Management - general
Toyota moving US headquarters to Plano, Texas
28 Apr 2014
Mark Fields to succeed Alan Mulally as next Ford chief
22 Apr 2014
With Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally set to retire, chief operating officer Mark Fields is all set to take over
Ex Apple chief John Scully regrets ousting Steve Jobs
19 Apr 2014
John Sculley, who was instrumental in Steve Jobs' ouster from Apple in 1986, says in hindsight Jobs' removal had not been such a good idea
7 Myths of CEO Succession: are boards taking the right steps to find the next CEO?
16 Apr 2014
The CEO’s departure is, sooner or later, inevitable – but are companies prepared for it?
Jeff Bezos motivates Amazon employees by offering cash to quit
15 Apr 2014
The offer is a carrot to help staff resolve the question whether they would be better off working elsewhere
Tesco chief under pressure amid falling profits
14 Apr 2014
2013 CEO performance evaluation survey
05 Apr 2014
A new study conducted by the Center for Leadership Development and Research at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance, and The Miles Group reveals that boardrooms are giving poor grades to CEOs for their mentoring skills and board engagement – but still prioritise financial performance above all else.
Moral standards weaken under financial stress
04 Apr 2014
VCs invest better in start-ups by entrepreneurs of same ethnicity
29 Mar 2014
VCs are systematically more likely to invest in start-ups when the VC and start-up have top-level executives of the same ethnicity
US district court okays employee lawsuit against tech firms
29 Mar 2014
The class-action lawsuit accused the companies of a conspiracy to eliminate competitive hiring and keeping wages artificially low
Infosys to have nine executive officers
28 Mar 2014
Sahara turns to employees for Rs10,000-cr needed to bail out Subrata Roy
28 Mar 2014
In a letter sent to its employees, Sahara Group is reported to have requested a minimum contribution of Rs1,00,000 from each employee towards the bail amount of Rs10,000 crore
Celebrity touch raises auction prices: Yale study
24 Mar 2014
The degree of physical contact that a celebrity has with a piece of memorabilia affects how much collectors are willing to pay for it at an auction
Attractive men fare best in gaining venture capital: MIT study
By By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office | 18 Mar 2014
You can’t judge a startup by the looks of its founder — but many potential investors do; women and less-attractive men lag in the effort to find financial backing for startups.By Peter Dizikes
IBM chief Virginia Rometty's bonus down to zero as revenues fall
11 Mar 2014
IBM chief Virginia Rometty's cash bonus was down to zero last year, due to a decline in IBM's 2013 revenue
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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.
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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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