India's third largest network service provider, Reliance Communications (RCom), is close to signing an agreement with US-based GetJar to launch its own application store (app store, software modules to run specific tasks on own mobiles), sources said.
Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad spoke in a measured baritone and asked for feedback on his latest book -- The New Age of Innovation -- which was launched in India in April 2008, almost a month before its scheduled distribution in the United States. The University of Michigan professor listened intently, almost like a student eager to know whether he had gone wrong anywhere.
The executive suites of most major companies still remain largely boys' clubs, but things are improving.
India Inc's order book doubled in the fourth quarter (January-March) of the last financial year compared, to the year-ago period.
CanvasM, a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and Motorola, is planning to launch 6,000 new indigenously developed applications for mobile phones.
A McKinsey survey shows very few firms focus on building the capability that adds the most value to performance.
HR audit, Strategic Training Unit, leadership development - SBI is doing all that it takes to be an employer of choice.
The money, together with disinvestment proceeds, is crucial for Mukherjee to meet his fiscal deficit target of 5.5 per cent for 2010-11 from 6.7 per cent in 2009-10.
Leading HR experts say a coach can bring in the edge that is vital to make the transition from just another boss to the boss.
Plans to form JV for its data centre business
Axis Bank's chief talks of her stress-busters and brushes over the 'Chanda-Shikha' stories.
India Inc is hiring once again, but caution is still the watchword, says Shyamal Majumdar.
This metro line would be a 33.65-km rail link between Bangalore City Centre and Bangalore International Airport.
Managers of the world seem to be united in their passion for wasting time at work.
Mumbai-based Gammon Infrastructure wishes to buy stakes in international airport projects. The company is already in talks with companies that have won such projects in developing economies. "We expect the first such deal to close in six months," said Managing Director Parvez Umrigar.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) will soon be the official owner of the second phase of the Mumbai Metro project. The state government and the company will sign a concession agreement for the Rs 11,000-crore (Rs 110 billion) project on Thursday, according to sources.
Aggregate domestic R&D spend in India has never exceeded 1 per cent of GDP, and over 80 per cent of Indian firms spend nothing on research.
The government should focus on smaller labour reforms; they may not be headline-grabbing but can collectively be effective, says Shyamal Majumdar.
There are 300 applicants for each clerical post at SBI, mostly engineers/MBAs, for a job that just requires a Class 12 qualification.
Instead of a one-size-fits-all strategy, employees can be allowed to tailor their benefits package to their specific needs.
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