ISBInsight is the Flagship Research Periodical of the Indian School of Business
Based on the research of Kavil Ramachandran, Shefali Joshi and Navneet Bhatnagar Family businesses are the oldest and the most common organizational form of business. They make a significant contribution to the global economy. They are ubiquitous and are found in various sizes that range from a small business to a large multinational corporation. Across the globe, family businesses have been …
Read More »How can decision analytics aid businesses in formulating effective marketing strategies? What happens when firms shift from physical channels to online or mobile channels? What is the future of mobile-advertisements and web-advertisements? Professor Subodha Kumar highlights his research that is centered on finding answers to these questions. Professor Subodha Kumar, Carol and G. David Van Houten, Jr. '71 Professor of Information …
Read More »Set in 2013, “Balancing the Power Equation - Suzlon Energy Limited,” is a case that documents the challenges encountered by an emerging economy multinational enterprise (EMNE) when accessing research and development (R&D) knowledge from its technologically superior subsidiary. It shows the strategies that Suzlon, an Indian wind turbine manufacturer, adopted to catch up with global industry leaders. It tracks how …
Read More »Entrepreneurial ideas are abundant,but entrepreneurs who can execute ideas in the face of difficult odds are uncommon Steve Jobs once said, “To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.” Jobs’ comment has been recounted by many over the years, to emphasize the fact that ideas are cheap, and what really matters is execution. …
Read More »The Indian finance ministry recently put up a draft Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill for public comments. The Bill proposes to establish a comprehensive framework for resolution of financial firms (founded on the premise that bankruptcy of a financial firm can have implications that go beyond the firm’s shareholders and extend to its consumers and, at times, to the …
Read More »Kavil Ramachandran, Professor and Executive Director of the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, questions as to what extent leaders are committed to the mission they are expected to accomplish without being influenced by some personal agenda. Read the article
Read More »How do managers create value for various stakeholders? By building three primary values, says Professor Harris Sondak. Based on his research findings, Professor Sondak discusses three dimensions by which managers create value for stakeholders: material values, ethical values and aesthetic values. Professor Harris Sondak is David Eccles Professor of Business and Ethics and Professor of Management at the David Eccles School …
Read More »Based on the research of Sisir Debnath In a study aimed toward a greater understanding of women's empowerment, Sisir Debnath, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Indian School of Business, sheds light on how family structure, a relatively less studied factor of women empowerment, impacts female autonomy in developing countries. Debnath's study compares women living in nuclear households …
Read More »Based on the research of Steven M. Farmer, Linn Van Dyne and Dishan Kamdar How can an individual contribute to his maximum level and help unless he feels embedded in the work group? Dishan Kamdar, Professor in the Organisational Behaviour area at the Indian School of Business, and his co-authors throw light on the role of quality of relationships in developing …
Read More »Based on the research of Bharat Ramaswami, Sridhar Seshadri and Krishnamurthy V Subramanian Over the last two decades, the role of the Indian government in stabilising prices of grains has led to significant accumulation of food grain stock. While procurement prices have been rising along with expanding procurement, the unit value of grain held by the government has been stagnant. In …
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