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November 30, 2006
How India can be the global KPO king
Here are the skills and expertise that one needs to have to succeed in the knowledge economy.

Low wages don't drive FDI
If the Indian Government needs to make FDI work wonders for its growth, then it might do well to invest in dressing up.

India, China trade: Still miles to go
If long-term investment flows and not trade flows are taken as the real yardstick for assessing the soundness and durability of the economic relations between two countries, India and China have still miles to go before they can celebrate.

Fiscal deficit, what's that?
If we don't take the fiscal deficit seriously, then it could easily widen and harm our future growth

November 29, 2006
India waits as Budget exercise begins
The games began a few months ago, when the finance ministry and the Planning Commission got into their well-publicised spat.

November 28, 2006
Learn, & then co-operate with China
Learning how China is addressing issues like poverty alleviation, education, health and infrastructure is what the leaders and future leaders of India should focus on.

November 27, 2006
What we need to learn from China
The Chinese experience shows the costs of under-valuation are a lot less than the benefits in terms of jobs.

If the US doesn't slow down next year...
Some feel that the weak sectors, housing and autos, are too small to have any significant impact on the US economy as a whole.

India: Smaller, but unhealthy, families
India's demographic transition has probably been faster than previously estimated. A survey also shows that 75 per cent of women do not want more pregnancies after they have had two children.

The merit of value investing
A portfolio of stocks designed on the basis of Benjamin Graham's principles has beaten the market over the past three years.

US tightens grip on Indian R&D centres
Given the significant cross border trade of services with the US, the service regulations are of particular significance for India

November 24, 2006
Field notes from an evening out
How some people use the levers of control at clubs and elite schools to weather waves of change.

November 23, 2006
Jobs, not microcredit, is the solution
Most studies suggest that microcredit is beneficial but only to a limited extent and the reality is less attractive than the promise.

November 22, 2006
Target-setting bad for microfinance
MFIs, with their eye on the present, often do not consider that once the claims start and the insurance company realises that it is not making money, the future of the products themselves may be in jeopardy.

November 20, 2006
Economic origins of India's middle-class
The growth of the middle class is going to be fundamental to sustaining economic performance.

Jobless growth, ha'ah!
The wage data from the latest NSS round throw up some really wonky stuff.

November 17, 2006
India a gas surplus nation? Bah!
While natural gas consumption is projected to grow by between one per cent and three per cent in most industrialised countries, demand growth is expected to be multiples of that in China and India.

Have reforms helped India's poor?
The debate on whether economic reforms and accelerated economic growth have led to faster reduction in poverty levels and employment growth continues to generate disagreement.

November 16, 2006
Is there an 'Indian' style of management?
The ability to manage against the odds that has given Indian entrepreneurs a unique skill.

How Indian firms can go global
Overseas expansion by Indian companies can leverage India's comparative advantage.

Of pension and government blunder
The best path is for the government to give no guarantees at all, and leave it to the choice of workers.

The Rs 63,000-crore question
From the central government's viewpoint, it is far better to allocate the freed resources to programmes that have some track record of delivery.

9 more ways to find, retain best tutors
Here is an effective strategy for attracting and retaining the best faculty talent at India's top technical institutes.

November 15, 2006
Infosys buyback: A great opportunity
The Infosys offer is a big win-win. You can not only make some money over and above what you would have, had you sold the shares in the market, you can also save tax.

Pharma cos: Taxmen may spoil the party
Indian taxman can demand some part of the global profits.

10 ways to find, retain best tutors at IIMs, IITs
Here is an effective strategy for attracting and retaining the best faculty talent at India's top technical institutes.

November 14, 2006
B-schools ignore man-management
Man-management, marketing, corporate strategy and human resources are the most complex issues today.

Three suggestions for the RBI
The art of written central bank communication is a new experience for the RBI, so it is understandable if there is a bit of learning by doing. A few suggestions to improve the communication:

India-China: Queering the pitch
I would argue that India has to work harder to appreciate China's cold pragmatism and result-oriented approach.

November 13, 2006
A paranoid India and a confident China?
India should forget its fears and emulate China's positive approach towards foreign investment.

Choosers should not be beggars
India, not just the Indian economy, seems to have passed through a point of inflection around 2003 and none of us really knows why this has happened.

Mother of all tax settlements
On November 9, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Internal Revenue Service of the United States announced that the GSK will pay $3.4 billion to the IRS to settle a transfer pricing dispute dating back 17 years.

Of Indian bourses and reforms
The way to make a killing on the Indian bourses seems to be to focus on companies' bottom line and forget the macro view.

November 11, 2006
Financing India's growth
If the economy is to continue to grow at even 8 per cent annually for another four years, this will imply an investment shortage of over $47 bn a year.

Why India can be global knowledge economy leader
India enjoys unique advantages in having a large pool of English-speaking professionals with degrees in engineering, science or mathematics, who are capable and flexible to learn new skills fast given the right opportunity and reward structure.

November 10, 2006
The last days of an IIM professor
We have failed in the way we have organised Indian society where its teachers live a life of penury while their students prosper, says .

Of economists and dowry
Is dowry a pre-mortem settlement or a bribe to the groom's family to take over a permanent liability?

November 09, 2006
When will petro prices come down?
Though people may not be interested in the crude oil price world wide, key question for them will be: will petrol price come down in India with a decrease in the global price?

The modern retail juggernaut
The need for convenience for all segments of Indian consumers is increasing faster than what most in the consumer products industries anticipate.

November 08, 2006
Gujarat, the next IT hub
The state has definite advantages over others -- more than 65 per cent of the population is under 35, the state has a solid infrastructure and an improved standard of knowledge of English.

The Bombay Club is alive
The disconcerting reality is that the spirit of the Bombay Club is still alive. Nowhere is this as evident as in FDI policies for sectors where the limits are yet to be relaxed.

November 07, 2006
The path to domestic trade tax reform
The finance ministry can take its cue from the success of the tax information network for direct taxes.

Making space for emissions
We will need to free up the occupied ecological space and then fill it up with things that can benefit all and do not blow up our present

B-schools don't teach leadership skills
B-schools can't teach what kind of manager you should be.

November 06, 2006
How PSUs can catch up with private sector
This will ensure that the momentum generated by the private sector is sustained and the benefits of its performance become more widely accessible.

November 03, 2006
Live to tell the tale
Long-life stories need not be boring, and why your attitude to adversity matters.

The last (?) unopened envelope
Even as economists raised their forecasts into each quarter as both documented and anecdotal evidence kept growing, the final growth figure in each of the past four quarters has, indeed, been higher than the best estimate.

How Indian cos can be true global players
To be a true global player, we need more Sachin Tendulkars rather than Shah Rukh Khans.

Reddy and RBI's 1st goal
The RBI's first goal must be to get India back to the remarkable achievement of 3 per cent CPI inflation of late 2003.

November 02, 2006
Tata's Corus buy: A game theory analysis
Despite its premium product line, image, and access to markets for products, Corus' high-cost structure militates against easy solutions.

November 01, 2006
Growth leader, development laggard
The problem is the market failures in the areas of health and education.

5 things that beat B-school training
One of the biggest limitations of a B-school is the stringent selection process. Students, thus, have unrealistic expectations from their colleagues when they start their jobs.

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