Thought Leadership
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Reining in Current Account Deficit: Options for India
The growing trade deficit has been on account of a growing oil import bill due to rising international crude prices
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Judges often fail to interpret a legal norm. Or do they?
Looking at the problem of legal interpretation from the lens of game theory
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Rupee depreciation 72-fold since India's Independence: What to infer?
Steep slides like this needs to be checked through RBI intervention
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How to ask for a raise - And get it!
Few simple tips to get what you want
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People are tweeting about your products. Will it boost sales?
Soliciting user-generated content can be a powerful way to engage customers
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Are CEO appointments in India caste/religion biased?
Do top Indian companies hire professional Chief Executive Officers on the basis of caste or religion? And does it matter for financial performance? Professors Naga Lakshmi Damaraju and her co-author Anil K Makhija offer some surprising insights on these important questions
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Why successful companies usually fail
The dynamics of corporate collapse are caused by three phenomena
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Bargain hunters beware: A store's 'original price' might not be real after all
Retailers often compare a "sale" price to the original price. Harvard Business School's assistant professor says consumers should be skeptical of those original prices — and so should regulators
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Susan Athey: Why business leaders shouldn't have blind faith in AI
Telling cats from dogs is easy. It's the what-ifs that get problematic
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The power of 'onlyness'
Nilofer Merchant, a former Apple executive and Thinkers50 'Future Thinker' describes the power of 'onlyness' in a world desperate for creative solutions
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How to act on your ethics
Ethical action is about taking realistic, contextually appropriate, incremental steps in the right direction