Economics of happiness
By: Richard Bookstaber Arithmetic, writes the historian Eric Hobsbawm, was the fundamental tool of the Industrial Revolution. The value of an enterprise was determined by the operations of addition and...
View ArticleRas leela is not an orgy
By: Raji Narasimhan The ras leela — the frenzied and uninhibited dance of the gopis with Krishna — never becomes an orgy. Why? The obvious answer would be that Krishna is divinity; he is immaculate....
View ArticleGST: Will we be better off now? Depends on the effective GST rate in the...
By Partha Chatterjee India made the biggest tax system reform in its history when it transitioned to the goods and service tax (GST) regime on Friday night. This is not only a change in the tax...
View ArticleRansomware attacks and cyber security: Standing e-gilant at the gates
By Siddharth Vishwanath A new wave of the Petya ransomware variation has been affecting a significant number of organisations across a wide range of industries since June 27. Petya has now been...
View ArticleOf all those Ramayanas
By Amrith Lal Malayalam short-story writer VP Sivakumar once said that life teaches every individual to read the Ramayana. It took me along while to understand what he meant. Now I wonder, does every...
View ArticleOn making in America
By James Manyika Et Al The US always assumed that its forward momentum would carry the next generation toward greater prosperity, just as it took for granted that its technical prowess in manufacturing...
View ArticleAsteroids & near-Earth objects: Will we be just perished like dinosaurs?
By Debkumar Mitra The part of the universe that forms our neighbourhood mostly works like clockwork. This helps astronomers predict the visits of comets, movement of planets, eclipses and tides with an...
View ArticleInvestor learning
By Frank Zhou I look at how investor learning affects firms’ voluntary disclosure decisions. By voluntary disclosure decision, I mean management annual earnings forecast decisions. What are the forces...
View ArticleFreedom from exile
By K S Ram Destiny and the dynamics of living often remove us from the place we belong to, from what we refer to as our hometown. Living away, we tend to get “home sick”....
View ArticleMiddle-order proving to be Team India’s Achilles heel
The first time can be dismissed as an aberration. But when things get repeated and starts happening time and again, it does become a cause for alarm. The Indian middle order is fast becoming a...
View ArticleAir India stake sale: How to sell the Maharaja
By V Ranganathan At last, the government has decided to bite the bullet and sell Air India (AI). Now, the question is how: strategic sale, or sale through the stock market? Ratan Tata, possibly in...
View ArticleAir India stake sale: How to acquire the Maharaja
By Aakansha Kaushik On June 28, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its ‘in principle’ approval for considering the strategic disinvestment of Air India (AI) and five of its subsidiaries....
View ArticleHow India can rally the world around a renewable energy revolution
By Rajiv Shah Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President Donald Trump last week was a display of what the two leaders called “true friendship” reaffirming India-US relations. Against the...
View ArticleWhy teams do matter
By Scott Keller The value of a high-performing team has long been recognised. It’s why savvy investors in startups often value the quality of the team and the interaction of the founding members more...
View ArticleRelax with suryayog
By Anita Madan Suryayog, or Sun-meditation, is one of the most rewarding and natural of all human activities, says Swami Surya Jowel. It produces wonderful results at all levels of our being: physical,...
View ArticleBots, billionaires and taxation
By Sachin Dave In some way the father and son duo of Sunil Bharti Mittal and his son Kavin Bharti Mittal, represent the disruption India is set to face. Business created by Sunil Bharti Mittal–...
View ArticleNitish Kumar playing a bluff game with Lalu Yadav for greater autonomy in Bihar
By Ashok Malik Anygood politician always attempts to create opportunities and give himself or herself options. This is precisely what Nitish Kumar, chief minister of Bihar, did when he broke from the...
View ArticleManaging marketing
By David Levitch Et Al Among the companies we have examined, it is not uncommon for 40% of projected revenues to come from just 1% of deals in the pipeline. A big government IT project,...
View ArticleBe in sync with nature
By Sensei Sandeep Desai Most Chinese masters prefer to hold T’ai Chi classes at sunrise when fresh chi emanates from the earth, trees and heavens. T’ai Chi at sunrise prepares you for the day by...
View ArticleThe making of a football stadium
By Joy Bhattacharjya November 2014. Four days after joining the FIFA U17 World Cup Organizing Committee, we were shown a huge patch of land right opposite the All India Football Federation Office in...
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