Viewpoints

How Come We are Loyal to Brands We Hate

I am a loyal British Airways traveler – one look at my frequent flyer mileage points earned will prove that. However, I am a...
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The Conscientious Salesman

Recently, a leading retailer confessed that people were so much happier in poor countries (read emerging markets and newly emerging markets). His earlier stint...
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Whose Wedding is it Anyway?

In India, Indian weddings and now anniversary celebrations can take epic proportions.  They are tradition, laced with a good dose of modern contemporary pop...
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Open Sesame

I arrived at the new Mumbai International Airport on the second day that it opened for business. I think I had been wise in...
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The Slip between the Macro and the Micro

At a dinner held for captains of Indian industry, thought leaders and investors, the discussion centred on the state of India. There was a...
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China’s Future

The world seems to be divided between China sceptics and China believers. Prof. James Robinson (Why Nations Fail) and many others believe that an...
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Reading

The Billionaire’s Apprentice by Anita Raghavan

Communicating India’s Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood by Daya Kishan Thussu

The Art of Choosing  by Sheena Iyengar

Lean In – Women, Work and Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg

The Triple Package – What Really Determines Success by Amy Chua & Jed Rubenfeld

Stumbling Giant – The Threat to China’s Future by Timothy Beardson

The Great Convergence – Asia, The West and the Logic of the World by Kishore Mahbubani

Playing to Win – How strategy Really works by A G Lafley and Roger Martin

Why Nations Fail – The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson

The Great Degeneration by Niall Ferguson

The $10 Trillion Prize by Michael J. Silverstein, Abheek Singhi, Carol Liao and David Michael

Superteams by Khoi Tu

The End of the Chinese Dream by Gerard Lemos

The Arab World Unbound by Vijay Mahajan

Reverse Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble