Nylon is a type of plastic, first created as a polymer in February 1935 by a research chemist called Wallace Carruthers. Carruthers wasn’t to know it at the time, but he’d created what was to become one of the most widely used polymers in the world. Nylon plastic is a thermoplastic – that is, it [Click to read more..]
In the current global economic crisis, both retail as well as institutional investors are found to be acting against their strategic interests. According to financial analysts, a good number of investors are making decisions that do not go at all with their investment goals or plan. The revelation comes from the assessment made by the [Click to read more..]
Mobile banking is a great tool for small businesses to access and keep track of their funds. However, when your mobile bank account is made easily available on your smartphone or other device, the risk of fraud or identity theft naturally increases. Because so many individuals are taking electronic banking to the mobile phone as [Click to read more..]
A major pain point of the banking industry is the challenge of how to penetrate the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP), a concept which was popularized by Prahlad [3]. This indeed is a sizeable market, consisting of 2.5 billion people who live on less than US$2.50 per day. Technology is being heralded as a major [Click to read more..]
Business Today and Nielsen has published the B-School rankings for 2012, in India. One of the interesting things this ranking has attempted to achieve the balance between “perception overlaps” among “chains of B-Schools”… (like IIMs, IMIs, IMTs, IITs, Symbiosis, ICFAI etc).. and estimate the individual B-School’s actual but relative position, somewhat unaffected by the umbrella [Click to read more..]
Whether you’re looking to benefit your company’s bottom line or your overall image, energy and the choices you make pertaining to its use and generation can make a big impact. There are a lot of things businesses can do to be smart about energy use, especially when you consider that most businesses use a lot [Click to read more..]