Corporate India learned tough lessons as the global financial markets melted down in 2008. With economic data in the country suggesting the recent recovery may be affected by headwinds from the global slowdown, now is a good time to remember the lessons from 2008
&ldquo;Get ready for the sun&rdquo;
M G Parameswaran
After almost a decade of double digit growth the Indian advertising market took a big hit in 2008-09. Reports indicate that total ad spends actually shrunk by as much as 5 per

The upside of a downturn

Business Standard

The Indian School of Business (ISB) has received the accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), making it the first business school in South Asia to be recognised by the premier global body. The accreditation by AACSB coincides with the 10th anniversary of the b-school.

ISB becomes first B-school in South Asia to get AACSB accreditation

India is well positioned in many respects for a new era of growth. It possesses a young workforce, an abundance of entrepreneurial drive and vigour, a highly competitive international services sector, significant potential in nascent industries such as green manufacturing and massive untapped consumer demand in its rural populations.

Innovating for inclusive growth

LinkedIn, the professional network on the internet with 135 million members, is increasing its focus on the Asian markets, including India. As much as 51 per cent of its revenues come from hiring solutions which it offers corporations, 29 per cent from marketing solutions to advertisers and 20 per cent from premium (or pay) subscribers worldwide.

Q&A: Arvind Rajan, LinkedIn

While Dhara fortified its groundnut oil with vitamins A and D, its refined vegetable oil has joined the club with low absorb technology.

On a stronger wicket

Wagh Bakri tea lounge in Delhi brews 32 types of international Indian and teas including green, organic and flavoured teas.

It's tea time, folks

The top 10 business bestsellers

In the last decade, most corporate healthcare models were developed keeping in mind the metro markets. The healthcare providers have now started realising that they cannot serve all segments of the population with high-cost structures. To serve different consumer segments such as lower middle income, urban poor and rural population, they need to develop less capital-intensive models.

KIT: Secondary care hospitals in organised sector

    This company was founded by a barrel maker in the late 1700s who used to supply rum to the British navy. Later it started rum and sugar broking. Recently, one of its spin-offs filed for bankruptcy. Name the company and its founder.

The Strategist Quiz (#230)

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    Which footwear brand has introduced the lightest product in the market of 165 grams which carries an eight-gram chip inserted beneath the sole that transmits data on maximum speed, distance covered or number of sprints to a computer or a mobile device?
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    This 40-year-old industry based in a town, which is believed to have got its name from Ravana&rsquo;s father-in-law, has grown tremendously in the last seven to eight

Answers to last week&#39;s quiz (#229)

The electrical equipment maker is betting big on consumer appliances.

Havells goes off the beaten track

Xavier Institute of Management-Bhubaneswar (XIMB) in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) hosted &lsquo;CEO's Round Table on Affirmative Action&rsquo; recently. Rajive Kaul, past president, CII and chairman, Nicco Corporation Ltd acted as the session moderator. The panel consisted of Ranaveer Sinha, chairman, CII (eastern region) and managing director, Telco Construction Equipment, BL Raina, Chairman, Jamshedpur Utilities &amp; Services Company Ltd (JUSCO) and B L Bagra, Chairman, Orissa chapter, CII and CMD Nalco among others.

XIMB hosts CEO Round Table conference

Vijay Mallya and Kishore Chhabria are set to take their fight over India&rsquo;s largest selling whisky brand to the wire.

Officer's Choice: One suitor too many

Godrej Yummiez, the ready to cook frozen food brand under the Godrej Tyson Foods portfolio has just launched its maiden television campaign. And as is evident in all the three commercials, the consumption occasion the brand is going for is &lsquo;parties&rsquo;. This is a platform the brand has been trying to own for a while.

Yummiez heats up the frozen food segment

S3V Vascular Technologies, a startup floated by four graduates of the founding class of PGPMAX (Post Graduate Diploma in Management for Executives) at the Indian School of Business, on Tuesday launched its first drug-coated stent &mdash; 3V-Avatar.

Entrepreneurs from ISB innovate in stent tech

With more players offering courses in animation and special visual effects, things are looking up for the Indian animation industry.

Animation on the fast track

* The world economy has become more prudent in the last few years because of the recessionary trends. Corporates are becoming more pragmatic and are leaving no stone unturned in tapping the best talent from the pool of elite MBA graduates. The future impact of this debt crisis is still debatable and the outcome of this is not predictable. But encapsulating the whole scenario, it can be be said that finance will always dominate the MBA domain with only slight upheavals in terms of salary package, during the recession.

Students' corner

Tata Communications, a Tata Group company, today said it has partnered with IIM-Ahmedabad's flagship iAccelerate programme to encourage entrepreneurs in the information and communications technology space.

Tata Comm, IIM-A tie up to encourage ICT entrepreneurs

Press Trust of India

The target: rural buyers who are cash-rich and generally not dependent on financing solutions.

Maruti on niche marketing drive

As the race to grab attention in a crowded marketplace is getting fiercer by the day, companies are going off the beaten track with a vengeance. The latest to come up with a unique idea is Britannia, which has launched a &ldquo;hunt for the true Snexy.&rdquo; Dubbed India&rsquo;s first &ldquo;reality snack show&rdquo; the teaser digital campaign has seen Britannia setting up a house called &lsquo;Snexville&rsquo; whose residents are humanised avatars of snacks. The purpose is simple: to grab eyeballs via a digital teaser campaign for its new snack- Nutri Choice Multigrain Thins.

Britannia in hunt for 'Snexy'

IIM grads within govt try for some synergy in reforming the rust frame.

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