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The process of gathering business intelligence (BI) can be viewed from three perspectives: The first, innocuous and harmless in itself, is concerned ...

A foundation that strives to improve farmers' incomes through soil-testing, access to farm credit, better water management and use of technology has also empowered village women.

Anna Hazare should have the Bhushans out of the drafting panel and bring in any two eminent lawyers to repair the credibility dented by the CD controversy.

The issue of why US companies opt for foreign skills or the fact that major Indian corporates are creating jobs in the US has hardly got the attention each deserve.

Social goals are welcome, but a firm cannot be expected to dilute its responsibility to shareholders. Governments that feel cheated should re-work their incentives.

The Fund has only itself to blame for its predicament. It failed to see what was coming in Greece and Ireland. Emerging economies that have been scalded by IMF's disastrous policies are least likely to accept its prescriptions.

Effective computerisation of government functions makes government departments more efficient and transparent, and enables clean governance, thus ...

During my brief interaction with Raghuraman Ramamurthy, who heads Operations Excellence in Barry-Wehmiller International Resources P Ltd, Chennai ( ...

In 2004, a rash of early scientific reports suggested that cell-phones, which produce radio frequency energy, might cause a fatal form of brain cancer ...

To the extent that lumpy and volatile flows are a spillover from policy choices of advanced economies, managing capital flows should not be treated as an exclusive problem of emerging market economies.

Indian promoters would do well not to invest abroad on their own, but only through the conduit of a company.

In its first monetary policy review this fiscal, the RBI should jettison half-hearted measures and go for an unequivocal anti-inflationary thrust. There is scope to increase the cash reserve ratio and place limits on credit growth.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is, perhaps, the only Constitutional authority which, in the course of more than six decades since ...

The proposed law to have at least one woman on a company's board is welcome. Such representation is not just politically correct, but will also help more equitable decision-making.

In today's world, ruled by brain and mind, words from the heart can be risky. Better plastic than risk; so, most people leash in the obvious and voice ...

This article makes a case for closing defence canteens with a switch to the allowance mode a la the proposed  cash transfer for the BPL segment. S.Murlidharan

The top line of any organisation is like the air we breathe, and the bottom line is like the oxygen we need, but what is also important is the middle ...

India's weak mineral resource base could derail its growth ambitions. Addressing the problem requires strategic vision and even a rethink of many foreign policy assumptions of the 1990s.

The successful PSLV-C16 launch today starts off a busy year for ISRO filled with numerous launches that could culminate with a test launch of the ...

Sales teams can be as useful as TV remote controls even while helplessly taking a lot of unfair pressure. That can be one of the reassuring lessons ...

Sticking to what they believe in despite everything — that is what makes a good leader.

Food markets have overlooked consumer needs. Organised retail can plug this gap and offer fair prices in the face of rising input costs. But to ensure that this segment buys from producers rather than wholesalers, infrastructure must improve.

Beware intellectuals. Not merely should they be kept away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of suspicion when they seek to ...

On land acquisition, the author suggests an option of a land holding corporation, where the farmers or others who occupied the land are given a stake.