Over the last year, the publishing industry has aggressively incorporated technology to address key issues in its operations. The rise of the digital market has led to publishers re-engineering their legacy workflows – workflows that were incapable of incorporating digital... Read More.
“… That general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.” - Sun Tzu, Chinese General & military strategist As competitive intelligence analysts,... Read More.
Last week, the new Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Vyalar Ravi was widely quoted in the media as saying that his “top” priority was to ensure that Air India regains its “lost glory”. Anywhere else, such a statement would have... Read More.
With the recovery in stock markets and overall economy, calendar year 2010 saw investment bankers smiling all the way to the bank as Indian M&A activity increased by nearly 80% over the last year and by more than 100% over... Read More.
“Should policymakers trust the IIP or the PMI numbers?” an article I saw in livemint this morning cried out. “The RBI had, in its mid-term monetary policy statement, raised doubts about how effectively the index reflects the underlying momentum in... Read More.
The unfolding saga of the fraud by Citibank India employee, Shivraj Puri, is, like all such scams, both sordid and unbelievable. All frauds are sordid, so let's focus on the unbelievable. As expected, investor ire and media attention are being focused... Read More.
The Competition Commission of India can now choose to scrutinize all external communication of individual employees, particularly in companies that are dominant in their markets. What does this mean for the CI analyst? The Competition Act 2002 in India (CA02) is... Read More.
Most companies want to be and claim to be on the right side of the fine line that demarcates ethical CI from low life espionage. Only, different people and companies draw lines at different places. Let’s first distinguish between personal and... Read More.
It looks like this time next week, we will all be in the know about the results of the latest round of Patni stake sale attempts. India’s sixth largest software services exporter will see the emergence of a new investor... Read More.
Despite so much evidence to the contrary, our esteemed ministers remain ignorant about the positive effects of market forces. The latest example of this is the brouhaha (love the sound of that word) over domestic airfares. The Aviation Minister, Mr.... Read More.
