Focus on a few products… Business Briefs by Industrial Economist - December 1, 20190 India has been generating large surpluses in a vast range of agriculture products such as rice, wheat, sugar, milk... But their prices are higher than those offered by competitors. The focus should be on improving productivity and hence, competitiveness. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ensures free trade amongst the
IE celebrates its Golden Jubilee Business Briefs India 2030 by Industrial Economist - April 4, 2018April 13, 20180 IE celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 15 March at the ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. A ringside report. We planned the golden jubilee celebrations with the theme of India 2030. Over 30 tall leaders graciously consented to be members of the IE golden jubilee committee. An equal number of business celebrities, spread
Larsen & Toubro – Amazing Opportunity to Lead Business Briefs by S Viswanathan - March 1, 2018March 5, 20180 The four significant aspects of business development are (a) plan, (b) deploy labour, (c) optimise the use of materials and (d) marry technology to improve work practices. In each of these L&T has kept pace with state-of-the-art developments. – S N Subrahmanyan It is a hectic schedule for S N Subrahmanyan
Digital retail transactions stabilise at higher level Business Briefs by Industrial Economist - February 13, 2018February 24, 20180 The total value of digital retail transactions [from four modes debit/credit cards at points of sale (PoS), prepaid payment instruments (PPIs), immediate payment service (IMPS) and unified payments interface (UPI)] increased from less than Rs.500 billion in mid-2015 to Rs.750 billion by August 2016 – implying a growth of more
Downsizing spree… Business Briefs by Industrial Economist - February 13, 2018February 24, 20180 “When the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight,” said Jack Welch. Tough words from an iconic leader, who also said that every leader and every firm will have to reinvent themselves every few years and the velocity of that reinvention
Economic, business and social sustainability Business Briefs by Industrial Economist - February 13, 2018February 24, 20180 MC’s Eisuke Shiozaki stressed that business must try to look at economic value, environmental value and societal value, all ensured through sustainability management. From time to time the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation presents leaders from different spheres to address on current and emerging issues. A recent one by Eisuke Shiozaki,
Applauding enterprise… Business Briefs by Industrial Economist - February 13, 2018February 24, 20180 Nanayam Vikatan, focusing on business journalism in Tamil, instituted the Business Star Awards under nine categories: applauding successful entrepreneurs: start-up – Adhil Shetty (Bankbazaar); rising star – P N Vasudevan (Equitas); one who learnt from failures and rose again and again like the phoenix - C C Paarthipan (Caplin); innovation –
On the ‘milky’ way Business Briefs Events by Industrial Economist - February 13, 2018February 24, 20180 In 2009, the year when the UPA won a second term, Srikumar and his wife Rashima boarded a flight out of London that would take them to Odisha. By itself, it was no big deal. Every day, hundreds of passengers leave England for India. What marked the present one as