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Private sector healthcare provision is increasingly prevalent in the GCC, easing the cost burden on the state. But governments cannot rely on private companies to provide for all their healthcare needs. From the 1,171-bed Al-Jahra Hospital, which is close to completion in Kuwait City, to the planned 700-bed New Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah, Oman at the opposite end of the …
Read More »Hiring, honing and harnessing human capital often calls for strategy adjustment in real time. In February 2018, the Indian School of Business hosted wide-ranging discussions on these themes at a Thought Leaders’ Summit on Shaping the Future of Human Capital Strategies. "We need a new mind-set and a true revolution to adapt our educational systems to the education needed for the …
Read More »Little Bites of Big Data for Public Policy By Donald F. Kettl CQ Press, 2018; Public Policy Little Bites of Big Data for Public Policy brings to life the quest to make better policy with better evidence. This brief book frames the big puzzles and, through lively stories and clear examples, provides a valuable how-to guide for producing analysis that works--that speaks persuasively …
Read More »Siddharth Shekhar Singh: Welcome to ISB, Mr Sinha. We would like to understand your perspective on a few issues regarding the Civil Aviation Ministry, starting with Air India, which has been in the red and in trouble for a long time. What are your short-term, medium-term and long-term goals for Air India? Jayant Sinha: As you know, the strategic disinvestment process for …
Read More »Prachi Deuskar: You have been in academia for a long time and now you are on the policy side. What do you think is a good way for the research community and policy to interface? Viral Acharya: Central banking is common ground for both academics and policy makers to interact in a policy setting. Central banks tend to be research focussed and …
Read More »Sarang Deo: To reflect on the evolution in healthcare, if someone wanted to use the word “technology” in the context of healthcare ten years ago, they would not say health-tech, they would say medical technology. The context of technology was medical devices, maybe some electronic medical records and telemedicine. Fast forward to today, and we are hearing all kinds of new …
Read More »Reema Gupta: It is a pleasure to welcome you here at the Indian School of Business, Dr Saraswat. You have been an accomplished scientist and led many defence projects. You have been the principal architect of the ballistic missile defence, been the chief scientific advisor to the India Minister of Defence and now you are at NITI Aayog, heading policy …
Read More »How does the quality of financial disclosures affect the cost of capital for corporate investments? The commonly held belief has been that poor quality disclosures raise capital cost. Professor Sunil Dutta’s research suggests a more nuanced relationship. Poor disclosure quality makes capital more expensive for low growth firms, but may make it cheaper for high growth firms. Professor Sunil Dutta is …
Read More »Based on the research of Lingchao Li, Jinlong Liu, Baodong Cheng, Ashwini Chhatre, Jiayun Dong, and Wenyuan Liang Over 14,000 square kilometres of forest land have been cleared for industrial use over the past three decades in India. Paradoxically, according to the State of the Forest Report from 2015, India’s forests now cover 701,673 square kilometres of the country compared to …
Read More »Based on the research of Gerard Hoberg, Nitin Kumar and Nagpurnanand Prabhala. The Indian mutual fund industry has seen consistent growth over the past 20 odd years. Moreover, recent years have seen large inflows, both through the one-time as well as the Systematic Investment Plan or SIP route, showing a growing appetite for equities among Indian investors. Given the wide variety …
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