Two decades have passed since the first Earth Summit was held at Rio de Janeiro. The Rio+20 Earth Summit will be held this week to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 conference, to review the progress made in implementing... Read More.
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha wrote in his weekly column The Impartial Spectator describing how culture influences growth of nations, “Parking behaviour is a reflection of social norms prevalent in a country”. And social norms affect (directly and indirectly) the way we conduct... Read More.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has launched Impact Platform – an investment product offering retail investors an opportunity to participate in impact investing. Impact investing [1] was until very recently a domain pursued mainly by multilateral development finance institutions (IFC, ADB,... Read More.
JP Morgan reported US$2billion trading loss when its trader Bruno Iksil’s (nicknamed London Whale for his big ticket trades) shorting of credit derivatives (synthetic credit default swaps) reversed as the Euro zone problems resurfaced last month. Looking at it from... Read More.
Web 2.0 can be effectively harnessed as a business research tool. ... Read More.
Firms will have to adapt to the changing environmental realities and adjust their business models to sustain in the long run.... Read More.
Shifts in risk appetite (need for preservation of principal) and return expectations - both at the retail and institutional level have created the need for product manufacturing and research in alternative investment areas. Recent events shaping these shifts include the... Read More.
The year 2009 marked the diminishing western dominance (and the emerging Asian influence) in the global socio-economic policy making arena. Two of the key events during the year that demonstrated this weakening grip of the developed nations were – 1)... Read More.
I am referring to Dr. Kaushik Basu, the Cornell University Economics professor who recently took charge as the Chief Economic Adviser to the government of India. I am also referring to the introductory passage of a lecture essay written by... Read More.
Few days ago a high school buddy of mine called me (woke me up rather) from the U.S at the middle of the night to ask and discuss his idea of doing business in India. He is a tech geek... Read More.
