Industrial lubricant manufacturer Mobil has consolidated its line of energy efficient products, Mobil SHC, under a single umbrella with a separate identity and logo. Mobil SHC, the premiere line of synthetic lubricants for industry, was launched in India earlier this year.

Mobil: Efficiency rules

Business Standard

Yachting, once a blue-blooded pastime, is the new sunrise sport among corporates. Aashim Mongia, managing director, West Coast Marine Yacht Services, which promotes fractional ownership options through trade and boat shows, says, &ldquo;The number of leisure boats registered with the Mumbai authorities has risen from 100 vessels in 2004 to 287 in 2010, representing a 14 per cent compounded annual growth rate.

Yachting in India: Sea change

The Yale School of Management (Yale SOM), one of the most respected global B-Schools in India, has India figuring high up on its agenda. After training our politicians under the India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme. Yale SOM now plans a masters in management programme for non US students and is also working with the banking sector in India on new banking models. Edward Snyder, Dean of the Yale School of Management tells M Saraswathy of Yale's plans for India.

Q&A: Edward Snyder, Dean, Yale School of Management

While IIM-Bangalore wrenches free from the government, heated disagreements remain over corporate donations for board seats as well as mandatory teaching hours.

IIMs' quest to break free

The Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad, will be organising a 12-day business orientation programme in the city from November 8, wherein 10 industry experts from various industries will visit the institute campus and interact with its students.

IMT's 12-day business orientation from today

As developing markets take centre stage, global experts offer insights on the new idiom of marketing.

How to deal with uncertainty

As new players throw their hats into the ring, the stakes in online retail become higher.

Casting the net wider

Online retailing in India is growing at a rapid pace. According to industry estimates, the current market size for pure-play internet retail is about $100 million, which is expected to grow to $1 billion by 2015. One of the major drivers for this growth will be the strengthening of the Indian economy, leading to a higher disposable income in the hands of people who will then be more open to shopping on the internet. The other important factor will be stricter regulations on online transactions by the government, reducing frauds and resulting in trust building for the medium.

Q&A: Rahul SethI, President, e-commerce, Tradus.in

Hitesh Dhingra, co-founder and CEO, Letsbuy.com, is a serial entrepreneur who also co-founded India&rsquo;s first contextual online advertising network. Amanpreet Bajaj, co-founder and COO, has been a web entrepreneur since he was in college, founding a youth portal in 1999 while pursuing an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from Delhi University. They spoke to Alokananda Chakraborty about the direction in which e-commerce in India and Letsbuy.com are headed. Excerpts.

Q&A: Hitesh Dhingra & Amanpreet Bajaj, Letsbuy.com

This report by Kanvic Consulting outlines the current and future prospects of &lsquo;click and dial&rsquo; distribution channels.

Click and dial: A new path for Indian retail

The wave of slowdown hit the day-0 summer placements at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C). Students received a total of 90 offers this year, vis-&agrave;-vis the 115-odd offers that were made last year, when the national and international economies were in better shape.

Market slowdown hits IIM-C placement

Online retailer Flipkart addresses common consumer concerns through its new television campaign.

No kid stuff

Virtual tools such as email, instant messaging and Skype can be just as effective as face-to-face meetings. It all depends on orientation and mindsets.

Meetings: Do you really need to show up?

Despite significant corporate commitment to the advancement of women&rsquo;s careers, progress appears to have stalled. The percentage of women on boards and senior-executive teams remains stuck at around 15 per cent in many countries, and just 3 per cent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.

Changing companies' minds about women

Digitisation is creating a second economy that&rsquo;s vast, automatic, and invisible &mdash; thereby bringing the biggest change since the Industrial Revolution.

The second economy

For many of us the brand Panasonic conjures up images of batteries and home audio systems. This is precisely the perception that Panasonic wants to change. It now aspires to be a household brand that straddles most &mdash; if not all &mdash; segments of the consumer electronics industry in India. And this ambition is evident in the aggressive product launches and high decibel advertising surrounding the brand in the last two years.

Playing catch-up

In a globalised world dominated by financial woes, where are the leaders who will be our salvation? Three INSEAD professors give their views on the problems these leaders face and why they may be failing.

Leadership in crisis: Where are the heroes?

Senior managers need to put together pieces of the corporate jigsaw puzzle into the big picture to take their company to the next level.

Top management DNA

Brand! Brand!! Brand!!! That&rsquo;s the new shout that&rsquo;s been a rising crescendo in the past couple of decades in India. Brand awareness has consumed the consumer psyche considerably and ushered in a new era of demand-supply dynamics. However, the word brand in any conversation at large, be it in the classroom or otherwise, has implicitly revolved around the typical FMCG/consumer durables/apparels and other such &ldquo;goods&rdquo; for everyday consumption. These physical, tangible, truly interactable brands indeed have a great impact on the minds of the consumer.

Sticking your neck out

Universities in India and abroad are reaching out to young talent.

Head start on the learning curve

In his 2008 book Go Kiss the World Subroto Bagchi, co-founder of MindTree, writes about an incident in the early days of setting up the company. A group of IT professionals arrived at the office and asked to meet him. Thinking they were potential investors, Bagchi met them and dutifully answered detailed questions about the company. Once they were through, they informed Bagchi that they were ready to come on board &mdash; as employees.

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