100 Fastest Growing Careers
All of us want a great career. For someone who is about to take the big leap into the unknown, an intriguing question that torments his mind is what prospects…
Why should you have a Corporate Social Network
Often, there is very little to differentiate between the winners and the “not-winners” in the race for corporate seniority in the industry. What creates that illusive competitive advantage for those…
How to Launch a Successful Product
“A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one”. Henry Ford never said anything wiser. But essentially what is a…
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business
Henry Ford never said something more meaningful. A business has more implications on the society and environment in which it functions. Its not only the philanthropic activities which matter but…
E-Governance Failures – Can it be averted?
E-government, in short, allows the private sector to operate in areas that used to fall strictly within the public domain. The challenge for policy makers is to recognize that what…
The Role of Karma in Organizations
“Karmanye vadhika raste ma phaleshu kadachana, Ma karma phala hetu bhurba te sangostav karmani” — (Chapter 2:47) Bhagwat Gita.
Growth Strategies of Web Based New Generation Firms
The cyber world has really come alive with the onslaught of WEB 2.0 technologies. Today, many start ups are being formed by students and entrepreneurs across the world. The web…
What motivates better performances in organizations
What makes some employees tick? Employees need various kinds of motivational incentives in organizations. Not always the best paying organization has the highest employee satisfaction score, and thus a higher…
The GE-McKinsey matrix and its Limitations for Business Portfolio analysis
A business portfolio is defined as a collection of Strategic Business Units, commonly called SBUs, that make up a firm or a corporation. The optimal business portfolio (a dream for…
Top B-Schools of India in 2010
As per a study done by PagalGuy, the following is the ranking of B-Schools in India in 2010. Overall a sample size of 9576 respondents were used to evaluate the…
How to Curb Gray Markets
Gray markets are a perennial problem in some industries and even some of the biggest of companies are searching for a solution to this problem. While no fool-proof plan has…
How the internet affects Porter’s generic strategy models
In the emerging global economy, e-commerce and e-business have increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development. Michael Porter (1980) has argued that…