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The Digital Vote Bazaar
Winning margins are often less than 5 percent. It is this last 5 percent that social media can possibly deliver in as many as 160 Lok Sabha constituencies
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Smart Money, Dumb Money of Billionaires
Once we open up more, the billions will be under threat, but new billions will await the intrepid
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Marwari Businesses: Leveraging Social Capital
Trust, more than collateral, is vital for taking on business risks. This enabled capitalism and entrepreneurship to survive in the years of independence
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You Notice Good Governance Only When It's Gone
You don't feel the presence of good management until it's gone
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Why We Are Watching The Pachyderm's Progress
Like a supertanker that takes a long while to change course, it will take SBI a long time to change. But at least there is a realisation that change is needed
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India's Young Super-Achievers
In the last census (2011), India had 736 million people under 30, and 121 million in that sweet spot between the ages of 18 and 30
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More College Does Not Mean More Economic Prosperity
It isn’t possible to generate economic progress just by “investing” in education
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The Misadventure of the Apollo-Cooper Merger
Assets that look good on paper usually fail because mergers involve an attempt to marry two cultures and employees with a different outlook
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Smarts in Business is Not About IQ
In the real world, it’s grit that makes us smart and helps us break through
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The Way Ahead for Investors in 2014
We are operating with few known factors and don’t know how to discount the political, geopolitical and macroeconomic ones
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A Question of Answers
Answers to many of the burning questions on the economy, the markets, jobs and incomes depend on who wins in 2014