The Tata Sons controversy has raised governance concerns. Arun Duggal and Mohandas Pai on the role of independent directors in such conflict situations.
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The Companies Bill asked for promoting gender diversity by specifying induction of a minimum number of women directors
According to a survey done by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the average cost due to security incidents for Indian companies more than doubled from $194 in 2013 to $414 in 2014.
'You must remember that a career is something you can craft for yourself.' 'But if you want to be a successful leader, you need the organisation and your team to support you.' 'In order to make it all work, you need to be cognisant of the team.' 'You can't be a prima donna. These days, people don't accept that.' 'You can't ride roughshod over people.'
Cyrus Mistry, who was replaced as chairman of Tata Sons last Monday, October 24, still serves as the chairman of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Indian Hotels, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries and Tata Teleservices.
Replace authority and hierarchy with team building and collective participation.
A large number of successful IPOs ensured that the total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative valuation of all listed shares, rose by nearly Rs 6 lakh crore during the year to Rs 106.23 lakh crore
Happiest Minds expects revenue to touch $100 mn in 3 years, the fastest in India's tech services sector.
What does one make of Ramdev's recent allegations that MNCs are conspiring against Patanjali?
Starting as a maker of hydraulic pumps, the Bengaluru-based company graduated to components for automakers like BMW and Audi, and then Airbus and Boeing
Anshu Jain spent 20 years building Deutsche Bank.
Sleuths of security forces and secret service agents have converged on the city and huge make-shift iron walls have come up several blocks around the convention's location.
Such an exit arrangement is commonly known in the business parlance as 'golden parachute' or 'sweetheart deal'
'The Maoists want the tribals to boycott the election while the police think the election is a farce and do not want to risk going deeper in the conflict zone.' 'Newton (played with sincerity and deep felt passion by Rajkummar Rao) wants to make sure that the locals cast their vote, a right given to them by the Constitution.'
While study was done before the current boardroom battle began, the findings indicate Tata is no longer viewed as aspirational brand by working professionals.
The start-up story appears to be losing its sheen due to corporate misgovernance, financial mismanagement and gender discrimination.
'You shouldn't mistreat Muslims, you shouldn't mistreat Sikhs, you shouldn't mistreat anyone you perceive to be the other.'
Things appear to be going from bad to worse for Vijay Mallya, once known as 'King of Good Times', with the board of a company he nurtured into India's largest liquor maker asking him to quit.
Patanjali doesn't employ any fancy managers with MBA degrees.
Higher advertising spends to grab customer eyeballs take a toll on startups across segments
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has launched a scathing attack on the club's manager Arsene Wenger, saying he could not make a case for the Frenchman to extend his reign beyond this season.
For the traditionalists, wars on Twitter and Facebook smack of immaturity.
Mickey Virus gets better only in the second half, according to Paloma Sharma.
Vijay Mallya who inherited the UB Group from his father as a young 28-year-old, said he has got "nothing to prove".
Feedback has led the brand to ramp up its shirts collection, despite the popularity of its polo t-shirts.
'How can you blame poor Kabir Khan for the Tubelight fiasco?' 'We know that his Job Description expects him to work below full capacity, to sell his soul, and we know his SOP-sheet has the title: Design the next Salman Khan Project.' Sreehari Nair sees through Kabir Khan's cunning.
'You want to be a team that wins the game irrespective of which stadium you are playing in and what the weather conditions may be on that day,' says the outgoing president of IndiGo as he looks back on his eventful tenure.
His presence matters more than the money he brings.
The flagship looks distinct from its peers and sports top-line hardware, but isn't a big upgrade over the G3.
Globally, the SME business is among the fifth and sixth positions for Adobe.
Indian business, on quite a different trajectory from its global counterpart, remains relatively insulated from any kind of backlash.
The Badshah of Bollywood entertained the houseful audience at IIM Bangalore's first Global Alumni Leadership Summit with his brand of leadership lessons in his trademark style and sense of humour.
Endless cases, piles of files, meagre resources and unrelenting scrutiny... the CBI's life story is all that and more, says Ruchika Chitravanshi
Gupta filed a 70-page petition with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday seeking 'panel rehearing and rehearing en banc', saying in 'rejecting two of his challenges to the exclusion of critical evidence in his case, the panel misapprehended several points' about the insider trading case against him.
Raymond was one of the first to start organised apparel retail in India.
Scholarships, sports and spirit define Phee Teik Yeoh, the new CEO of Vistara in India
We bring you five lessons any entrepreneur, aspiring and otherwise, can learn from the founder of Facebook.
Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, announced his resignation from the newspaper on Twitter on Friday, two years after he took over the reins from N Ram as the first professional editor of The Hindu.
Jack van Strien started his career in Philips Consumer Lifestyle in 1990.
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