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Amit Tandon: The message in India's static ranking

How open is India for business? Not very, concludes the World Bank, in its recent Ease of Doing Business report

Amit Tandon: Nurturing corporate culture

How often does the board discuss company culture? The Wells Fargo and the Volkswagen incidents highlight the importance of - or rather, the lack of - a corporate culture that put ethical behaviour ahe

Amit Tandon: Rethinking the role of stakeholder relationship committee

The starting point for boards of companies would be to understand what investors expect

Amit Tandon: Make corporate governance a common cause

Both companies and investors need to focus on corporate governance to promote the health and well-being of companies

Amit Tandon: Governance norms - Direction or diktat?

Companies tend to wait for regulations to implement change. Given such an attitude, regulators need to do a balancing act: ensure the basic requirements of good governance while remaining directional

Amit Tandon: Prepare to 'unfriend' promoters

Boards in India need to create a distinction between the interest of the company and that of the promoters

Amit Tandon: Why listing of PSUs won't be easy

Listing of a PSU implies greater accountability and transparency, but that has not been the case in India. To list successfully, the government and the PSUs must be clear about the objectives and expe

Shareholders, companies need to match steps

In the next decade, we expect the engagement between shareholders and company boards will be driven less by regulation and more as good governance practice