Innocolumn

November 29, 2018

Successful entrepreneurs plan, plan and plan

29th November 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

It is silly to think that past entrepreneurs did not have a solid business plan or that a Rambo business idea alone matters, that there is no need to have a detailed plan.
October 29, 2018

Can the Indian manager be even more successful abroad ?

29th October 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

The writer is a corporate advisor and Distinguished Professor of IIT Kharagpur. His new book, co-authored with Ranjan Banerjee, and titled “THE MADE-IN-INDIA MANAGER”, has been published by Hachette India in October, 2018.
October 8, 2018

When a leader comes under inexplicable influence of someone

19th October 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

In my 3rd August column, I explored the challenge faced by independent directors when an iconic leader in the company is accused of an ethical misdemeanor.
October 2, 2018

Hubris around ‘born-to-be-sold’ startups

27th September 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

(*The writer is a corporate advisor and Distinguished Professor of IIT Kharagpur. His new book, co-authored with Ranjan Banerjee, and titled “THE MADE-IN-INDIA MANAGER”, will be published by Hachette India in November, 2018.
September 29, 2018

When a leader is manipulated

27th November 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

Directors need to be alert about behavioural changes in a powerful leader - a situation that could require quiet intervention
August 14, 2018

Dual class shareholding is an idea whose time has not come

13th June, 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

Because of testing protocols, promising food innovations sometimes fail to make it to the market. There needs to be an international protocol for testing innovations that impact Mother Gaia.
July 21, 2018

How a World War caused ball pens to take off.

18th July, 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

Last week, the Royal Air Force celebrated its century in grand style all over UK. Nobody celebrated the fact that it was the RAF that gave a fillip to ball pens.
June 15, 2018

Avoid hurt to Mother Gaia–treat Earth as a human being

13th June, 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

Because of testing protocols, promising food innovations sometimes fail to make it to the market. There needs to be an international protocol for testing innovations that impact Mother Gaia.
April 18, 2018

India’s accelerating entrepreneurship culture

6th April, 2018 BUSINESS STANDARD

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