22 May 2019 One of the biggest issues facing employers in recent years are challenges to employers’ classification of their workers as “independent contractors” as opposed to “employees.” This is significant issue in many industries, including sales and IT. There are many reasons why employers prefer to treat workers as…
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Good Governance Remains the Key Cornerstone of Reform Agenda
19 May 2019 Good governance is fundamental to achieve speedy and inclusive growth and to provide timely and quality services to citizens in order to meet the aspirations of India@75. Good governance also empowers citizens through better provision of education, healthcare and social security. The trifecta of executive, legislature and…
Shaping Economic Policy: Looking Beyond Elections
18 May 2019 With the gargantuan exercise associated with general elections gaining traction, and the new government set to be in place in around a month from now, there is much anticipation and interest among major stakeholders on what would be the economic agenda of the new government? The question…
Corporate Governance: Adopting the Golden Rules
14 May 2019 As corporates expand their global footprint and seek foreign investments and markets, safeguarding the interests of different stakeholders becomes critically important. To build and sustain investor confidence, corporates need to have transparent and good governance practices in place because mismanagement and false projection can cause immense financial…
Leading in a VUCA World: VUCA 2.0
13 May 2019 Change is the only constant in this world. The last few decades have seen enormous changes, accelerated by technology, which have had far-reaching consequences. The geo-political landscape changed with the end of the cold war, civil society underwent many changes – new communication platforms and channels such…
Participating in Electronics GVC
09 May 2019 India’s expanding income levels have translated into a growing trade deficit, with imports of electronic products as a key component—electronics imports (under HS code 85) grew to $48.3 billion in 2017-18 (10% of total imports), jumping $10 billion over the previous year and at third rank in…
India Pavilion – 58th International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia
09 May 2019 Art encapsulates the culture of a nation and an art exhibition serves as the perfect medium to open people’s eyes to previously unconsidered ways of being in the world, thus altering their view of the world. The meaning of artworks is embedded primarily in the conversations which…
Emerging social media platforms in 2019
09 May 2019 For all the ardent social media users, there is good news around the corner! Year 2019 is setting new frontiers in the trends that will dictate multiple new platforms that will be available to them. Similar to human behaviour, technologies and capabilities of social media platforms…
Product data Reliability for Omni-Channel Retail
09 May 2019 At last year’s ‘Thanksgiving Day’ and ‘Black Friday’ in the US, online shopping overshot sales through retail stores, reversing the shopping trend of earlier years. With rapid proliferation of online shopping portals and expected expansion of modern retail trade from 10% to over 25% in the next…
India’s billion-dollar digital gaming market on the upswing
30 Apr 2019 The Indian digital gaming industry has tremendous potential as it is poised to have over 300 million gamers by 2021. There is a high sense of optimism amongst advertisers, retailers and promoters as the market is fast growing from the present USD 890 million. Though the Indian…