Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
Experts view this as a case of "failed experiment" in succession
Famous and long believed to be trusted Indian brands have wilted against foreign brands, says Mohan Guruswamy.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
It may be the season for corporate matchmaking but India Inc's record of managing partnerships is far from impressive, says Shailesh Dobhal.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
80% of incremental enterprise investment to be in digital technologies by 2020.
Indian Hotels, Tata Steel, Tata Teleservices, Tata Motors, Tata Power need some immediate attention of the Tata Group chairman
Provisioning for bad investments, finance costs shoot up in FY14.
In the not too distant future, you could see 5G technology being used for functions such as remotely-performed robotic surgeries, mine equipment operated remotely or cars driven by someone sitting hundreds of miles away. While these ideas will certainly find application globally, the urgent need for them in India could spur swifter adoption here than elsewhere.
All investors are value investors. Or they at least like to believe this. So let us see why VI is so difficult to achieve, even though philosophically it is easy to understand.
The dual-technology operator plans to divert its mobile customers and those who use mobile internet to the GSM side of its business, and devote the CDMA business exclusively to dongles.
'When the phone's battery is running out, it will make a charming statement like "I'm feeling a little low. Please recharge me".'
Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space
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Big brands are keen to tie up with IPL for advertising purposes.
Market breadth was weak with 1,260 advances and 1,597 losers on the BSE.
Barkha talks about her journey in the world of glamour and her new show, Girls On Top.
Mistry's strategy appears to be the opposite of the group's stance in the heady days of 2007
'The Tata group will need for its new leader to show the same foresight and willingness to go against conventional wisdom at times to keep the group's aspirations high and uphold the values of innovation, ethics, corporate responsibility, trust and leadership that are frequently associated with the Tata name.'
For the past few years the top brass at Pearson did pretty well to grapple with the threat of digital disruption.
While Indians are increasingly using mobile platforms and technology for various financial transactions and purchases like bill payments, ticket bookings, entertainment, travel and banking transactions, cross border mobile remittance is yet to see the light of the day.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.
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