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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
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The Real Worth of Celebrities
Being a Celeb is not easy…. For every Shah Rukh Khan or Sachin Tendulkar, there are a hundred others vying for the same action
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Debt-fuelled Growth: Can the West Avoid a Japanese Future?
Japan’s debt-fuelled growth in the 1980s set the stage for 20 years of stagnation. The West seems to be moving along the same trajectory, with high levels of public debt and monetary easing