BUSINESS
Edtech’s failure is Indian education sector's curse to bear
The problem is that impact funding isn’t as well funded and the money available for education focused on long-term results is paltry.
BUSINESS
Indian consumer firms have a big gamble coming up this festive season
If spending shows a significant uptick, it might be proof that the Indian consumer market is distinct and different from markets elsewhere
TRENDS
Meta collected your data and then forgot where it kept it
Daniel Garrie: “What systems store the data necessary from that list to compile a single user's profile or profile once it's created?” Facebook's Eugene Zarashaw: “I don't believe there's a single person that exists who could answer that.
BUSINESS
Thermax restructuring under Anu Aga has tips for Shapoorji Pallonji group
While much is made of the professionalisation of business families, on the ground, Indian family businesses have often struggled without a strong family lead, clear about his or her role at the top
ENVIRONMENT
Delhi metro should consider fare offs during peak traffic hours
How to encourage more people to use public transport, and reduce the carbon footprint and congestion during peak hours.
BUSINESS
Why gig workers need unions to champion their rights
Startups may be a boon for consumers and for wealth creation but for gig workers who power their growth, it's a lopsided contract
TRENDS
Saying goodbye to the internet
A recent survey across France, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Japan and South Korea found that 31 percent respondents didn't trust the Internet.
BUSINESS
China’s mega corporations are under threat at home and abroad
Overseas investors too have been pulling money out of the country at a furious pace, fearing more uncertainty and continuing government crackdowns as part of its zero COVID policy
BUSINESS
Maruti’s long ride to glory through India’s auto land
The Maruti 800 was as much a car as it was a cultural icon, capturing the zeitgeist of a country yearning for change
BUSINESS
Should we call time on ONGC?
A continuing inability to find fresh oil acreage and the high cost of development at existing well heads, some of which have been lying dormant for years, have dimmed the prospects of the public sector behemoth
INDIA
Phone cameras are spurring temper tantrums in public
Perpetrators performing for the cameras is a well-documented phenomenon and is termed the "online disinhibition effect", wherein going online seems to lower people’s inhibitions.
BUSINESS
Tata Sons-Tata Trusts | Separate heads for both will not solve the problem
At a time when Sebi has been insisting on splitting the position of chairman and managing at listed companies, it is the right optics for a business group that has defined standards of corporate behaviour in India to set the example
TRENDS
Enid Blyton’s magic has outlasted wokes and cancel campaigns
Enid Blyton was born this month, 125 years ago.
POLITICS
Privatise Coal India while the market for black gold is hot
Fossil fuels are making a comeback as an energy shortage grips the world but it's a temporary reprieve. But, this is the best window for the government to lower its stake in the mining major
BUSINESS
Indian business held out great promise at the time of Independence
If you had looked out of the window during a cross-country drive on August 14, 1947, Indian business would have looked full of promise - thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering zeal kept alive by merchants like Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Premchand Roychand.
BUSINESS
Zomato needs more than rebranding to be eternally successful
A confused brand strategy can prove to be costly in a business where branding is everything
TRENDS
True crime: You can't outrun the long arm of the law
Louis Flood and Charles Sobhraj belong to that breed of criminals who found that the long arm of the law eventually caught up with them. No shootouts, or filmy fights marked their eventual capitulation.
BUSINESS
A potential Uber-Ola merger would first have to address the viability of their business
Reports say an industry disruptor and its India clone may be headed for a merger as a panacea for their financial woes. If they do go ahead with the plan it would need to turn the conventional wisdom of two donkeys not being equal to a horse on its head
WORLD
The cussed resilience of Davos Man
Davos Man certainly knows a thing or two about being resilient. Not even the most trenchant criticism has been able to dim the elite's determination to save the world from them.
BUSINESS
WalMart's profit warning a sign of trouble for global retailers
US retail giant WalMart's profit warning signals a mounting threat to retail businesses as inflation and a slowdown hurt growth in key markets
TRENDS
Indian coffee to shake off colonial hangover
The current session of Parliament will take up the repeal of the Coffee Act of 1942, which was enacted in the middle of World War II, ostensibly to safeguard the industry from its effects.
BUSINESS
Indian lawmakers can’t keep waiting for global consensus on cryptos
A world which can't even agree upon a standard response to climate change, the biggest threat it faces, isn't going to be in a rush to work towards the "common taxonomy and standards" for crypto that finance minister Sitharaman is hoping for
TECHNOLOGY
Book review: Accenture’s top minds on humanizing AI
'Radically Human' draws on research which shows that most companies use emerging technologies as a lifeline, not as engines of innovation. And the few that do the latter, have reaped huge rewards.
BUSINESS
The Uber saga: The corrosive powers of maverick founders
The likes of Travis Kalanick, Adam Neumann and Elon Musk don’t look back, even if it is to consider the consequences of the actions they have initiated
