Kanika Datta

Stories by Kanika Datta

The prime minister has a point

The prime minister has a point

Rediff.com   31 May 2007

The prime minister is right when he exhorts the corporate world to rethink its terms of engagement in a society as poor and in as much flux as India.

Competition is key to survival

Competition is key to survival

Rediff.com   17 May 2007

Competition-induced consumer awareness creates a virtuous circle of greater corporate responsibility

Catch-22 in West Bengal

Catch-22 in West Bengal

Rediff.com   24 Mar 2007

The policies that kept the Left Front in power for 30 years are proving major obstacles in the state's bid to industrialise.

Two decades of transition

Two decades of transition

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2007

The finance minister appears to be harking back to the seventies and eighties by prevailing on cement and steel manufacturers to hold the price line despite the hit they'll take on margins.

Nationalism has no place in business

Nationalism has no place in business

Rediff.com   8 Feb 2007

Like corporations all round the world and of all nationalities, Indian businesses understand the urgent need to acquire global scale and efficiencies to succeed.

The jobs carousel

The jobs carousel

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2006

Widespread job restlessness and the concomitant evolution of the human resources function are, of course, a good sign of the times.

Is there an 'Indian' style of management?

Is there an 'Indian' style of management?

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2006

The ability to manage against the odds that has given Indian entrepreneurs a unique skill.

Crony capitalism dead? No way!

Crony capitalism dead? No way!

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2006

Corporate caste system crumbling

Corporate caste system crumbling

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2006

Pay = Performance

Pay = Performance

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2006

This is India's biggest challenge

This is India's biggest challenge

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2006

Let merit, not reservation, win

Let merit, not reservation, win

Rediff.com   30 Jun 2006

How 'private' is India's pvt sector?

How 'private' is India's pvt sector?

Rediff.com   17 Jun 2006

Big business and the political process

Big business and the political process

Rediff.com   13 Jan 2006

The 'USP' of Indian managers

The 'USP' of Indian managers

Rediff.com   30 Dec 2005

Birth of a generation of workaholics

Birth of a generation of workaholics

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2005

Wealth creation in 'Little India'

Wealth creation in 'Little India'

Rediff.com   30 Jun 2005

Banks and the mirage of technology

Banks and the mirage of technology

Rediff.com   5 May 2005

Getting value from gender budgeting

Getting value from gender budgeting

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2005

Suffering from asthma? Try acupuncture

Suffering from asthma? Try acupuncture

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2004