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Most organised retail cannot handle competition from kiranas: Rajiv Lal
Interview with Stanley Roth Senior Professor of Retailing, Harvard Business School
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Book Extract: Creating contrarian teams
It is better for groups to encourage real dissent than to appoint artificial dissenters, says a new book
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592 students graduate from IIM-B
Dr Devi Shetty exhorts students to pursue dreams without fear of failure
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Infosys raises staff salaries by 6%
It indicates the salary revision would be in the same range this year as it was in the last
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Shyamal Majumdar: Shadowboxing over Steve Jobs
Apple's all-out move to trash an earlier biography of its former boss beats logic
Pulsar back in spotlight with a Rs 1 lakh bike
Bajaj Auto launches its most powerful bike under its premium brand, after having focused on sprucing up its commuter brand, Discover, for the last three years
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IIT, IIM and ISI offer joint course in business analytics
Indian analytics mkt to double between 2011-18 to touch $2.3 bn, as per Nasscom-Blueocean Market Intelligence study
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Consulting firms top recruiters at XIM-B placements
The sector accounted for 30% of the total placements for its flagship MBA programme students
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By 2018, TV ad revenue will exceed print's
Poll spends helped traditional media, while Bollywood got a wake up call in 2014
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AXN eyes some more of audience action
Known for its thriller and action shows, it wants a bigger slice of the viewership pie and is going to target two different kinds of viewers
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Zomato takes a smaller bite off partner eateries
A late entrant in the online food-ordering business, it is wooing restaurants with a lower commission to come onboard, and plans to double revenue in a year
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Playing catch-up
As digital-born-and-bred payment companies gain traction, banks put up a brave fight by reconfiguring their payments ecosystem
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Panasonic, Lenovo's retail bets
With eyes firmly on the smartphone market, both brands will ramp up distribution and try new concepts
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K K Modi Group commissions University in Chhattisgarh
The University will be fully residential and is spread over 25 acres; first academic session in 2016-17
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BYOD and data security
Companies must work with IT to assess emerging tools that maximise the BYOD potential without threatening enterprise data
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Making design thinking work
Discussion board: Design Thinking
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