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Railways and Finance

August 23, 2017, 11:56 PM IST

The term railway was to Victorian England what atomic or aerodynamic were to be after World War II, and network and virtual are today.

August 23, 2017, 11:56 PM IST

ET Citings , India , ET

Donald Trump’s realism and implications for India

August 23, 2017, 9:57 AM IST

President Trump was sharply critical of Pakistan’s tactic of taking assistance from the US to fight terrorism and providing a haven for terror groups such as the Taliban.

August 23, 2017, 9:57 AM IST

ET Citings , India , ET

Scenario in Steels

August 21, 2017, 11:08 PM IST

By Toralf Hagenbruch Operational excellence is the one improvement lever steel producers control completely. So, it’s natural that these players are especially cost-sensitive and constantly on the lookout for new ways to optimise the cost…

August 21, 2017, 11:08 PM IST

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Building Smartly

August 20, 2017, 11:45 PM IST

A smart city is not just about technology. This misinterpretation has often led cities to make investments that are doomed to fail.

August 20, 2017, 11:45 PM IST

ET Citings , India , ET

On Social Sciences

August 19, 2017, 1:21 AM IST

By Morton Schapiro I do applied econometrics, so I have nothing against maths and statistics, but it’s very hard to put in things like culture. How do you put that into a mathematical formula? You…

August 19, 2017, 1:21 AM IST

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Digital skills and training

August 12, 2017, 12:02 AM IST

By Zoë Baird One hundred years ago, we invented the high school, but today we haven’t really invented the paths to be part of this digital economy. Today, the digital economy is transforming the country,…

August 12, 2017, 12:02 AM IST

ET Citings , Economy , ET

FROM TOI PRINT EDITION

Digital Strategy

August 11, 2017, 1:25 AM IST

By Nitin Rakesh This hasn’t happened overnight. It started 40 years ago with what we now commonly known as Moore’s Law. One thing about technology is that the human mind thinks in a linear fashion…

August 11, 2017, 1:25 AM IST

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Digital China

August 7, 2017, 11:37 PM IST

By Jonathan Woetzel Et Al China has one of the most active digital-investment and startup ecosystems in the world.… China is in the top three in the world for venture-capital investment in key types of…

August 7, 2017, 11:37 PM IST

ET Citings , Economy , ET

Growth dynamics

August 5, 2017, 12:18 AM IST

By: Robert Gordon We need to look back and get some perspective on US economic growth. We keep hearing that according to the President, we are just about to break out of a period of…

August 5, 2017, 12:18 AM IST

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Impact Investing

August 3, 2017, 11:33 PM IST

By Durreen Shahnaz Impact investing refers to investments that are done with the intention of creating social and environmental good. It means that at the core of it, you need to have that social change…

August 3, 2017, 11:33 PM IST

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Technology and morality

August 2, 2017, 12:28 AM IST

By: Eden Collinsworth Morality is a personal set of beliefs, and you could say that it’s the core of who we are as individuals. Ethics is expressed in terms of the expectations and the sanctions…

August 2, 2017, 12:28 AM IST

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Construct change

August 1, 2017, 12:18 AM IST

By: Filipe Barbosa ET AL Global labour-productivity growth in construction has averaged only 1% a year over the last two decades, compared with growth of 2.8% for the total world economy and 3.6% in manufacturing.……

August 1, 2017, 12:18 AM IST

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Future trends

July 25, 2017, 10:54 PM IST

By Susan Lund ET AL With today’s technology, roughly half of the tasks that people do can be automated. That’s a staggering figure. But just as interesting, and maybe even more important, is that only…

July 25, 2017, 10:54 PM IST

ET Citings , India , ET

Digital culture

July 21, 2017, 11:42 PM IST

By: RAMESH SRINIVASAN ET AL Shortcomings in organisational culture are one of the main barriers to company success in the digital age.… Executives must be proactive in shaping and measuring culture, approaching it with the…

July 21, 2017, 11:42 PM IST

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Growth dynamics

July 21, 2017, 12:49 AM IST

By: Robert Gordon Why did labour productivity grow so much more quickly between 1920 and 1970 than before or after? We can divide the sources of the growth in labour productivity into three components.… A…

July 21, 2017, 12:49 AM IST

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Smart-city design

July 18, 2017, 11:20 PM IST

By Sam Pitroda “Smart city” is one concept that has been, to some extent, oversold and under-understood. It is not about sensors and gadgets and software and more routers and more IBM equipment. A smart…

July 18, 2017, 11:20 PM IST

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Strategic insight

July 17, 2017, 11:34 PM IST

By Jayanti Kar Et Al General ideas can be misleading, and as strategy becomes the domain of a broader group of executives, more will also need to learn to think strategically in their particular industry…

July 17, 2017, 11:34 PM IST

ET Citings , World , ET

Logical notions

July 17, 2017, 12:05 AM IST

By Jan Von Plato Philosophical realism dictates an absolute notion of truth. Somewhere in a big imaginary book is a list of all truths. To be a truth just means to be in the list….

July 17, 2017, 12:05 AM IST

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Workplace uncivility

July 15, 2017, 12:59 AM IST

By Jeremy Yip We conceptualise trash-talking as competitive incivility. That is, uncivil remarks or aggressive communication that is expressed between opponents. More specifically, we define trashtalking as boastful comments about the self or insulting remarks…

July 15, 2017, 12:59 AM IST

ET Citings , Lifestyle , ET

Digital-age marketing

July 10, 2017, 10:49 PM IST

By Prashant Gandhi ET AL A strong brand voice is a living, breathing manifestation of your brand promise. This voice comes from a much deeper place than stringing together clever words and phrases to sell…

July 10, 2017, 10:49 PM IST

ET Citings , India , ET