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  • Digital Strategy

    October 1, 2017, 10:57 PM IST

    By Venkat Atluri et al We believe an increasing number of industries will converge under newer, broader and more dynamic alignments: digital ecosystems. A world of ecosystems will be a highly customer-centric model, where users…

    October 1, 2017, 10:57 PM IST

  • Lighting Solutions

    September 30, 2017, 12:12 AM IST

    By Serguei Netessine Off-grid light is a standard way to solve the access to electricity problem in many countries where there is simply no electrical grid as we know it. Thomas Edison invented electrical lights…

    September 30, 2017, 12:12 AM IST

  • On equity research

    September 28, 2017, 11:00 PM IST

    By Daniele Chiarella Et Al The business of providing equity research to asset managers has been under pressure in recent years, as managers, challenged to deliver alpha to their clients, seek new forms of research…

    September 28, 2017, 11:00 PM IST

  • Corporate Decisions

    September 27, 2017, 11:31 PM IST

    Big-bet decisions often are easy to recognise, but not always. Sometimes, a series of decisions that might appear small in isolation represent a big bet when taken as a whole.

    September 27, 2017, 11:31 PM IST

  • Managing strategy

    September 26, 2017, 11:14 PM IST

    By VENKAT ATLURI ET AL We’ve all experienced businesses that once seemed disconnected fitting together seamlessly and unleashing surprising synergies: look no farther than your smartphone, your music and video in the cloud, the smartwatch on…

    September 26, 2017, 11:14 PM IST

  • The digitally savvy

    September 24, 2017, 11:13 PM IST

    By Tushar Bhatia Etal The ability of technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) companies to create value is extraordinary. TMT companies generate more economic profit (net operating profit less the cost of capital) than any other…

    September 24, 2017, 11:13 PM IST

  • Manufacture Digitally

    September 23, 2017, 12:05 AM IST

    By Jon Sobel Manufacturers are looking very systematically at everything they do, from the methods they use to make things to technologies like 3D printing and additive printing, all the way to their business models….

    September 23, 2017, 12:05 AM IST

  • Executing Projects

    September 21, 2017, 11:47 PM IST

    By Sergey Asvadurove et al Today, the very largest and most complex projects command budgets exceeding $5 billion and require more than five years for design, planning and construction. The sheer scale of such projects…

    September 21, 2017, 11:47 PM IST

  • Questioning Attitude

    September 20, 2017, 11:58 PM IST

    By  Mario Livio Curiosity has several kinds or flavours, and they are not driven by the same things. There is something that has been dubbed perceptual curiosity. That’s the curiosity we feel when something surprises us…

    September 20, 2017, 11:58 PM IST

  • Investing for impact

    September 20, 2017, 12:48 AM IST

    By Vivek Pandit Rising demand for socially responsible and purpose-driven finance has resulted in new ways of putting capital to work the world over. In the last decade, what is now known as “impact investing”,…

    September 20, 2017, 12:48 AM IST

  • Banking on Analytics

    September 15, 2017, 10:57 PM IST

    By Laura Brodsky Buzzwords like “big data” typically bring to mind quantitative exercises like the application of algorithms and analytics. While these are certainly critical steps to gaining insight, a more fundamental building block of…

    September 15, 2017, 10:57 PM IST

  • Financial future

    September 13, 2017, 11:57 PM IST

    By Eckart Windhagen Financial globalisation is surprisingly robust. Financial markets remain deeply interconnected, but with a different profile. The global value of foreign investment as a percentage of GDP has been steady since 2007, at…

    September 13, 2017, 11:57 PM IST

  • Financial Trends

    September 12, 2017, 12:10 AM IST

    By Susan Lund ET AL After a decade of aftershocks from the seismic financial crisis of 2007, the landscape of global finance is much altered. Global cross-border capital flows — including lending, purchases of equities…

    September 12, 2017, 12:10 AM IST

  • Corporate health

    September 9, 2017, 12:22 AM IST

    By Chris Gagnon ET AL We think of organisational health as more than just culture or employee engagement. It’s the organisation’s ability to align around a common vision, execute against that vision effectively, and renew…

    September 9, 2017, 12:22 AM IST

  • A work in progress

    September 6, 2017, 10:35 PM IST

    By James Manyika New technologies have the potential to upend much of what we know about the way people work… Digital talent platforms have the potential to improve the ways workers and jobs are matched,…

    September 6, 2017, 10:35 PM IST

  • Money illusion

    September 5, 2017, 11:04 PM IST

    By Roger Backhouse Although money was fundamental to Aristotle’s thinking, he believed that there were clear limits to the legitimate role of commercial activity.… What disturbed Aristotle about commerce was that it offered the prospect…

    September 5, 2017, 11:04 PM IST

  • Genuine Growth

    September 1, 2017, 11:16 PM IST

    By Yuval Atsmon To keep your company growing and adding value, focus on the core performance drivers. Look closely at the most spectacular examples of value creation and you will usually find they are concentrated…

    September 1, 2017, 11:16 PM IST

  • Retailing Strategy

    August 31, 2017, 11:57 PM IST

    By RAJ KUMAR  In the US, online sales are growing 15% a year, against just 1.5% for overall retail sales. Last year, online sales accounted for 7.3% of total retail sales. The fastest growth of…

    August 31, 2017, 11:57 PM IST

  • Learning is never static

    August 27, 2017, 11:42 PM IST

    By Romila Thapar It is fashionable these days to quote from the texts of the Vedic culture when speaking of access to knowledge. So let me follow the fashion. It is stated in the Upanishads…

    August 27, 2017, 11:42 PM IST

  • On global funds flow

    August 26, 2017, 1:54 PM IST

    By Susan Lund ET AL Banks are now proceeding more thoughtfully than they had been pre-crisis as they consider their foreign business and global footprints. They are exiting or reducing operations in countries and markets…

    August 26, 2017, 1:54 PM IST

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