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Nokia X: A bold experiment
Despite constraints due to the Microsoft partnership, Nokia has smartly adapted Android
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Saathi to help ITC enter mass notebook market
ITC is headed for the mass market when large multinationals are making a beeline for a share of the stationery industry
 "Saathi to help ITC enter mass notebook market")
Regional fashion chains hold their ground
Despite the presence of national department stores like Central and Shoppers Stop in their markets, local insights and cost advantage have kept these relevant
 "Regional fashion chains hold their ground")
Microsoft Office for iPad: Hit or miss?
The Office suite for the Apple device has touched users, and desktop users will be glad to shift to the mobile platform
Customer-funded, not crowd-funded, is the way to go: John Mullins
Interview with professor, London Business School
 "Customer-funded, not crowd-funded, is the way to go: John Mullins")
Book Extract: The five common entrepreneurial traps
If barriers to entry are low and you have nothing on which to sustain your initial advantage, stop before you start, says a new book
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Managing employee redeployment
Here's how corporations are redeploying talented employees impacted by change to new roles and productive businesses
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 "mPOS to drive merchant innovation")
New formula of customer engagement
For organisations keen to communicate with customers effectively, social media and live chat connectivity is not an option, but an absolute necessity
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 "Practical creativity is the new order")
 "Answers to the Strategist quiz (#350)")
India's broadband nirvana
Telecom service providers remain under significant pressure to stay profitable in the face of a lower voice ARPU, data deluge driven by video streaming, mobile data, cloud computing and internet-conne
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Synergy has been used as a code word for cost reduction: Andrew Lack
Interview with chairman, Bloomberg Media Group
 "Synergy has been used as a code word for cost reduction: Andrew Lack")
 "The Strategist Quiz (#351)")
Irrfan: Deadpan, dead right
The believable actor, now has brands seeking him out, but he will lend his credibility selectively
 "Irrfan: Deadpan, dead right")
Mirage of a race
The Dubai World Cup is the richest horse race in the world. But the event is no mere equine competition - it is a mega social soiree
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Anant Singh identifies the worst of Bollywood
The idea of the award has roots in Singh's passion for films. Zee Cinema used to be his constant childhood companion
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Reality bites
As the last season of the riveting series Mad Men, goes on air, we trace the transformation of television from banal entertainment to hard-hitting realism
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 "Wine-time in Europe")