ISBInsight is the Flagship Research Periodical of the Indian School of Business
Could a macroeconomic policy shock like the 2016 Indian demonetisation have microeconomic implications for firms? The authors investigate this question in the context of the Indian mobile phone industry. They find that in the post-demonetisation period, Chinese smartphone manufacturers gained unintended advantages in the market relative to Indian and global firms.
Read moreDeveloped market firms are increasingly expanding into emerging markets by forming international marketing joint ventures (IMJVs) with firms headquartered in...
Read moreThe newly developed Smart Cities Index provides a comprehensive framework for assessing the quality of city services for the 53 million plus cities in India across a variety of characteristics. Analysts at the Indian School of Business Punj Lloyd Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ashish Mohan and Tryambakesh Kumar Shukla, reveal the journey behind the development of the Index and highlight the glaring data gaps that hinder urban development in India.
Read moreHolding governments accountable for delivering on promises and incentivising government employees appropriately is a fundamental requirement of good governance. This...
Read moreProfessor Sanjay Kallapur underlines the contemporary relevance of the work of business historian Alfred D. Chandler, who showed how management, more than technology, facilitated the rise of large wealth-creating organisations.
Read moreLittle Bites of Big Data for Public Policy By Donald F. Kettl CQ Press, 2018; Public Policy Little Bites of...
Read moreJayant Sinha, Honourable Minister of State for Civil Aviation, visited the Indian School of Business, Mohali campus, as part of the ISB Leadership Summit in September 2017. Professor Siddharth Shekhar Singh, Associate Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, Research Centres and Institutes Outreach and Engagement at the ISB, caught up with Mr Sinha during his visit to learn more about the government’s exciting vision for the aviation sector. Edited excerpts from the conversation are below.
Read moreViral V Acharya, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, visited the Indian School of Business to deliver the keynote address at the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF) annual Summer Research Conference in July 2017. Dr Acharya, who was also the CAF Academic Fellow for 2017, has had an illustrious academic career and is also C. V. Starr Professor of Economics in the Finance department at the Stern School of Business, New York University. Here he speaks to Prachi Deuskar, Assistant Professor of Finance at ISB about central banking as a canvas for research impact and the policy-research interface.
Read moreCentralised emergency medical services (EMS) systems such as the North American 9-1-1 calling service are relatively new to emerging economies. Despite high demand, their growth and effectiveness have been low due to insufficient resources and systemic inefficiencies. Given the unique challenges of the Indian setting, Professor Lavanya Marla and her co-authors highlight the need to bring EMS systems into public policy discussions and develop novel, interdisciplinary solutions to design and operational issues.
Read moreFor services that use fluid or changing teams, it is commonly believed that prior familiarity among members helps the team work better. But team members who know each other may not always learn from each other, necessitating team diversity. Professor Sarang Deo and his co-authors use ambulance transport data from the London Ambulance Service to understand how diverse teams operate when processes are more or less standardised.
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