British Council's Corporate Social Responsibility Case Writing Competition -- 2007
During his time as executive chairman, the company's net revenues grew 17-fold to Rs 42,777 crore and profit after tax nearly 40 times to Rs 10,289 crore. Total shareholder returns grew at a compounded annual rate of around 20%. Besides numbers, his biggest achievement was to transform ITC from a cigarette company to a diversified enterprise.
Nowhere is this more the case than in communications, and social networking in particular. The arrival of the "Facebook generation" among the student population has highlighted how social networking websites can improve interaction and promote use of the schools' own online networks.
Indian-origin British entrepreneurs are more successful in securing credit and finance due to their higher credibility rating compared the other businessmen, latest industry research shows.
The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad has awarded Hyderabad-based Sarovar Park Plaza, a subsidiary of Sarovar Hotels, a long-term contract to provide management-backed hospitality services.
Case study suggests strategy to offer 'maximum bang for the minimum buck'.
Increased competition during the economic downturn is a key concern for small business owners, according to a survey by the small enterprise research team at the Open University Business School.
Four indian banks are offering cards with a credit limit of 80-90 per cent of the fixed deposit.
Post CAT and group discussions you must think about cracking personal interviews. Here's how.
Admissions for MBA and PGPM courses are now open at the Amity Global Business School, Mumbai.
If you are a management aspirant then don't wait for the last moment to prepare for your group discussions. Here are three tips to help you with your GDs.
With the mantras 'Explore, Dream, Discover,' the 17th edition of the three-day Network of Indian Professionals in North America (NetIP) conference to be held in Boston offers to the 800 participants opportunities to hear industry leaders and stalwart professors, including Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande of Sycamore Networks; Tarun Khanna, professor at Harvard University Business School; and Vikram Akula of SKS Microfinance.
Indian-origin technology executives Jayshree Ullal and Neerja Sethi have made it to the Forbes list of America's 60 richest self-made women, with 21-year-old reality TV star and entrepreneur Kylie Jenner the youngest to be featured in the power list.
In Hyderabad, it plans to hire in the areas of finance accounting, transaction processing and technology, among others
A new law and a new study refuel the H-1B debate.
Despite a troubled job market that could continue for another year or more, many B-schools are looking at expanding the number of seats by up to 50 per cent and launching new programmes. B-schools maintain the demand for good students will remain even in a troubled job market and the student pool and programme portfolio need to be expanded. "Besides, when these students pass out in the next two years, the market will be better," said a director from one of the institutes.
Bank of America has become the first US bank to withdraw job offers made to MBA students graduating from US business schools this summer, citing conditions laid out in its bail-out deal as the reason.
Here's a quick at the two cousins, Akash and Anmol.
Announcing the Dr DC Pavate Memorial Fellowships in Cambridge for 2009.
The man who could well have been a high-level corporate may have to content himself being deputy chief minister. But other challenges await.
An expert on corporate and individual tax policy, Gupta has consulted for Fortune 500 companies
'Just when it looks our film-making is moving away from idolising toxic archetypes for the sake of romantic fulfillment, Aleya Sen's Dil Juunglee comes along and squashes it in entirety,' says Sukanya Verma.
The 41-year-old 'young gun' travelled the length and breadth of the state to strengthen the party at the grassroots level and ensure its comeback.
What is the solution to problems like this? It is probably not more intrusive government regulation. Despite the noises being made in America blaming all finance-sector problems on a lax regulatory environment, it is not clear that more paperwork is the answer.
They say 'money can't buy you happiness,' but a new study has proved the opposite. Researchers at Wharton Business School have carried out the study and found that inhabitants of richer nations are happier than those of poorer countries, the Financial Times has reported. Their finding contradicts years of wisdom that higher national gross domestic product often did not translate into a greater overall sense of well-being.
"We are delighted to have Anjali Raina take on this important leadership role at our India Research Center," said Krishna Palepu, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. "She will focus on building and maintaining relationships with senior business leaders in the region to facilitate the expanding work of the Center in research, educational programs, and alumni endeavors."
Deans and professors from the best business schools are jostling for appointments with executives and companies to offer tailor-made programmes. At IIT-Kharagpur, XLRI Jamshedpur, and IIM Calcutta, around 200 executives take the executive education programmes every year, with course fee ranging between Rs 5,000 and Rs 35,000, while a few courses could cost up to a couple of lakhs.
The lure of FMCGs has faded over the years with the rise of consultancy firms, foreign banks and software companies, according to the Campus Recruiter Index, an annual survey by research agency AC Nielsen tracking students' perception of recruiting companies on campuses.
Wary of the times ahead in the job market, business schools are working on a risk-minimisation strategy and looking at doubling the pool of companies on the campus for the summer placements scheduled in November this year.
Reader Tushar Khetarpal (right) spent a day with the Sage of Omaha - Warren Buffett - in his hometown Omaha, Nebraska in February 2008.
A good wealth manager is as important as a right mix of asset allocation in creating wealth in your lifetime.
The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era -- or the beginning of a hype cycle, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
"With all kinds of stocks flying around, investing can't be a part-time job," says Bruce Greenwald, professor of finance at the Columbia Business School.
The Judge Business School and the University of Cambridge have announced the launch of the Cambridge Centre for Indian Business.
'Hathras, Muradabad, Trichur, Salem, Madurai, Aligarh and Kanpur are cities where we are expecting and in some cases have seen new buyers come from.'
Familiar models of questions were absent and every set had 'unfamiliar' written all over it.
In 2007, a year in which the inflation figure had yet to become the finance minister's Friday fear and crude oil was not hogging headlines, the placement salary spike was 10 per cent. What makes the jump this year even more impressive is that it does not take into account the offers from international companies, which typically dish out more than domestic recruiters.
In the first-of-its-kind initiative, the Retailers' Association of India is organising the country's first-ever entrance exam for an 18-month Post-graduate Programme in Retail Management. The first-ever exam for the 18-month course will be for 1,500 seats in 15 business schools.
Pankaj Ghemawat is dismissive of the obsession with growth and scale economies -- he calls them 'dinosaur economics.' He would be much happier if companies considered all components of economic value while assessing cross-border alternatives.
Icfai Business school announces two programmes: MBA programme (2008-2010) and the Executive postgraduate programme (2008-2009).
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