22 Feb 2019 In today’s world, businesses have only two choices: Innovate or perish. Some startling facts buttress this theory: only 12% of the Fortune 500 companies (ranked by total revenues) from 1955 were still on the list 62 years later in 2017. The others have either ceased to exist,…
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Solopreneurs: The changing face of business
20 Feb 2019 The line of distinction between freelancers and solopreneurs who constitute the gig economy, is rather thin; while the former works for others by means of contracts, the latter’s goal is to build up a business with services and products of their own. Interestingly, the gig economy profession…
Visual Arts Industry in India: 2020
18 Feb 2019 The visual arts (VA) constitute art forms such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film-making, and architecture. It also includes applied arts such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art. Collectively, they help bind a nation’s ethos and…
GST will improve our competitiveness
14 Feb 2019 Once again, the GST Council has made important modifications to the GST regime that will reinforce its growth potency. By raising thresholds, lowering frequency of returns and including services under the composition scheme, the Council has boosted ‘ease of doing business’ for small enterprises. India’s reform journey…
Valentine’s Day – Business of the heart becomes an entire industry in itself
13 Feb 2019 Valentine’s Day as we know it, is different from what medieval stories tell us. Many a legend surrounds this day, the most popular one of which includes the Roman priest, St Valentine, who cut out hearts from parchment and gave these to soldiers to remind them and…
Corporate Governance, an Evolutionary Process
12 Feb 2019 One issue which, and rightly so, is and continues to be central to doing business is that of ‘corporate governance’. That system of rules, practices and processes by which an organization is directed and controlled. What also becomes important is the fine balance between the ‘ease of…
People-friendly Budget strikes the right note
11 Feb 2019 The interim finance minister has presented a coherent, purposeful and balanced Budget which is fully aligned towards meeting the social and economic goalposts envisioned for the country. It strives to address the key socio-economic challenges even as it tries to maintain fiscal discipline and strengthen the momentum…
A Growth Driver
07 Feb 2019 The Budget provides relief to many sectors The presentation of the Interim Budget is to be seen in the context of various headwinds that are facing the Indian economy, including slower global growth and trade rates, subdued consumption, and farmer stress. At this time, it was necessary…
Celebrating Entrepreneurship Championing Start-ups
29 Jan 2019 Start-ups script the saga of success for a thriving economy. In today’s world, they are the new avenues for creating a great deal of wealth and simultaneously generating a sizeable employment in the quickest possible time. While some start-ups work on the new service delivery models directly…
Towards a $1 Trillion Manufacturing Economy
29 Jan 2019 The share of manufacturing in GDP has been trending at 16-17% for some years now. The Government has set a target of taking this share to 25% of GDP by the turn of 2025. India has the potential to become a $5 trillion economy in seven years,…