. The course runs for 30 minutes and costs only 1,000 yen (about 11 US dollars or eight euros).

HBS Cases: Developing Asia's Largest Slum
In a recent case study, HBS assistant professor Lakshmi Iyer and lecturer John Macomber examine ongoing efforts to forge a public-private mixed development in Dharavi, featured in the film Slumdog Millionaire. But there is a reason this project has languished for years. From the HBS Alumni Bulletin.

Dharavi (Portuguese spelling Daravi^[1] British Anglicised spelling Darravy, Dorrovy) is a slum and administrative ward, over parts of Sion, Bandra, Kurla and Kalina suburbs of Mumbai, India. It is sandwiched between Mahim in the west and Sion in the east,^[2] and spread over an area of 175 hectares, or 0.67 square miles. In 1986, the population was estimated at 530,225,^[3] but modern Dharavi has a population of between 600,000^[4] and over 1 million people,^[5] Dharavi is one of the largest slums in Asia,^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

In expensive Mumbai, Dharavi provides a cheap, but illegal, alternative where rents were as low as 4 US dollars per month in 2006.^[11] Dharavi exports goods around the world.^[12] The total turnover is estimated to be between 500 million US dollars ^[13] and over 650 million US dollars per year.^[11]

Wikipedia article "Dharavi".