Ranking Indian Cities: The Smart Cities Index
The newly developed Smart Cities Index provides a comprehensive framework for assessing the quality of city services for the 53...
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The Rise And Rise Of Family Firms
The year 1991 ushered in a new dawn for the Indian economy with economic reforms across sectors. The entrepreneurial spirit...
Read moreHow Language Of Instruction Influences Education Outcomes
In a multi-lingual country with large deficits in education, how does the language of instruction influence learning? Drawing on lessons from the British era, Professor Tarun Jain finds that the language-based reorganisation of states helped improved literacy outcomes. In recent decades, mother tongue instruction boosted literacy rates by as much as 18%.
Read moreHow To Prevent Your Inventor From Exiting The Firm
Will the inventor leave the firm? Professor Daniel Tzabbar argues that an inventor’s position within a firm’s social and knowledge...
Read moreFollow The TV Analyst’s Stock Recommendations?
Should the novice stock investor follow the advice of television shows that purport to offer expert recommendations on stocks to buy or sell? In tracking stock price movements in the aftermath of TV stock suggestions, Professors Prachi Deuskar, Ravi Anshuman, Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Ram Thirumalai bring new light to bear on the role of informed agents in the stock market.
Read moreDeveloping the Next Generation Leadership for Family Business
Smooth inter-generational leadership transition is critical for the long-term survival of business organisations. In the family business context, passing on...
Read moreHow Marketing Capabilities Shape Financial Performance
ISBInsight Management Briefs is pleased to showcase an important contribution to the field of marketing strategy by Dean Professor Rajendra Srivastava and Visiting Scholar Professor Sridhar Ramaswami. First published in 2009, this research identifies the pathways through which market-facing business processes add value to the firm’s financial performance. The insights from this research can be applied by managers in designing optimal customer management, product development, and supply chain strategies.
Read moreAn Unfinished Agenda: The Case of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
How can family owned businesses navigate the tricky terrain of personal and professional relationships as the organisation grows? ISBInsight talked to Dr Reddy’s case authors, Professor Kavil Ramachandran and Associate Director Dr Nupur Pavan Bang, Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, Indian School of Business (ISB), to find out.
Read moreAccess and Success: The Many Flavours Of Finance
Sharada Sridhar surveys the papers presented and the key points discussed at the recently held Summer Research Conference in Finance...
Read moreHow to Prevent Soft-targeting in Government Performance Management Systems
We do not have to be a trained psychoanalyst to know this much — we humans are wired to seek...
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