Though there are some bright spots, the inner functioning of government has resisted change
Change in India is a complex process of introducing new ideas, dealing with multiple interest groups, and trying to reshape…
The United Kingdom’s shock vote to leave the European Union has roiled global markets and raised deep economic and political…
India needs coastal economic zones even if they prove less successful than they have for China
India’s mid-sized firms need a much more robust set of financial institutions and intermediation practices
Putting aside the specific arena of policy action, it is interesting to examine the broader underlying premises of the attack.
Techpreneurs can learn a lot from the strengths of TiE
Competition has the potential to weed out rankings that are less useful or reliable
A robust ranking system could possibly remove stifling government restrictions on higher education institutions
Kaushik Basu’s proposals for reforming higher education can enormously benefit India’s own students
The Budget proposals are quite promising but the real challenge is the govt’s capacity for implementation
Future economic growth will feature opportunities for creativity and non-conformity in a range of occupations
Repressive regimes fail to deliver inclusive and substantive economic growth
The two key inputs for Startup India are going to be financial and human capital
Growth at 7-8% might not stave off social unrest that could be associated with a failure to create enough jobs
Banks need to have some way to avoid the drag on new lending created by existing bad loans
Emphasis on quality rankings at the time of entry could put pressure on banks to improve CRM
The recent attention to bankruptcy reform in India (see my last column; http://goo.gl/QM7Gfm) reminds us that distressed firms have been…
