Research Spotlight Can Trade Save Forests? Export-oriented manufacturing and service activity as well as foreign direct investment: these are the surprising ingredients of an economic trajectory that promotes forest growth in developing economies, find Professor Ashwini Chhatre and his colleagues. They also caution, however, that forest quality measures such as biodiversity are equally important in framing forest management policy for developing economies.
Research Spotlight Can Mutual Fund Competition Drive Returns? Though mutual funds are increasingly popular as investment vehicles, the factors that drive their returns are not fully understood. How can investors better understand how well a fund has done relative to its competition? Research by Professors Nitin Kumar, Gerard Hoberg and Nagpurnanand Prabhala answers these questions.
Research Centres and Institutes Spotlight Setting The Table By Reharmonizing Innovation, Industrial And Competition Policy In India It has been hectic over the last couple of weeks in New Delhi after the 2018 budget was presented following...
Event spotlight Can Millets Solve India’s Nutrition Security Problems? The Indian School of Business and the National Institute of Nutrition hosted an expert panel discussion on 16 February, 2018...
Research Centres and Institutes Spotlight 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...
Research Centres and Institutes Spotlight 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...
Research Bytes How 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%.
Research Bytes How 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...
