First Principles
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'We have imitators but no single competition': Woodland MD
Woodland Managing Director Harkirat Singh talks about building a lifestyle brand in a fragmented market like India
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'India is a country obsessed with education': Harvard Dean
Quality of schools is an issue in India, says Harvard Business School dean Nitin Nohria
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Spanish firm Gamesa eyes solar power business in India
After becoming a market leader in the wind energy sector, Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica is eyeing a foray into solar power in India. Chairman Ignacio Martin speaks about the firm's expansion plans
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Havells India MD wants to grow the Indian business aggressively
Anil Rai Gupta, Havells India's new chairman and managing director, talks about growth, expansion and warding off competition in the electrical goods market
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'Vistara will create demand where there is none today'
Phee Teik Yeoh, CEO of Tata SIA Airlines Ltd, is optimistic about Vistara's imminent launch. He talks to Forbes India about how the airline hopes to avoid the pitfalls that competitors are struggling to deal with
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'People Don't Tune In To FM Just For Music'
A confident Radio City has ambitious plans of investing Rs 400 crore and establishing its presence in 20 additional cities
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Online Grocery stores mushroom across India
The challenges of selling groceries online remain, but some players are using different business models and technology to overcome them
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Mumbai's real estate is unbelievably cheap: Donald Trump
Donald Trump means business in India. It is a massive and under-priced market, says the American realty tycoon who was in the country for the launch of his Mumbai project
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'Business family dynamics are driving the need for acquisitions'
Satya Narayan Bansal, CEO of the Wealth and Investment Management business of Barclays in India, talks about the changes taking place within business families and their effect on the country's economic landscape
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The Rise And Fall of Jignesh Shah
The 47-year-old entrepreneur, who had taken on institutional forces such as the National Stock Exchange with his commodity exchanges, became a victim of his own break-neck ambition, say close associates. This is his story, one year after the irregularity at NSEL was uncovered
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How Raman Effect Can Help Detect Bombs
In two separate studies, Indian scientists have used Raman spectroscopy to detect hidden substances and to aid drug discovery