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Why India’s Universities Struggle to Build Great Business Schools

Why India’s Universities Struggle to Build Great Business Schools

A look at why standalone institutions continue to dominate postgraduate management in India, and what schools of management inside multidisciplinary universities must do if they hope to compete

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S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri

S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri

Strategic Growth & Innovation Expert | Visiting Professor

A Merger Is Not an Idea
·Corporate Strategy

A Merger Is Not an Idea

Why the Omnicom - Interpublic deal reveals a deeper failure of imagination in advertising

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Shekar Swamy

Shekar Swamy

MD & Group CEO | R K SWAMY Ltd

Inside Chennai’s Enduring Enterprises
·Family Business & Inter-generational transitions

Inside Chennai’s Enduring Enterprises

A field report on family ownership, continuity, and the craft of building for the long term

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Upamanyu Bhattacharya

Upamanyu Bhattacharya

Professor of Retail | S P Jain Institute of Management & Research

The Best Stories of 2025
·Corporate Strategy

The Best Stories of 2025

Ten of our best work through the year—on business, leadership, and geopolitical trends

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The New Perimeter of National Security
·Corporate Strategy

The New Perimeter of National Security

Why India’s corporate leaders can no longer separate digital risk from strategic resilience

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G Venkat Raman

G Venkat Raman

Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences | Indian Institute of Management, Indore

How Community, Not Competition, Can Renew Capitalism
·Conscious Capitalism and Ethical Business

How Community, Not Competition, Can Renew Capitalism

The real job of management is managing the not always compatible expectations of stakeholders, says John Kay. The organizations that have been successful in the long run are the ones that managed these balances. Part 2 of a two-part conversation

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Power shifts and algorithms
·Corporate Strategy

Power shifts and algorithms

Sangeet Paul Choudary in conversation with Shrinath V on how AI is changing business strategy. Part one of the two-part podcast: “The Next Game: Competing When AI Changes the Rules.”

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Where to Play and How to Win in the AI Era
·Corporate Strategy

Where to Play and How to Win in the AI Era

Sangeet Paul Choudary, author of ‘Reshuffle’, in conversation with Shrinath V. The final in a 2-part podcast: ‘The Next Game: Competing When AI Changes the Rules’

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The Power of Like
·Corporate Strategy

The Power of Like

Insights from Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson’s new book, ‘Like’

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

My top ten business books of 2024
·Corporate Strategy

My top ten business books of 2024

The best books of the year on how the past informs the future, tackling tough situations, and technology

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Tech Titans and Billion Dollar Bets
·Corporate Strategy

Tech Titans and Billion Dollar Bets

SoftBank insider Alok Sama talks about the mind of the investment company’s iconic founder Masayoshi Son, how venture capital operates, the tech bros, India’s true potential, and more

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Just Do It, Again
·Corporate Strategy

Just Do It, Again

Iconic brands have a strong core. Any attempt to transform the core, driven by big consumer and lifestyle changes, can be particularly tricky, as global sportswear brand Nike discovered recently

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Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan

Strategy Consultant

Hybrids in an EV era
·Corporate Strategy

Hybrids in an EV era

Propelled by the Toyota and Suzuki partnership, the resurgence of hybrids is a signal that the electric mobility revolution in India may take a lot longer than was assumed

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Reliability wins customers
·Corporate Strategy

Reliability wins customers

An extract from Harit Nagpal’s new book ‘Adapt: To Thrive, Not Just Survive’ on how the new CEO of an AC company that ranked fourth in a market of six big players, found a sustainable differentiator: making the company “easy to deal with”

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Paytm: Emperor’s new clothes
·Corporate Strategy

Paytm: Emperor’s new clothes

At the heart of the fintech major’s precarious slide lies the abject failure of its Super App strategy. But that’s just one part of the story.

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Eight best business books of 2023
·Corporate Strategy

Eight best business books of 2023

An annual round up of the most memorable books of the year

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Thompson ad mortem. Who cares?
·Corporate Strategy

Thompson ad mortem. Who cares?

Why did WPP decide to snuff out the identities of three of its most storied agencies—Thompson, Y&R and Wunderman—to create a new entity VML, the world’s largest creative company? The clues lie in the stock markets—and the immense pressures acting on its CEO Mark Read

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Shekar Swamy

Shekar Swamy

MD & Group CEO | R K SWAMY Ltd

Behind ITC’s hotels demerger
·Corporate Strategy

Behind ITC’s hotels demerger

Chairman and MD Sanjiv Puri is trying to kill three birds with one stone

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Noel Tata’s brahmastra
·Corporate Strategy

Noel Tata’s brahmastra

His value lifestyle brand Zudio has caught the attention of the entire retail industry. It also signals a coming of age of retail in small town India

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Fintech Special Report Part 1: Indian fintech at a crossroad
·Corporate Strategy

Fintech Special Report Part 1: Indian fintech at a crossroad

The outlook for fintech companies has shifted from unchecked optimism to uncertainty. The rose-tinted glasses are off and some of the well-funded companies are pivoting. Their future will depend on their ability to look beyond technology as the panacea. Part 1 of a 4-part series

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Fintech Special Report Part 2: From competition to collaboration
·Corporate Strategy

Fintech Special Report Part 2: From competition to collaboration

The ground reality has changed. Fintechs are realising that partnerships and ecosystem thinking are key to winning the market, not competing with the incumbents. Part 2 of a 4-part series

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

12 Deadly Sins That Bedevil Incumbents
·Corporate Strategy

12 Deadly Sins That Bedevil Incumbents

Here’s a pattern that I’ve observed throughout my career: incumbents mostly lose; they somehow survive but don’t thrive. An incumbent growing faster than the market over a decade is more an exception, rather than the rule.

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International