OPINION
EDITORIAL
Disinvestment back on agenda
With sources of funds for social spending getting limited, minority stake sale in public sector units is by far the optimal choice.
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ECONOMY
Dearer rupee, cheaper India!
Some say that the appreciating rupee could enable commodities, especially petro-products, to be priced lower. But there are problems with this argument.
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MANAGEMENT
The transparency paradox
John Champy, co-author of the 1990s buzzword `re-engineering', maintains that the most important difference to organisations arising from the information communication technology (ICT) revolution is a completely ...
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EDUCATION
Blazing a new trail
How forceful and committed leadership can, even within existing systemic and procedural obstructions, propel an institution in path-breaking directions has been amply demonstrated by the dynamic and innovative ...
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Getting India into innovative mode
If India is to innovate, the only way is to create competition for the IITs. As IITs are tightly controlled government monopolies, such competition has to come from outside — from private institutions free from the shackles of authority. Will I ndian business innovate to nurture innovative talent, asks P. V. INDIRESAN. Competition to the IITs should start with better admission procedures. Teachers, not institutions, should select students; certainly not the government.
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STOCK MARKETS
From irrational exuberance to deep despair
"Architectural weaknesses in the system" are blamed for the stock market crash. Besides more reforms, there is a need to create a deeper bond market.
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Businesses in a merger need to make sense together
A full-page advertisement, in the form of an article, in a newspaper gave a lot of good advice about mergers. Accenture, the international consulting company, was offering to help you manage a corporate merger effectively. There can never be too ...
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