ISBInsight is the Flagship Research Periodical of the Indian School of Business
While cigarette smoking is on the wane, ‘vaping’ is on the rise worldwide. Do e-cigarettes really help smokers kick the nicotine habit? And what may be the best public policy options for regulating their use? Research by Professor Vithala R. Rao and Dr Jialie Chen offers some answers.
Read moreThe mantra of winner-take-all appears to be the underlying economic assumption behind the flood of interest and investment in digital start-ups in the past few years, argues Professor Tejpavan Gandhok. Are winner-take-all online platforms really as inevitable as they are perceived to be, especially in e-commerce and online taxi hailing in India?
Read moreCould 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 more“The secret of happiness does not lie in possessing but in giving. One, who makes others happy, will be happy.”...
Read moreIt is not an easy task to emulate the most successful family firms because success is more to do with...
Read moreThe significance of corporate governance and the role of independent directors in the growth of a family business cannot be...
Read moreDr. Thomas Schmidheiny, Chairman, Spectrum Value Management Limited, Zurich, and Former chairman, Holcim, the world’s leading cement, concrete, and aggregates...
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