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Every issue of ISBInsight revolves around a central theme of current and critical importance to readers, with in-depth articles written by leading academics and management thought leaders from across the globe.

Jan-Mar 2018

• Emergency Services in Emerging Economies: Challenges and First Steps

  Given the unique challenges of the Indian setting, Lavanya Marla and her co-authors highlight the need to bring emergency medical services systems into public policy discussions and develop novel, interdisciplinary solutions to design and operational issues.

• The Twin Advantages of Diversity and Familiarity in Teams

  Sarang Deo and his co-authors use ambulance transport data from the London Ambulance Service to understand how diverse teams operate when processes are less standardised.

• Emergency Medical Services: Are Drones the Future?

  Justin J Boutilier of the University of Toronto explores the potential of drone technology to be a transformative innovation for the provision of emergency medical services, despite a host of new technological, regulatory and operational challenges.

• Creating an Integrated Emergency Care Ecosystem

  Umashankar Kotturu, cofounder of CallAmbulance, discusses the importance of taking a comprehensive and collaborative approach to emergency care built on technology, financial preparedness and a human network to create emergency ecosystems that empower victims.

• Saving Lives: Emergency Medical Services in India

  There is an urgent need to extend the myopic view of emergency medical services beyond operations to an interdisciplinary perspective encompassing business models, strategy, process control, policy, and innovation, says Milind Sohoni in this report on the First Practice-Based Summit on Emergency Medical Services in India.

Oct-Dec 2017

• Professionalisation of Family Business: Managing Process and Governance Challenges

  The authors, Navneet Bhatnagar and Professor Kavil Ramachandran, examine the challenges that the professionalisation process poses to the leadership, the business and the family.

• Family Businesses: The Emerging Landscape 1990-2015

  Family businesses are the future and an integral part of the journey of India to emerge as an economic powerhouse. Dr Nupur Pavan Bang, Professor Sougata Ray and Professor Kavil Ramachandran, study family businesses, heterogeneity within them, while also comparing and contrasting them with other ownership categories.

• Family Wealth Management – a European Perspective

  Dr Dieter Spaelti provides an update to his original article, from the archives, in which he elaborated on the structural setup of family offices.

• Leading the Journey Towards Happiness and Prosperity, in Families and their Businesses

  Professor Kavil Ramachandran analyses the unique challenges faced by the family businesses, and the journey ahead; the role of Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise at Indian School of Business in addressing these.

Apr-Jun 2017

• Clusterpreneurship: Do entrepreneurs create and sustain clusters?

  The trends in ICT sector explain the emergence of start-ups and their regional concentration, say Professor Deepa Mani, Professor Anand Nandkumar and Vasundhara Sharma, in their analysis.

• The Digital Transformation of R&D

  A paradigm shift to ICT-intensive R&D and the related increase in the centrality of the ICT industry has important implications in a wide spectrum of industries, point out Professor Deepa Mani, Professor Rajib Saha and K Aditya.

• Complementary Roles of PCs and Smartphones in Enabling Digital India

  Not only mobiles but PCs too will play a crucial role in the objective of digitising India effectively, emphasise Professor Sundar Bharadwaj, Professor S Arunachalam and Ananthanarayanan S.

• Engaging in Real-Time: Understanding the Effect of ‘Real-Time’ Social Media Messages On Consumer Engagement

  In their study of real-time marketing (RTM) messages on social media, Professor Sundar Bharadwaj, Professor Omar Rodriguez Vila and Doctoral Candidate Myoung-Jin Chae propose and test two mechanisms by which RTM messages have an impact on consumer engagement.

Jul-Sep 2016

• Climate and Society: Beyond General Circulation Models
• Mitigating Risk and Vulnerability: Household-Level Responses to Drought

  Tired of waiting for elusive government support, farming households devise their own coping mechanisms to climate change, shows a survey of five Indian states by ISB Researchers Ujjainee Sharma, Shreya Basu, Anu Johny and Lalmani Pandey.

• Impact of Climatic Conditions on GDP

  The consequences of climate change could be devastating if policy makers continue to ignore them, point out Professor Ashwini Chhatre and his co-authors.

• Climate and Society: Beyond General Circulation Models

  Mechanical analyses of presumed climate impacts are not enough to formulate responses to climate change, says Professor Ashwini Chhatre.

• Crop Diversification to Reduce Exposure to Climatic Changes: Associated Risks and Mitigation Strategies

  Public policy and supply chain innovations are critical to mitigate risks and encourage farmers to adopt crop diversifi cation, say Professors Ashwini Chhatre, Sripad Devalkar, Sridhar Seshadri and Research Associate Prashant Hariharan.

• Institutional Arrangements for Evolving Climate Policy in India

  A right mix of approach is needed for meaningful outcomes from a climate policy, says Poornima Sheelanere.

• From Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas

  Democratic governance at multiple scales and articulation between institutions, across scales, are critical to successful adaptation by communities to climate change, say Post Doctoral Fellow Harry W Fischer, Professors Ashwini Chhatre, Sripad Devalkar, Milind G Sohoni and Research Assistant Sriharitej Kolagani.

Apr-Jun 2016

• Indian Aviation Ver 2.0. Ready for takeoff
• Low Cost Airports: Catalysts For Inclusive Growth

  The success story of Indian aviation will depend on two primary drivers - low fares and increased connectivity, says Rajiv Bhargava.

• Robust Airline Operations: Planning for uncertainty

  According to Professor Milind G. Sohoni airlines need to develop additional capabilities to plan for uncertainty.

• Indian Aviation Industry in 2016: Ready for Takeoff

  India could well become the third largest aviation market if the National Civil Aviation Policy is implemented in letter and spirit, writes Amber Dubey.

Jan-Mar 2016

• Innovation and Growth Strategies To Win Globally
• Innovation and Growth Strategies for Global Markets

  Dean Rajendra Srivastava captures a dozen lessons that deserve the attention of strategists who need to innovate by embracing one or a combination thereof to succeed.

• Three Box Solution: Strategy for Innovation

  Professor Vijay Govindarajan puts forth his three box strategy for leading innovation in the future. It is as important to create the future as managing the present is, he says.

• Swimming in cold waters: How MNFs protect IPR in weak IP regimes

  Multinational firms (MNFs) use a variety of mechanisms to make up for weak intellectual property rights regimes in countries such as India and China. Professor Anand Nandkumar analyses these mechanisms.

• Technological Innovation in India: Negotiating the Patent Ecosystem

  Professors Anand Nandkumar and Deepa Mani with Mridula Anand look at India’s progress in technological innovation by analysing patent data.

• The Last Mile Conundrum: Pitfalls of Product Innovation Sans Market Strategies

  Mridula Anand strings together learnings from a series of ISB case studies on innovations in emerging markets.

Oct-Dec 2015

• Capacity Building for Driving India's Growth Momentum
• Capacity Building: A Key Driver of Economic Growth

  Dr Prajapati Trivedi highlights that attempts to develop capacity have persistently fallen short of expectations in India and other developing nations. Therefore, we need to re-examine, re-invent, reimagine and re-double efforts to build capacity in various sectors at all levels.

• Cost Efficiency plus Quality Measures: Prescription for the Indian Healthcare Sector

  Professor Pierantonio Russo suggests adaptation of a consumer driven approach that would allow meaningful comparison among individual healthcare providers and facilities.

• Minimum Government, Maximum Governance: From Rhetoric to Reality

  Mandar Kagade highlights critical requirements for achieving the goal of minimum government, maximum governance.

• Capacity Building for Smart Cities

  O P Agarwal provides an approach for fi nancing smart city projects, understanding area based development, process of stakeholder engagement and the kind of research activities that need to be initiated.

Jul-Sep 2015

• Impact Assessment: Key to Incentivising Participation in Development
• Impact of Motivational Crowding in Sustainable Development Interventions

  Professor Ashwini Chhatre and Arnab Dutta, Research Associate, through their research show that monetary incentives fail to inculcate a sense of environment conservation.

• Do self-help programmes change hearts and minds? The JEEViKA Experience in Bihar

  Professor Tarun Jain’s research of JEEViKA in rural Bihar shows how the programme enabled trust building amongst the members of the community.

• Roads to Riches? An Evaluation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

  Professor Shilpa Aggarwal studies the rural road construction programme and explains its impact on the biophysical and human environment.

• Improving Maternal and Infant Healthcare Utilisation: Does Conditional Cash Incentive Work?

  Professor Sisir Debnath assesses success of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) schemes in curbing high rates of neonatal and maternal mortality.

• Impact Assessment: Data Analysis for Better Decision Making

  Professor Tarun Jain explains the importance of Impact Assessment in policy making and programme designing.

Apr-Jun 2015

• Smart Cities: Frameworks for Future Indian Cities
• Building a Foundation for Smart Indian Cities

  Jitendra N Bajpai draws lessons from the history of other cities like New York City and defines the key building blocks for smart Indian cities.

• Financing Smart Cities

  O P Agarwal explores financial models for smart cities. The key to success of these models has much to do with leveraging the right instrument based on the unique risk and rewards, he says.

• Leveraging Technology for Smarter Transportation

  Priyansh Dixit and Vinod Bijlani write on the need for technology-based transportation systems that provide a complete transit and traffic data to enable management of traffic and reduce emissions.

• Smart City Maturity Model (SCMM)

  Deepa Mani and Shankhadeep Banerjee write about their Smart Cities Maturity Model that will help Indian cities to assess where they currently are on their journey to being smart cities and decide where they want to be.

Jan-Mar 2015

• Transformations in Technology Services
• Myths and Reality of India’s Services Export Revolution

  Dr Anupam Khanna reveals India’s advantage in services exports since it can leverage the IT industry’s favourable reputation and capabilities.

• A Capability Maturity Index for Global In-House Centres (GICs) in India

  Professor Deepa Mani explains the urgent need for a capability maturity index for GICs in India.

• Measuring Digital Value: Why Valuation Metrics are Inadequate

  Professor Anandhi Bharadwaj urges for a new set of valuation models that will more accurately capture and quantify digital innovations.

• Creating the Next Generation Information Technology Workforce

  Professor Nishtha Langer profiles the new generation of IT professionals and the importance to stay on top of industry’s ‘skills’ trends.

Jul-Sep 2014

• Making Renewable Sustainable: Policy and Institutional Enablers for Securing Energy and Development
• Renewable Energy: The Promise and Cost-effective Deployment

  Professors Rajesh Chakrabarti and Gireesh Shrimali outline the growing importance of renewable energy and the necessity for deploying it in a cost-effective manner.

• Global Drivers of the Uneven Expansion of Renewable Energy

  Professors Ashwini Chhatre and Brian Dill explore the underlying circumstances leading to the spurt in power generation from renewable energy sources.

• Meeting India’s Renewable Energy Targets: The Financing Challenge

  Professor Gireesh Shrimali outlines measures to improve access to finance and scalability of investments in India’s renewable energy sector.

• Which Federal Renewable Energy Policies can be Most Effective?

  Sandhya Srinivasan compares existing renewable energy policies against a proposed set of debt-related policies to provide a framework for choosing the most appropriate policies.

• Solving India’s Renewable Energy Financing Challenge: Instruments to Provide Low-cost, Long-term Debt

  Charith Konda makes the case for exploring low-cost, long-term debt financing options for renewable power projects.

• Increasing Value for Money in Infrastructure Investment

  Oshani Perera and Tilmann Liebert explain how the principle of ‘value for money across the entire life cycle of an asset’ can ensure sustainable and equitable development.

• Going Beyond the Price Signal: Managing Energy Demand through Behavioral Instruments

  Anant Sudarshan posits the potential of behavioural interventions with respect to consumption of electricity and the need to achieve energy efficiency.

Apr-Jun 2014

• Capturing Value in the Digital Era
• The Multi-Faceted Impact of Digital Media

  Professor Amit Mehra outlines how emerging trends in digital media are transforming businesses.

• Freemium Uncovered: The Cases of Music and Mating

  Professor Jui Ramaprasad presents some surprising results in a study on freemium- the increasingly popular online business model in the context of online music and dating sites.

• Crowdfunding: The New Wave of Financing for Entrepreneurial and Social Initiatives

  Professors Sunil Wattal, Gordon Burtch and Anindya Ghose explore the growing phenomenon of crowdfunding as a powerful instrument of entrepreneurial finance.

• Tracking Mobile: The Rise of Smartphones in Marketing

  Professor Anindya Ghose unravels the myths and paradoxes of mobile marketing through findings from a series of multi-country studies.

Jan-Mar 2014

• Changing course: Companies Act 2013 and the new rules of Corporate Governance
• Corporate Governance in India: A Context for Steering Change

  Professor Sanjay Kallapur introduces a selection of articles on the new Companies Act, 2013 and other recent reforms in the regulatory framework for corporate governance.

• Redefining India’s Governance Landscape

  Mirza Baig analyses India’s corporate governance landscape from the perspective of international investors.

• An Upheaval in Corporate Purpose

  Nawshir Mirza argues that one of the Companies Act 2013 mandates, threatens to upend the identity and purpose of the corporation.

• The Corporate Affairs Perspective

  Professor Asish K Bhattacharyya speaks about the need for appropriate training and research to inform implementation of the Companies Act 2013.

Oct-Dec 2013

• Examining the Intangible Drivers of Enterprise Value
• Calculating Intangibles: Drivers of Firm Performance

  Professor Krishnamurthy V Subramanian introduces a selection of articles on enterprise valuation that are drawn from the Summer Research Conference in Corporate Finance.

• Political Speech and Economic Outcomes: Running the Numbers

  Professors Art Durnev, Larry Fauver and Nandini Gupta highlight how politician speeches affect returns to companies, as well as employment and investment levels.

• Family Firms and Boards of Directors

  Critical differences in board tenures and characteristics between family and nonfamily firms affect fi rm value and performance, argue Professors Huimin Li, Harley Ryan, Lingling Wang and Baozhong Yang.

• Valuing Innovation: Evidence from Cisco’s Acquisitions

  Professor Krishnamurthy V Subramanian and researchers Chandra Sekhar Mangipudi and Rajkamal Vasu adopt a novel approach to valuing innovative assets of young, path-breaking firms by examining the value paid for their acquisition.

• Corporate Philanthropy and its Effects on Firm Value

  In a study of the corporate philanthropic activities of 500 major American firms, Professor Ronald W Masulis and Syed Walid Reza find that as companies give more, their shareholder value falls.

Jul-Sep 2013

• The New Indian Multinational
• Ranking India’s Transnational Companies

  Professor Raveendra Chittoor and Deepak Jena present the results of a 2013 ranking survey of India’s most internationalised companies based on the Transnationality Index (TNI).

• Understanding the Overseas Acquisitions of Indian Transnational Corporations

  Professor Raveendra Chittoor’s and Deepak Jena’s survey-based study highlights key issues related to overseas acquisitions.

• The “India Way” of Managing Acquisitions: When Does it Really Work and Why?

  Professor Prashant Kale examines the distinctive approach of Indian companies to managing their overseas acquisitions and why it has proved fairly successful thus far.

• Organic and Inorganic Internationalisation: Insights From Dr Reddy’s Labs

  G V Prasad, current Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer (CEO) of Dr Reddy’s Labs speaks to Professor Raveendra Chittoor.

• The Benefits of Sustainable Practices: A Study of Brazilian Multinationals

  Professors Flávia de Magalhães Alvim and Sherban Leonardo Cretoiu explain why it is important for multinational corporations from emerging economies to effectively manage stakeholders abroad.

Oct-Dec 2012

• Filling the Gaps in our Shortage of Qualified Teachers
• PhD Training in Management in India: Is There a Doctor in the House?

  Reflecting on the state in doctoral education in management in India, Professor Puranam presents his solution.

• Confronting the Crisis in Doctoral Education: A First Step

  Professor Kallapur explains his position regarding the proposal put forth by Professor Puranam.

• DBA: A Solution to the Faculty Supply Problem

  Professor Kallapur explains his position regarding the proposal put forth by Professor Puranam.

• An Alternative Direction for Doctoral Education

  Questioning the need to develop variants of PhD programmes, Professor N Ravichandran suggests a different approach.

• A Blueprint for Success: My Perspective

  Professor Natarajan supports the need to develop a new model that is suited for India’s requirements.

• Doctoral Education and the Teaching Function

  The market for business PhDs will reward PhDs with proficiency in teaching, argues Professor Arun Pereira.

• A Regulator’s View on Doctoral Education

  Professor Puranam interviews Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju about the challenges facing doctoral education in management.

Jul-Sep 2012

• Making Sense of the Data Deluge
• Predictive Analytics for Business Growth

  Professor Galit Shmuéli describes how predictive analytics can help retailers make insightful decisions.

• Using Business Analytics to Improve Product Assortment

  Professor Ram Gopal writes about how data analysis can help marketers determine profitable product assortment possibilities.

• To Show or Not To Show: How to Manage Internet Advertisement Campaigns

  Professor Subodha Kumar shares his research on implementing a user profiling model at Chitika, an Internet advertising firm.

Apr-Jun 2012

• Public Policy Matters
• Financing Universal Health Coverage

  Noted economist A K Shiva Kumar writes on India’s need for Universal Health Coverage and the financing options for UHC.

• Neighbourhood Segregation and Communal Attitudes

  Professor Sharon Barnhardt writes from her research on a neighbourhood with Hindu and Muslim populations.

• The Amazing Transformation of Bihar

  Professor Rajesh Chakrabarti analyses the reasons behind Bihar’s incredible turnaround.

• Tackling Child Malnutrition through Development Economics

  How can we target malnourishment in India? Professor Prakarsh Singh writes from his research.

Jan-Mar 2012

• Indian Manufacturing: Making it Work
• The New National Manufacturing Policy: A Flow Perspective

  What are the outcomes of the new National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) on India’s development? Professor ManMohan S Sodhi discusses.

• A Plan To Grow Indian Manufacturing

  Arun Maira presents his views on the government’s new policy.

• Manufacturing in India: Why it Must Thrive

  Sunil Kant Munjal discusses the issues related to implementing the new manufacturing policy.

• A Tonic For Spurring Growth

  What impact will the new manufacturing policy have on businesses in India? B Muthuraman provides an overview.

Oct-Dec 2011

• India's Healthcare Hurdles
• Meeting the Challenges of Healthcare Needs in India: Paths to Innovation

  Professors Stephen M Sammut and Lawton R Burns of the Wharton School analyse the healthcare requirements of the burgeoning Indian population.

• Growing India’s Healthcare System: A Cautionary Note

  Healthcare systems must be designed to address the requirements of all its citizens explains Professor Arnold J Rosoff of the Wharton School.

• Healthcare Finance: The Road Ahead

  Health insurance is a growing sector in India. Sofi Bergkvist analyses this sector with special emphasis on Aarogyasri.

• Doing More with Less – Lessons from a Doctor

  Dr Shetty talks about how specialisation of healthcare services and resource optimisation can provide low-cost, quality treatments to the poor.

• Using Operations Management to Improve Healthcare Access

  How can point-of-care devices enhance the efficiency of healthcare networks in developing countries? Professors Milind Sohoni and Sarang Deo present their findings.

Jul-Sep 2011

• Access to Finance
• Microfinance Lenders: To Profit or Not to Profit

  Does being profit driven dilute a Microfinance Institute’s social objectives? Professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian discusses his research on MFIs.

• Financial Inclusion: The Road Ahead

  Usha Thorat brings her extensive experience in this dialogue about financial inclusion and the role played by the different financial agents.

• The Role of Urban Cooperative Banks in Financial Inclusion

  How can UCBs promote financial inclusion? Professor Rajesh Chakrabarti elaborates.

Apr-Jun 2011

• Age of Innovation
• Creativity In Leadership: Conform to Rise

  Can creativity hamper career growth? Professor Dishan Kamdar supports this argument in an intriguing study.

• The Swach Story: A Lesson on Innovation

  Professor Charles Dhanaraj talks with Tata Swach team about their innovative low-cost water purifier

Jan-Mar 2010

• Human Capital in the Knowledge Economy
• Enriching Human Capital in the Knowledge Economy

  The cover theme of this issue focuses on how technology firms can best leverage their human capital. This article provides an introduction to the theme.

• How Training Jump-starts Employee Performance

  Investing in training leads to increased employee productivity but for maximum returns, training programmes need to be managed more effectively.

• Lessons for the IT Services Sector

  Investments in training can enhance returns from labour input and generate more revenues.

• Using Open Source Software for Training of Software Programmers

  Programmer participation in open source projects can provide a valuable human capital development mechanism for software firms.

Oct-Dec 2009

• Nation Building: The SME Route
• Transformational Entrepreneurship

  SMEs enhance inclusive growth by the manner in which they evolve, leverage local resources, and innovate to create products and services. A well-thought out SME-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem can take the industry and India, to the next level.

• Financing SMEs in India

  Small firms in India cannot rely on informal sources to come to their rescue when access to formal sources becomes difficult. They may be excluded from all capital markets at the same time. What could be a possible remedy?

• Inclusion. Growth. In India Entrepreneurship Can Connect the Dots.

  Targeted policies aimed at the poor and small businesses will allow entrepreneurship to become an engine of both inclusion and growth. But creating an overall business-friendly policy framework is more likely to be effective than subsidies.

• SME Revitalisation: A Call for Partnership

  A look at the role of industry, government and academic actors in SME revitalisation.

Jul-Sep 2009

• The Good of Giving
• Family and Corporate Philanthropy: Emerging Trends In India

  Professor Kavil Ramachandran, Thomas Schmidheiny Chair Professor of Family Business and Wealth Management at the ISB, co-authors this article about the evolution of philanthropy and current trends in Indian philanthropy

• Family Philanthropy Management – A European Perspective

  Dr Ann-Veruschka Jurisch, Head of Philanthropy and Foundations at Spectrum Value Management Ltd (SVM), says that ‘giving back’ is a signifi cant motivation for family owned businesses in Europe. In this article, she traces philanthropic trends in Europe

• More Financial Ingenuity, Not Less

  Professor Reuben Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions, ISB, argues that philanthropy can play a pivotal role in catalysing markets and market-based solutions that promote inclusive economic growth in developing countries

• A Matter of Trust

  This article traces the journey of the Tata Trust, which has spearheaded new philanthropic trends in India over the last eighty years

Apr-Jun 2009

• Financial crisis – Is India a step ahead?
• India and the Financial Crisis: Has India Emerged Stronger and Relatively Less Bruised

  Rajesh Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor of Finance at the ISB, chronicles the global financial crisis and its impact on India.

Concise yet comprehensive research-based or opinion pieces on a variety of topics of interest for practicing managers and researchers.

Jan-Mar 2018

• (Dis)Connecting People? 2016 Indian Demonetisation and Mobile Phone Markets

  Chirantan Chatterjee and his coauthors investigate whether a macroeconomic policy shock like the 2016 Indian demonetisation could have microeconomic implications for firms in the Indian mobile phone industry.

• Negotiating International Marketing Joint Venture Dissolutions in Emerging Markets

  Kiran Pedada and his coauthors study the impact of dissolution announcements on short-term abnormal returns to the emerging market firm and discuss how their findings can help firms plan their international marketing joint venture entry and exit strategies.

• Ranking Indian Cities: The Smart Cities Index

  Ashish Mohan and Tryambakesh Kumar Shukla reveal the journey behind the development of the Smart Cities Index and highlight the glaring data gaps that hinder urban development in India.

• Pay for Performance in Government: Has its Time Finally Come?

  Holding governments accountable for delivering on promises and incentivising government employees appropriately is a fundamental requirement of good governance. This requirement can be met through a performance-related pay system, argues Prajapati Trivedi.

Oct-Dec 2017

• Family Philanthropy Management – a European Perspective

  Dr. Ann-Veruschka, in her article from the archives, examines trends in European philanthropy and the emerging issues in philanthropy governance.

• Sharing Wisdom: Lessons From Successful Family Dynasties

  Professor Denise Kenyon- Rouvinez talks of the various attributes of high-performing business-owning families.

• Corporate Governance, Business Growth and the Role of Independent Directors

  Nabankur Gupta discusses the significance and challenges to implement good corporate governance and a wellfunctioning board.

• The Spectrum of the Triple Bottom Line

  Dr Thomas Schmidheiny, in his interview from the archives, talks of contributing to society by creating corporate wealth

Apr-Jun 2017

• Self-Organising Smart Cities

  Growing convergence of ICT and conventional technologies is a major enabler that gives rise to smart cities says Prashun K Dutta

• Cold Chain Intervention for Fruit-and-Vegetable Distribution in India: A Case Study on Kinnow

  A case study on reducing carbon footprint, by investing appropriately in cold chain.

Jul-Sep 2016

• Participatory Transformation is the Key to Effective Administrative Reforms

  The credibility of implementers and acceptance by target groups are critical for the success of any administrative reform, says Analyst Mukesh Bisht .

Apr-Jun 2016

• Celebrity Endorsements: An Issue in India Because of Higher Power Distance

  Research by Professor Manish Gangwar shows why we need to be wary of unregulated celebrity endorsements in India.

• Affordability and Accessibility to Medicines in EMs: Differential pricing is the solution

  Differential pricing by pharmaceutical companies could be an answer to affordable medicines in emerging markets, according to Professor Patricia M Danzon.

Jan-Mar 2016

• Feeling low? Forgo the comfort food and turn up the volume!

  High intensity sensory consumption or HISC activities like dressing up or listening to loud music can be a better fix than binge eating or a shopping spree for a feeling of low self-worth, research by ISB Professors Rishtee Batra and Tanuka Ghoshal shows.

• Big Data in Health Care: Analytics to Action

  Big data and analytics are now delivering insights that are being translated to deliver better, cheaper and more transparent health care, says Ravi Chawla.

• When Do Firms Invest in Developing Rookies? Answering the Make vs Buy Question on Human Capital

  Professor AJ Chauradia analyses firms that pursue both make and buy strategies for better human capital. The results suggest a firm possessing slack resources is more likely to pursue building compared to acquiring strategies.

Oct-Dec 2015

• Ex-post Funding: Innovating Non-profit Organisations

  Professors Milind G Sohoni and Sripad Devalkar study innovative and emerging models in the NPO marketplace.

• Accessing Knowledge from an Advanced Subsidiary: Power Asymmetries within Emerging Economy MNEs

  Professors Snehal Awate, Marcus M Larsen and Ram Mudambi, investigate the determinants of knowledge transfers to and from newly acquired subsidiaries in emerging economies.

• What Does, What a Firm Says, Say About the Firm?

  Ashish S Galande, Prakash Satyavageeswaran and Professor Sudhir Voleti, suggest a novel manner of better understanding the effects of strategy on firm performance.

• Moser Baer and OM and T Choosing a Strategic Partnership Mode

  Geetika Shah and Priyank Arora along with Professors Kannan Srikanth and Sonia Mehrotra present a case study published and distributed as part of ISB’s Case Collection in the Harvard Business Publishing catalogue.

Jul-Sep 2015

• The Psychology of Decision Making in Acquisitions

  Professor Jaya Dixit and Professor M V S Kumar explain the behavioural and psychological aspects behind decision-making in acquisitions.

• Entrepreneurial Firms: Coast On or Cash Out?

  The paper takes a close look at what sets apart a successful entrepreneur from one who is not.

• The CSR Law: Enabling “Extraordinary” Business

  Ram Nidumolu and Professor Sanjay Kallapur outline a strategic approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which will enable companies to fulfill their social responsibilities as well help them to improve their business performance.

Apr-Jun 2015

• State of Family Togetherness in Indian Family Businesses

  Kavil Ramachandran and Navneet Bhatnagar explore the multi-dimensional and transient concept of family togetherness.

• Continuity of Family Business Across Generations

  Kavil Ramachandran and Navneet Bhatnagar discuss mechanisms to facilitate survival and growth of family business.

• Overcoming barriers to Women’s Leadership at the Village Level

  Tarun Jain, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra and Joseph Vecci examine behavioural barriers to women’s leadership at the grassroots.

• The Dark Side of Finance

  Utpal Bhattacharya exposes the dark side of the Personal Finance Industry.

• How can Competitors share Data Opportunistically?

  Subodha Kumar throws light on how can competitors share data in a mutually beneficial manner.

Jan-Mar 2015

• Internationalisation Strategies of Indian Companies

  Professor Raveendra Chittoor highlights the key strategies of internationalisation of Indian companies.

• Cracking the Emerging Markets: Lessons from the Indian Experience

  Professor Amitava Chattopadhyay offers insights to succeed in the emerging markets by citing the stories of those who cracked the code.

• Inflation in India: Will the switch from WPI to CPI give us a truer picture?

  Pranai Agarwal examines the Indian government’s decision to move from wholesale price index (WPI) to the consumer price index (CPI), to measure inflation in India.

Jul-Sep 2014

• India’s Largest Transnational Corporations

  Professor Raveendra Chittoor and Bibhu Prasad Kar present the results of the 2014 ranking of India’s largest transnational corporations based on the Transnationality Index (TNI).

• Corporate Venture Capital Programmes in China and India

  Siva Sakthiraj Rajamani and Professor S. Ramakrishna Velamuri highlight the distinct features of corporate venture capital and examine its growing relevance in China and India.

• Social Impact Bonds: Capital for Social Entrepreneurs

  Professor Karan Bhanot cites lessons from recent international pilot programmes that promote public-private participation in the effective running and delivery of social services.

• Do Traditional Accounting Systems “Hide” Costs?

  Professors Satish Joshi and Ranjani Krishnan underscore the importance of investments in more detailed costing systems that capture hidden costs including the cost of complying with regulations.

• Case Summary: Husk Power Systems

  Professors Gireesh Shrimali, Charles Dhanaraj and Kirti Madhok Sud explore alternate models to fully operationalise Husk Power Systems, an enterprise that creates energy from waste material.

Apr-Jun 2014

• Inclusive Growth Through Economic Reforms

  Professors Rajeev Dehejia and Arvind Panagariya examine India’s services-led growth trajectory in the post-reform period and the impact of economic reforms on the socially disadvantaged.

• Online Investors Beware: Good News May Not Breed Good Decisions

  Professor Raj Raghunathan investigates how selective information seeking behaviour of do-it-yourself online investors can result in poor decisionmaking and lower return on investments.

• Do 30 Overs Really Make a Difference in International and League Cricket?

  Professor Sudipta Sarangi examines whether and how winning strategies differ in the 20 over and 50 over cricket match formats.

• Trust, Reputation and Disclosure in Economic Exchange

  Professor Radhika Lunawat analyses how disclosure and financial reporting can serve to repair reputations and rebuild investor confidence in the aftermath of the global economic recession.

• Case Summary: Sony Music (India)

  Professor Deepa Mani and Geetika Shah, explore the context and evolution of Sony Music India, in a fast evolving digital music space.

Jan-Mar 2014

• Women on Corporate Boards in India

  Ekta Selarka examine a sample of companies to gauge the extent of female representation on their boards.

• Agent Intermediated Loans: A New Approach to Microfinance

  Professors Pushkar Maitra, et al., describe the results of a new approach that seeks to make microcredit work for the agrarian poor.

• Ensuring Family and Business Continuity at India’s GMR Group

  Focusing on the Indian family business behemoth, the GMR Group, Professor Kavil Ramachandran, Professor John L Ward, Rachna Jha and Sachin Waikar highlight the multifarious issues that underpin family businesses.

• Sustaining Social Impact with Social Entrepreneurship: Swara and Mojolabs

  Arjun Venkatraman of the Mojolab Foundation describes new avenues for social and economic impact emerging in the tribal areas of central India.

Oct-Dec 2013

• Clean Air Express: The Delhi Metro’s Impact on Air Quality

  Deepti Goel and Sonam Gupta present the findings of their study on the effect of the Delhi Metro on air pollution.

• Mental Kartha Hai: Indian Urban Slums and Unmasking the Mobile Internet

  Professor Nimmi Rangaswamy shares the findings of her study on mobile Internet usage among teenagers from the slums of India.

• A Microfinance Journey

  In a case study of Krishna Bhima Samruddhi Local Area Bank (KBSLAB), a microfi nance institution, Puran Singh, Nupur Pavan Bang, Kaushik Bhattacharjee and Rajesh Chakrabarti take us through the journey of microfinance in India.

• Supersizing Taste: Intuitions about Food and Consumer Choice

  “Unhealthy = tasty,” and “healthy = not tasty”: these beliefs guide poor food choices, suggests Professor Raj Raghunathan’s research on consumer behaviour.

Jul-Sep 2013

• Media Plurality And Net Neutrality

  Professor Rohit Prasad contrasts the regulatory approaches in traditional media and the Internet.

• Field Notes From The Underground: Recruitment Into The Naxalites

  Dr Pavan Mamidi explains the fi ndings of a pioneering ethnographic study of Naxal recruitment strategies.

• Hedging Currency Risk at TT Textiles

  A case study by Professor Rajesh Chakrabarti highlights the impact of currency rate fluctuations on the profitability of an export oriented textile manufacturing firm, TT Textiles.

Oct-Dec 2012

• Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability

  The perceptions of Indian consumers differ from those of American consumers on sustainability issues. Professors Tonya Boone and Rishtee Batra discuss why.

• Tapping the Potential of Government Sponsored Health Insurance Schemes

  This article evaluates GHIS within the framework of Universal Health Coverage in India.

• Novartis in India: Innovation versus Affordability

  Summary of a case study that highlights the recent patent struggles of Novartis.

• Strategic Agility through Intelligences

  Professor Baba Prasad describes how the concept of intelligence opens up a new frontier for strategy.

Jul-Sep 2012

• Kicking Back on Kickbacks: An Experiment in Asymmetric Liability

  Professor Tarun Jain shares his findings from a novel experiment on mitigating corruption.

• Sovereign Debt, Government Myopia, and the Financial Sector

  Professor Viral V Acharya explains why governments service their external debt even when it may benefit them to default.

• Leaving a Trail of Carbon Footprints

  What is the carbon footprint of an Indian Thali dinner? Professor Ram Ganeshan traces the carbon footprints of different entities.

• Nokia Life Tools: Tapping into India’s Emerging Markets

  In this case study summary, Nokia India considers whether they can proceed with the national roll-out of a new service based Kirti Madhok Sud. Featires in ISBInsight on a successful pilot.

• Competing through Innovation

  Professor Amitava Chattopadhyay explores the key components of innovative Indian organisations.

• The Myopia of Far-Sightedness

  Contrary to popular belief, we can work on increasing our happiness and Professor Rajagopal Raghunathan explains how.

Apr-Jun 2012

• SME Exchanges: The Need of the Hour

  Senior Researcher Nupur Pavan Bang elaborates on the need for SME Exchanges.

• It Is Not About Being on Social, It Is About Being Social

  Professor Chris Dellarocas explains how companies can tap into social media.

• Ranking Transnational Companies from India

  Professor Raveendra Chittoor presents highlights from a joint survey of Indian firms.

• The Art of Social Entrepreneurship: When to bid Adieu

  Summary of a case study that highlights a critical turning point in the life cycle of the Madras Craft Foundation (MCF).

• Do All Product-Oriented Web Technologies Reduce Product Returns?

  Academicians collaborate for a study on the influence of web technologies on product returns.

Jan-Mar 2012

• The Culture of Trust and Negotiation

  Cultural differences in trust impact negotiation outcomes. Professor Amit Nandkeolyar writes from his research.

• Electronic Retailing: Increasing IT Capacity May Alienate Customers

  What are the implications of increasing IT capacity on firms and customers? Professor Subodha Kumar presents his findings.

• Fashion Industry: A Story of Consumption and Waste

  Does “ethical” fashion have a place in India? Professor Tonya Boone provides an insight.

• Oral Insulin: Breakthrough Innovation at Biocon

  What was the dilemma Biocon faced with its latest breakthrough for diabetics?

Oct-Dec 2011

• Hiring an Outsider CEO: Change is Not Always Good

  Are companies better off hiring expensive CEOs from outside their organisations? Professor Nandini Rajagopalan discusses.

• Life After M&As

  What are the post-merger implications on the acquired, as well as existing assets of a company? Professor N R Prabhala presents his findings

• Harnessing the Power of Employee Blogs

  Professor Ram Gopal explains how companies can benefit from their employees’ blogging.

Jul-Sep 2011

• PepsiCo-BASIX: A Case Summary

  An award-winning case on conflict and collaboration.

• Was the Trip Worthwhile?

  An award-winning case on conflict and collaboration.

• Myopic Managerial Behaviour Induced by Financial Reporting

  CFOs try very hard to meet analyst expectations. Professor Shivaram Rajagopal explains why.

• Access to Financing for SMEs: A Research-based Initiative

  Professor Sankar De proposes a policy initiative to promote the trade credit securitisation drive.

• Impact Investing: Harbinger of a Brighter Future and a Friendlier Bond Market?

  Shreedhar Kanetkar presents an overview of impact investing, with a focus on social impact bonds.

Apr-Jun 2011

• From the Ivory Tower to the Shop Floor: The Simulation Option

  Professor Arun Periera, explores how computer based simulations can help SMEs gain business expertise.

• Research to Marketplace: The Missing Links

  From idea to product, how can we facilitate innovation? Krishna Tanuku, Executive Director, Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development(WCED) offers suggestions.

• Food For Thought: Integrative Supply Chain Innovations

  N Vishwanadham, Clinical Professor at the ISB suggests an innovative solution to enable food security in India.

• The Identity Initiative at ISB

  The ISB collaborates with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to study its impact in the coming decade.

Jan-Mar 2010

• Pathways to A Sustainable Future

  Indian companies can turn the climate change issue into an opportunity rather than a threat by understanding the issue completely, planning their approach, measuring their emissions and adapting a low-carbon business model.

• Wicked Problems and Soft Solutions

  Currently governments, planners and corporates do not have an awareness of “wicked problems” and how to deal with them. A paradigm shift in the decision making process is needed.

Oct-Dec 2009

• Why Are We In A Recession?

  Arguing against conventional wisdom about the causes of the recession, the authors say that the inability of existing financial and legal institutions to cope with the huge increase in the world’s labour supply in a very short time period, led to the recession.

• Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions

  While the expected synergies from most M&As are similar to begin with, the ultimate success of the deal is determined by the implementation of marketing and business strategies for the combined entity, and the effective integration of the diverse organisation cultures.

• Knowledge Hoarding

  Some individuals perceive knowledge acquired during the course of one’s job as their personal intellectual property and hence do not share it with others in the organisation. A look at the impact of incentives, personality types and gender on sharing this knowledge.

Apr-Jun 2009

• Auditor’s Independence – The India Story: Can Auditors be Truly Independent? Who Will Police the Policeman?

  Sanjay Kallapur, Professor of Accounting at the ISB, co-authors this article addressing the issues affecting the independence of auditors

• The Fate of Kiranas – Insight from Efficiency Perspective

  Paromita Goswami, Assistant Professor at Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, co-authors this article on whether Indian Kirana stores will be able to survive in the face of competition from organised modern trade grocery retailers

Showcases interviews with prominent business leaders, management experts and key policy makers from around the world.

Jan-Mar 2018

• Fly, Nation’s Citizen

  Jayant 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. Siddharth Shekhar Singh, Associate Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, Research Centres and Institutes Outreach and Engagement, caught up with him.

• The Banking Canvas

  Viral V Acharya, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, speaks to Prachi Deuskar, Assistant Professor of Finance at ISB about central banking as a canvas for research impact.

• Journey from Technology to Policy

  V. K. Saraswat, Member of the NITI Aayog, was the Dean’s Speaker at the ISB in September 2017. Reema Gupta, Head of the Centre for Learning and Management Practice and Corporate Relations at the ISB, spoke to him about his journey from science to policy-making.

Oct-Dec 2017

• Culture and Professionalisation at Hilti

  Professor Dr Pius Baschera of the Hilti Corporation in conversation with Professor Kavil Ramachandran.

• Corporate Governance in the Context of Family Controlled Businesses

  Adi Godrej, Chairman of the Godrej Group, in Conversation with Professor Sougata Ray.

Apr-Jun 2017

• Failure is a Necessary Part of Innovation

  Sanjay Subhedar, founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures, in conversation with C Chitti Pantulu.

Jul-Sep 2016

• Coping with the Effects of Climate Change

  An authority on environmental governance, Arun Agrawal, in conversation with Professor Milind G Sohoni

• “Any time an economist writes down a model, it is wrong”

  Nobel Laureate Lars Peter Hansen tells Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry.

Apr-Jun 2016

• Be a Capitalist with a Simple Heart

  The first ISB honorary distinguished Fellow, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy, in conversation with ISB Dean Rajendra Srivastava.

Jan-Mar 2016

• Have Brand Power, Write the Rules

  Ajay Arora, Managing Director, D’Decor in conversation with Professor Rishtee Batra.

Oct-Dec 2015

• We are witnessing the Fifth Technological Revolution: says Hans Vestberg

  Reema Gupta in an exclusive interview with the President and CEO of the Ericsson Group.

• Amul: A Business Strategy Built on Value for Many

  R S Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), in coversation with C Chitti Pantulu.

Jul-Sep 2015

• Philanthropy, CSR are passé, now it is time for CSA, Kailash Satyarthi

  The Nobel Laureate shares stories of his successful campaigns and explains how Corporate Social Responsibility is metamorphosing into Corporate Social Accountability.

Apr-Jun 2015

• The Pursuit of Happiness

  Raj Raghunathan explains the science of positive psychology, describes science-based principles which can be practised for a happy and meaningful life.

Jan-Mar 2015

• There is no reason why a WhatsApp or Facebook cannot happen out of India

  An ISB alumnus from the Class of 2006, Neeraj Arora, Vice President, Whatsapp Inc. speaks to Reema Gupta.

• Democratising Education: Realising the Potential of E-learning

  Dr Vivek Goel, Chief Academic Strategist, Coursera speaks to Raj Raghunathan.

• Case for Faster, Modular Approach to Energy Investments

  Amory Bloch Lovins, Physicist, Environmental Scientist, Writer and Chairman & Chief Scientist, Rockey Mountain Institute, speaks to Nalin Srivastava on managing financial risks in the energy sector.

Jul-Sep 2014

• Educating for Social Transformation

  Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd speaks to Savita Mahajan on the drastic need for reforms to improve education levels for transforming the country’s youth

Apr-Jun 2014

• Discovering Stories Worth Telling

  Rahul Johri of Discovery Channel in a tête-à-tête with Professor Siddharth S. Singh.

Jan-Mar 2014

• The Idea of Scale

  Y Subroto Bagchi, Chairman and co-founder, Mindtree Limited, speaks to Dr. Krishna Tanuku.

Oct-Dec 2013

• Triple Bottom Line Performance: The Role of Business in Nation Building

  YC Deveshwar, the legendary Chairman of ITC Limited, speaks to Nalin Srivastava.

• The Financial Value of Real Options

  Eduardo Schwartz speaks about pricing real options.

Jul-Sep 2013

• A Perspective on the Mutual Funds Industry in India

  Aditya Agarwal, the Country Manager of Morningstar India, speaks on the Indian mutual funds industry.

Oct-Dec 2012

• In Conversation with a Macro Hedge Fund Manager

  Vilas Gadkari, promoter, Nilgai group of companies discusses the global macro imbalances.

Jul-Sep 2012

• Enabling Movements with a Purpose

  Purpose.com co-founder and CEO Jeremy Heimans talks about movement entrepreneurship and technology’s role in social movements.

• Contracts and the Financial Crisis

  Professor Douglas W Diamond speaks on the weaknesses in the financial system and the need for effective regulation.

Apr-Jun 2012

• Raghuram Rajan on the World Economy

  Eminent economist and the Chief Economic Advisor to the Indian government, Raghuram G Rajan, speaks with ISB faculty.

• Insurance in India: The Path Ahead

  A discussion on bancassurance and microinsurance in the Indian context.

Jan-Mar 2012

• Bank of Baroda: A Turnaround Tale

  Bank of Baroda Chairman M D Mallya discusses the spectacular turnaround of the bank with Professor Rajesh Chakrabarti.

• Nitish Sengupta: On Reviving Sick Public Sector Units

  Professor Rajesh Chakrabarti and Senior Researcher Kanchan M talk to Nitish Sengupta about reviving India’s PSUs.

• Inculcating a Culture of Research

  In the second of this two part interview, Professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian talks to Anjan Thakor about role of research and faculty development.

Oct-Dec 2011

• Post-Crises Financial Regulation

  Professor Anjan Thakor speaks on financial regulation in the emerging markets, in light of the recent crises.

• Data Analytics: The Foundation of a Successful Business

  What is data analytics and how is it relevant to the business world? Professor Galit Shmueli explains.

• Teaching India to Learn

  Shaheen Mistri, Founder, Teach for India, talks with the ISBInsight team about her vision for education in India and leadership in the classroom.

Jul-Sep 2011

• Mark Livingston: On Business and Technology

  Cognizant, Global Head, Consulting, Mark Livingston answers queries from Professor Nishtha Langer.

• Making a Difference with Social Business

  Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus talks about the merits of social businesses.

• Foundation on Education: A Conversation With Dr Judith Rodin

  Rockefeller Foundation President, Dr Judith Rodin talks to ISBInsight about the Foundation and the impact of technology on education.

Apr-Jun 2011

• Deconstructing Innovation

  Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission talks about innovation and the need to redefine research for the Indian context.

• Climate Change: Action Plan Required

  Dr R K Pachauri discusses the impending reality of climate change with ISB students.

• Merck: A Family Success Story

  Professor Ajay Bhalla, talks with Head of Merck E KG on challenges faced by family businesses.

Jan-Mar 2010

• Smart Governance

  Saniv Mital, CEO, National Institute of Smart Government , talks to Deepa Mani, Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the ISB about e-governance initiatives.

• Devising Efficient Accounting Standards

  Professor Shyam Sunder of the Yale School of Management, talks to Tarun Jain, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the ISB about accounting standards, experimental economics and education.

• Changing Tracks

  Rajesh Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor of Finance at the ISB, talks to V Nilakant, Associate Professor of Management at the University of Canterbury, and S Ramnarayan, Clinical Professor of Business at the ISB, about the transformation of Indian Railways.

Oct-Dec 2009

• Adapting to New Paradigms

  Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman of Cognizant, talks to Deepak Chandra, Associate Dean, Centre for Executive Education and Amit Mehra, Assistant Professor, Information Systems, at the ISB, about leadership lessons, innovation and issues affecting the technology sector.

Jul-Sep 2009

• Towards Transparency – Lessons in managing a crisis: An Interview with Deepak Parekh

  Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC, talks to Sanjay Kallapur, Associate Dean - Faculty Development and Professor of Accounting, ISB, about the lessons from the Satyam scandal, crisis management, and the state of the accounting profession in India

Concise reports of influential research and industry related conferences and seminars organised by the Indian School of Business (ISB).

Jan-Mar 2018

• Access and Change: Health 3.0

  One of the highlights of the Health 2.0 Conference, coorganised by the Max Institute of Healthcare Management at the ISB, was an on–stage conversation between Sarang Deo, Associate Professor of Operations Management and Executive Director of the Max Institute of Healthcare Management, and Shashank N.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Practo.

Apr-Jun 2017

• Fintech and the Changing Face of Wealth Management

  A panel of practitioners and academicians discuss the Fintech boom, fuelled by the technology savvy consumer, and the ensuing challenges.

Jul-Sep 2016

• Healthcare: The Road Ahead – Opportunities and Challenges

  Health insurance and technology have emerged as the game changers, concludes a panel of leading healthcare industry honchos.

Apr-Jun 2016

• Value Creation and platform thinking

  Professor Karthik Kannan analyses digitisation trends and how some of the digital platforms are going to play out.

Jan-Mar 2016

• To Reveal or Not to Reveal: Secrecy in Supply Chain Management

  To reveal or not to reveal becomes a critical supply chain management decision for companies given the dynamic market and informed competition, say Professors Aditya Jain and Milind Sohoni.

Oct-Dec 2015

• Building a Monitoring and Evaluation System for Better Governance: Lessons for India from other Countries

  A report on global best practices in M&E shared at a symposium organised by Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB.

Jul-Sep 2015

• This is no ordinary disruption

  Jonathan Woetzel and Anu Madgavkar talk about the four forces that are transforming the global economy.

Apr-Jun 2015

• ISB and Industry come together to develop Smart Cities Index

  ISB’s Punj Lloyd Institute of Infrastructure Management conducted a two-day workshop to discuss various aspects of the Government of India’s 100 Smart Cities Plan. Gaurav Dubey reports on the proceedings of the workshop that was held at the Mohali Campus of ISB.

Jan-Mar 2015

• Excellence, Hard Work and Pure Energy has Always been my Credo: Mittu Chandilya, CEO, AirAsia India

  Mittu Chandilya shares his experiences and business philosophy.

• Fundamental Financial Sector Reforms Needed to Reach Double Digit Growth: RBI Governor

  RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan spent time with ISB students discussing topics ranging from the fiscal and monetary policy to job prospects at RBI.

Jul-Sep 2014

• Corporate Social Responsibility And the Rise of Social Entrepreneurship

  Companies and social enterprises came together to deepen understanding of CSR and the role of companies in transforming the socio-economic landscape in India.

• Economy And the New Government: The Road Ahead

  Leading academics and socio-economic analysts took part in a panel discussion on the new government’s economic agenda.

Apr-Jun 2014

• Policy in Practice

  The Bharti Institute of Public Policy at the ISB hosted Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, Member of Parliament (MP), Kendrapara (Odisha) for a Policy Workshop.

• India Investment Conference 2014

  Leading investment and financial experts presented on the outlook for investments in India at the IIC 2014 jointly hosted by the Centre for Investment at the ISB and the IAIP.

Jan-Mar 2014

• Going Digital: Small and Medium Business Edition

  The recently held Digital Summit at the Indian School of Business was inaugurated by a special workshop that provided small and medium businesses with some useful tips on taming the digital revolution.

• Forging a Collaborative Path in the Middle East

  A recent conference organised by the Bharti Institute of Public Policy at the ISB and the Consulate General of the United States addressed a range of critical issues facing India and the US as they aspire to engage meaningfully with the Middle East.

Oct-Dec 2013

• Liberating Data: Challenges and Opportunities

  An array of presenters at the Open Data Camp discussed the challenges and opportunities of open data and the compromises required to balance private and public interest in the coming data deluge.

Jul-Sep 2013

• Stories Matter: What Global Leaders can Learn from Different Cultures

  In a talk at the Indian School of Business, Devdutt Pattanaik, leadership consultant and author, described the role of myth and stories in shaping beliefs and behaviours.

Oct-Dec 2012

• Harmony and Sustainability in Family Businesses

  Summary of the Fourth Asian Invitational Conference on Family Business.

Jul-Sep 2012

• Summit on Risk and Governance Sparks a Call for Change

  Experts discuss ways to strengthen organisations and mitigate risks in the financial system.

• Disruptive Innovation in the Digital Age

  Highlights from the Digital Summit at ISB.

• The Vicious Cycle of Corporate Fraud

  The Ethics in Business Forum tackles a pressing issue.

Apr-Jun 2012

• Ethics in Business Forum Incites Debate on Authenticity

  A discussion on morals and making ethical business choices.

• Eight Simple Truths on How “Values Bring Value”

  A talk on values by the founder of the Piramal group.

• Business Analytics: Essential for Defining Strategy for Companies

  A summary of a workshop on Business Analytics.

Jan-Mar 2012

• SME Financing Challenges: Building Alternative Finance Options

  A report on the symposium organised by the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF) at the ISB.

• Charting India’s Growth Trajectory

  What is the future of India 20 years after economic liberalization? 45 industry leaders present their perspectives at the ISB Leadership Summit 2011.

• Diffusion 2011: Business Skills for Social Impact

  A report on the capacity-building workshop organised by ISB students to empower non-profits.

Oct-Dec 2011

• Out of Africa: A Story of Hope and Reconciliation

  H E Williams Nkurunziza, High Commissioner of Rwanda talks about how Rwanda charted its history after the 1994 genocide.

• Fostering Innovation: Past, Present and Future

  What role can companies play to inculcate a culture of innovation? This panel discussion lends a corporate perspective.

• Sustainable Growth: A pipe dream?

  The panelists in the World Ecnonomic Forum Young Global Leaders South Asia Meet call for reform.

• On Enhancing Shareholder Control: A (Dodd-) Frank Assessment of Proxy Access

  A summary of the award-winning paper at the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF) Summer Research Conference 2011.

Jul-Sep 2011

• Mapping Connections: Social Networking and Facebook

  David Fisher of Facebook elaborates on how social networking is shaping our world.

• Igniting the Spirit of Innovation

  A report on the two-day conference on the role of educators in encouraging innovation among the youth.

• A Simple Sentence: The Turnaround in Bihar

  How did the Bihar turnaround happen? A senior police officer offers a ringside view.

• Nation-Building From the Roots

  President Pratibha Patil urges students to help develop rural India.

• Mahesh Peri: The Media Today

  Mahesh Peri, Publisher, Outlook, draws on his own experiences to give insights on the media.

Apr-Jun 2011

• How Can We Build Inclusive Cities?

  The Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions organised a panel discussion on urbanisation.

• Leadership Effectiveness and Gender

  Dr Kiran Bedi draws on her life experiences to talk about gender and leadership at the ISB.

• The Indian Way of Entrepreneurship

  Panelists at ISB Leadership Summit talk about challenges facing the Indian entrepreneur.

Informative reviews of a diverse range of the latest publications from across the Business, Management, Economics and Public Policy areas.

Jan-Mar 2018

• The Underappreciated Role of Management

  Sanjay Kallapur underlines the contemporary relevance of the work of the business historian Alfred D. Chandler, who showed how management, more than technology, facilitated the rise of large wealth-creating organisations.

• Book Briefs

Jan-Mar 2016

• Innovate Remotely, Benefit Globally

  Mridula Anand reviews Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble.

Oct-Dec 2015

• A City Manager’s Manual: Challenges, Opportunities And The Way Forward

  Professor Ashima Sood reviews Urbanisation in India: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward by Isher Judge Ahluwalia, P K Mohanty and Ravi Kanbur.

Apr-Jun 2015

• The 10 Commandments for Family Business

  A book by Kavil Ramchandran, reviewed by Shyamal Majumdar.

Jan-Mar 2015

• Managing Marketing: An Applied Approach

  By Professor Noel Capon and Dr Siddharth Shekhar Singh

Jul-Sep 2014

• Debunking the Growing Myth of a China Inc.

  A review of Is China Buying the World? by Peter Nolan.

Apr-Jun 2014

• Reimagining India – Unlocking The Potential of Asia’s Next Superpower

  A review of the recent publication from McKinsey and Company.

Jan-Mar 2014

• (Mis)Understanding Economic Growth and Development

  A review of An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen and Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries by Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya.

Oct-Dec 2013

• A review of “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”

  Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - By Sheryl Sandberg Reviewed by: Uma Ganti, PGP Class of 2014

Jul-Sep 2013

• Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  A review of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder”.

Oct-Dec 2012

• Thinking, Fast and Slow

  A review of Daniel Kahneman’s “Thinking, Fast and Slow”.

Jul-Sep 2012

• India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State

  A review of Gurcharan Das’ India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State.

Apr-Jun 2012

• Book Review: Discordant Democrats

  A review of Arun Maira’s, “Discordant Democrats”.

Jan-Mar 2012

• Organization Development: Accelerating Learning and Transformation

  A review of “Organization Development: Accelerating Learning and Transformation” by S Ramnarayan and T V Rao

Oct-Dec 2011

• Blind Spots – Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It

  A review of “Blind Spots – Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It” by Max-H Bazerman and Ann E Tenbrunsel.

Jul-Sep 2011

• E-Marketing: Theory and Application

  A review of “E-marketing Theory and Application,” by Stephen Dann and Susan Dann.

Apr-Jun 2011

• Innovate!: How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times

  A review of “Innovate!: How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times,” a book by Thomas A Meyer.

Jan-Mar 2010

• The Idea of Justice

  A review of ‘The Idea of Justice’, a book by Amartya Sen.

Oct-Dec 2009

• The Aid Trap: Hard Truths about Ending Poverty

  A review of ‘The Aid Trap: Hard truths about ending poverty’, a book by R Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan.

Jul-Sep 2009

• The Other India: Realities of an Emerging Power

  A review of 'The Other India: Realities of an Emerging Power', a book edited by ISB Professor Rajesh Chakrabarti

Apr-Jun 2009

• The Acsent of Money: A Financial History of the World

  A review of ‘The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World’, a book by Harvard University Professor Niall Ferguson