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The jump to BS-VI and what it means for innovation
·Business & Strategy

The jump to BS-VI and what it means for innovation

The switch to the new emission norms will lead to interesting shifts in the automotive and energy industries

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Resurgent women: The times they are a changin’
·Economy, Policy & Society

Resurgent women: The times they are a changin’

In this edited extract from his book ‘Half a Billion Rising’, Anirudha Dutta says, the coming decade will see more educated women entering the workforce and this will have far-reaching socio-economic implications. Men will have to respect and adapt to live with these changes.

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Anirudha Dutta

Anirudha Dutta

Analyst, Financial services sector

What's common to Hitler and company budgets?
·Leadership & Organisation

What's common to Hitler and company budgets?

Hitler's focus on battles, not the war cost Germany its sovereignty. That's exactly what happens to companies which focus on annual budgets alone.

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K Ramkumar

K Ramkumar

Founder and CEO | Leadership Centre

The state of cancer research and the future of innovation
·Business & Strategy

The state of cancer research and the future of innovation

In India, a focus on public health initiatives and re-engineering of proven drugs and treatments to reduce costs will achieve better results than looking for new cures

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Family comes first at Starbucks China
·Leadership & Organisation

Family comes first at Starbucks China

What can companies whose job roles don’t fit the traditional notions of a good career choice, do to retain staff? Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has a creative solution

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

Sam Pitroda: The big dreamer
·Leadership & Organisation

Sam Pitroda: The big dreamer

How Pitroda created a modern digital telecom network, backed by publicly-funded R&D

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Mind the gap: Boosting a climate of entrepreneurship
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Mind the gap: Boosting a climate of entrepreneurship

In this year’s union budget finance minister Arun Jaitley may have sprung a surprise by focusing the government’s entrepreneurship agenda on the bottom of the pyramid. But perhaps that’s what the country really needs

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Entrepreneurship to improve the world for everyone
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Entrepreneurship to improve the world for everyone

What change makers can do to increase the impact of their enterprises in uplifting the lives of people at the bottom of the pyramid

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

Why is Amazon pumping money into India and other stories
·Business & Strategy

Why is Amazon pumping money into India and other stories

Business strategist Rajesh Srivastava analyses some of the news that dominated headlines in February 2016: Alphabet vs. Apple, Amazon’s push in India and the entry of godmen in business

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

Tracking the progress of innovation in India
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Tracking the progress of innovation in India

There is an urgent need to measure and track whether we are harnessing our creative potential to solve the important problems in education, health and agriculture

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

The Patanjali phenomenon
·Business & Strategy

The Patanjali phenomenon

How and why a low-key Ayurvedic brand is stealing a march on established FMCG firms

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel