Company law and Bankruptcy law share a common trait, i.e. limited liability. While all entities incorporated under the Companies Act get limited liability, it is provided to other entities like individuals and partnerships only on meeting certain conditions. Further, it is a strong prevailing belief that where effective corporate and bankruptcy laws prevail economic [...]
(The below is reproduced from Outlook Business, issue of Sept 26, 2015.) http://www.outlookbusiness.com/hardbound/a-corporate-evolution-1961 A Corporate Evolution Shriram Subramanian of InGovern Research reviews Corporate Disclosures It is not often that one comes across a book where the author decides to follow his own book’s principles in setting up a company. Shankar Jaganathan, who set up [...]
Dodd’s book offers significant insights by looking at routine economic events and policy responses through a non-economic lens, says Shankar Jagannathan Like cricket in india, money is the subject of discussion in both professional and amateur groups across the world. These discussions often get heated and their circles expand in the context of prominent [...]
(This article was published in the Souvenir released on the occasion of the 40th Regional Conference of Company Secretaries, held in Bangalore on June 19-20, 2015) Do Benefits justify the Cost of Standard Setting? For the first time the world saw two unique business innovation introduced in India by the Companies Act, 2013. Mandating Corporate [...]
‘Two is company’, a popular saying is no longer appropriate, after the enactment of the Companies Act, 2013, at least in the business world. With the introduction of One Person Companies (OPCs) any one individual can, on their own, form a company. In a short period of one year, 1400 OPCs have been incorporated [...]
Movies and companies have a huge influence on our lives today. While movies impact the popular choice of attire, language and behaviour, in the case of companies their influence is equally strong but only subtle. Not just for impact, but even in their workings common threads can be found. Producers, financiers, directors, actors, editors [...]
