ISBInsight is the Flagship Research Periodical of the Indian School of Business
In this introductory essay, Amit Mehra, Associate Professor and ISB Research Fellow and Joint Executive Director, Srini Raju Centre for IT and the Networked Economy at the Indian School of Business, outlines how emerging trends in digital media are transforming businesses.
Read moreFreemium is an increasingly popular online business model, where a user gets a core product or service for free but...
Read moreIn this article, Professors Sunil Wattal, Gordon Burtch and Anindya Ghose explore various dimensions of the growing phenomenon of crowdfunding...
Read moreMobile usage as a proportion of Internet traffic continues to skyrocket, but mobile advertising often gets the rap for being...
Read moreIn this introductory essay, Sanjay Kallapur, Professor of Accounting at the Indian School of Business, places recent legislation and reform in corporate governance in India against the backdrop of international regulatory frameworks and relevant research studies. The Companies Act 2013 has gone a long way in improving the enforcement regime for breach of faith on the part of company management and independent directors. But the balancing of multiple stakeholder interests that the legislation mandates also introduces irreconcilable tensions into the very purpose and viability of the corporation.
Read moreWeak governance, both corporate and civil can erode investor confi dence and prevent India from achieving its vast economic potential,...
Read moreSafeguarding the interests of all stakeholders is the rousing call to arms of the new Companies Act, but will mere...
Read moreThe Indian School of Business (ISB) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)...
Read moreThe research featured in this issue is drawn from papers presented at the Summer Research Conference in Corporate Finance organised by the Centre for Analytical Finance at the ISB and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Shedding new light on aspects as diverse as corporate boards, corporate philanthropy, political speech and innovation, together these four articles illuminate the intangible drivers of firm productivity and performance, and the economy at large. Professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian of the Indian School of Business, and the organiser of the conference, connects the dots.
Read moreProfessors Art Durnev, Larry Fauver and Nandini Gupta present a summary of the findings of their textual analysis of gubernatorial...
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