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Disseminating strategy: A user’s guide

24 May 2013 | Charles Galunic

Your new strategy looks good on paper, it looks good in the executive suite. But what does it take for the work force to get it?

Call and put options: Enforceable tools with PE investors

21 May 2013 | Lalit Kumar

Once put and call options are made valid, they can be used by PE investors to structure their investments.

Indian slums: Hotbeds of aspirational consumption

17 May 2013 | Ritika Mankar Mukherjee

The rising legitimacy of slums in India, in turn, has meant improved access to amenities like electricity and drinking water over the past few years.

Is social enterprise sustainable?

10 May 2013 | Filipe Santos & Nigel Roberts

Social enterprise first evolved in the developing world. Now the business models and social metrics may be going mainstream.

Is India downloading the ‘6 killer Apps’?

02 May 2013 | Ritika Mankar Mukherjee

At a time when India’s ability to develop on a sustainable basis is being questioned, an analysis of India’s progress on each of these parameters (or ‘killer Apps’) provides a useful framework for understanding why India should revert to a high-growth path.

Clicks versus bricks: The battle for the high street

29 Apr 2013 | Nigel Roberts

Could social media and e-commerce provide the road to salvation for beleaguered High Street retailers? In Britain, shopkeepers figure you can beat them – but how?

Working from home: The end of an era?

22 Apr 2013 | Alvin Lee

Teamwork is not just about communication it is also about cooperation. Cooperation requires trust between team members.

Finding growth at the base of the pyramid

09 Apr 2013 | Jane Williams

Moving into BOP markets is most definitely NOT business as usual, says Mezias.

Accelerating use of mobile devices fueling M&A for MDM and MAM providers

02 Apr 2013 | Frank Jarolimek-Proner

The combination of the technological paradigm shift towards mobile and cloud have accelerated M&A activity, with the number of transactions already surpassing 2011 by 42.8% year-to-date.

Are you becoming "clique-ish"?

18 Mar 2013 | Alvin Lee

For new hires, the accessibility of others is more important probably than the quality of the knowledge that they have.

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