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The Strategist Quiz (#327)

Answers to last week's quiz (#327)

The Strategist Quiz (#328)

The top 10 business bestsellers

THE EDGE: HOW THE BEST GET BETTER by Michael Heppell

Watch out

Franchise arrangements are a key route for business expansion

Reinterpreting the bottom of the pyramid

While targeting households that form the base of the consumption pyramid companies must go beyond playing just the price card

The CMO's dilemma

International Institute for Management Development's latest study establishes how the scope of work for a chief marketing officer has diminished at an alarming rate

Sailing without a rudder

Sales professionals should transform sales calls into problem solving opportunities, says a new book

Look before you leap

Business expansion via franchising may seem cost effective, but start only after you gain a critical mass

Partition and its ghosts

French froth

It's not a country one associates beer with, but France's best-selling offering Kronenbourg just might surprise beer guzzlers in the country

Blame it on the economy, stupid

Ideally, creations by Indian artists such as Subodh Gupta's Cheap Rice should be a talking point within the bureacracy, but for most, Indian art begins and ends with Ajanta

Mumbai's brush with Delhi

With a repertoire of 30,000 artworks spanning 250 years, Delhi Art Gallery comes as a welcome addition to Mumbai's artscape

My Life My Style: Mozez Singh

Mixing up Tom Ford

Chess (#1068)

Fit for life

In her latest book, celebrity fitness trainer Deanne Panday warns that there are no quick fixes to keeping fit

Only by appointment

JJ Valaya and Tarun Tahiliani have come up with single-edition bespoke creations which give a new spin to luxury

A will to live

With dating clubs and fertility clinics, the Parsi community - just about 60,000 now - is striving hard to survive the threat of extinction

Gods of war

Wet, rich and happy to buy

An extraordinarily good monsoon has left farmers with extra money in their pockets. Companies eye this bounty as they move their focus away from slumping urban markets. Business Standard reporters fan