Timothy Beardson, founder of Crosby International Holdings, the largest investment bank in the Far East, has recently authored "Stumbling Giants — The Threats to China's Future," where he gives China 20 years in which to get its... Read More
AG Lafley, who last week returned as the CEO of Procter & Gamble after a gap of four years, feels it was a mistake to take big rivals such as Hindustan Unilever head-on when P&G first entered India. It would have been much easier to build a beachhead in the market if it had first...Read More
At a dinner held for captains of Indian industry, thought leaders and investors, the discussion centred on the state of India. There was a great deal of optimism shared among the majority of the attendees.Read More
The world seems to be divided between China sceptics and China believers. Prof. James Robinson (Why Nations Fail) and many others believe that an extractive political system combined with a lack of democratic institutions and ....Read More
Jim O’Neill can be blamed for the rising sea of woes of the voluntary sector in India. He put I (for India) in BRIC leading to great expectations from the largest democracy in the world. And India, as indeed some other countries, did rise to the challenge and this they did so spectacularly that they...Read More
In Davos, I heard Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook speak about gender stereotyping at work, "She's great at her job, but she's just not as well liked by her peers," or, "She's a bit aggressive." She was part of an impressive panel with IMF’s Christine Lagarde and Drew Faust of Harvard.Read More
The catchphrase ‘We Are Like That Only’ has become the Indian mascot and something that makes us distinct from other Asian countries. It gained currency becoming a source of pride just as.....Read More
