(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 [...]
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 [...]
Budget 2015: Is there enough to turn vision into reality? By Shankar Jaganathan While smokeless cigarettes, de-caffeinated coffee and non-alcoholic beer may have takers, the question remains whether Union Budgets without taxes would generate the same excitement that it does today. Hearing the shrill debates on TV channels, it is very clear that [...]
Business come in varying sizes. Visualizing this range is helpful in appreciating what is a good business. As visualizations go the colourful world of birds is a good place to start; for birds like business have more in common than their first letter-B. The size of birds range from bee hummingbird weighing 1.6 [...]
What do great batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Brain Lara and Ricky Pointing have in common with successful football teams like Bayer Munich, Real Madrid and Manchester United? Think again, what is common between successful businesses and these sporting greats? All of them combine attractive attacking play with a dogged defence. To achieve sustained [...]
