Management - general
Government to make hiring and firing of workers easier for business
26 Jun 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley, while addressing foreign business interests in the US, promised a globally compatible business climate in India with reforms in land, labour and taxes
Decision engineering helps make better choices
24 Jun 2015
Decision engineering, which also goes by the name decision intelligence, helps design decisions as if they were tangible projects, such as building robots or computer systems, using the same engineering methodologies and techniques, writes Monica Rozenfeld, associate editor for the publication of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
From the Big Apple to the humble jackfruit
17 Jun 2015
James Joseph, founder of Jackfruit365 and former director, executive engagement, Microsoft talks to Swetha Amit about his journey from working in a corporate cubicle to setting up his office space in God’s own country
More than 80% of firms say they've been hacked
15 Jun 2015
HSBC to axe up to 20,000 jobs: report
03 Jun 2015
HSBC CEO Stuart Gullivar is expected to announce major cuts at an investor meet next week as he seeks to reassure shareholders and investors that the bank’s restructuring and drive to cut costs are continuing
Frugal Innovation: the art of doing more with less
24 Apr 2015
Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu, authors of business bestsellers Jugaad Innovation and Frugal Innovation talk to Swetha Amit about the transition in the concept of innovation in organizations
Seattle CEO cuts own salary 90% to hike employee wages
16 Apr 2015
Dan Price, CEO of the largest payment processor in Washington, has reduced his own salary by 90 per cent so that his employees can make at least $70,000 annually
Satyam case: Ramalinga Raju gets 7-yr jail; ordered to pay Rs5-cr fine
09 Apr 2015
A special CBI court has found Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju, his brother B Rama Raju, former company officials and accountants guilty in India’s biggest corporate scam
Starbucks extends free college education for 4 years to all full-time employees
08 Apr 2015
Starbucks is, in effect, inviting its workers, from the day they join the company, to study whatever they like, and then leave whenever they like - knowing that many of them, with degrees in hand, would leave for better-paying jobs
Know thy banker — it could keep you solvent
By By Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | 06 Apr 2015
An MIT Sloan School of Management study shows banks that have good working relationships with their customers reduce loan defaults
Key management changes at Isuzu Motors India
01 Apr 2015
Hostile boss? study finds advantages to giving it right back
28 Mar 2015
A new study finds that employees who had hostile bosses were better off on several measures if they returned the hostility
L&T must shed weight, fix future head: chairman Naik
24 Mar 2015
At a Larsen & Toubro event in Mumbai to mark A M Naik’s 50 years with the company, the chairman frankly told unions that the firm must focus on its core strengths and cut outliers
Novel method projects growth potential of new firms
18 Mar 2015
A detailed study by MIT economists, based on an empirical study, shows with new precision which tech businesses tend to thrive. By Peter Dizikes
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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