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How do business leaders turn in exceptional results? This book charts the four guiding principles through a wealth of corporate experiences
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In uncertain times, when companies don’t know when demand will rebound, hiring temporary staff gives them manpower flexibility
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This banking service helps companies realise cheques sooner and stay informed
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The SaaS model allows enterprises to hire and rapidly deploy the latest software, for a fraction of what it would cost to buy it
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Advertising and marketing online doesn’t give reach, but it sure gives value-for-money spent. Even big advertisers are cosying up to the idea
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If an executive stops doing Delhi-Mumbai once a month, his company would save Rs 5 lakh a year on travel, stay, food and intangibles
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Indian companies have made a modest start in this space. But they can do much more across heavy industries like automotive
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Some sectors don’t lend themselves to collaborations. Others do, and there are shining examples of companies growing by sharing knowledge
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There are ways and ways to cut costs. Some companies are going beyond the mundane, into new and interesting territory
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Companies can cut corners only so much. For a lasting impact, they should turn to these seven platforms
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From raw materials to salaries, from advertising to fuel burn, a clutch of disparate companies is cutting costs to stay competitive and weather the slowdown
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Cutting costs is no longer a matter of choice in today’s tough business environment. Here are a few companies that are embracing thrift as the new way of doing business
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With outsourcing calls dropping, a question mark hangs over the Indian BPO industry. The big guns have, so far, answered it with elan
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Travelling executives of 45 firms are checking in to HummingBird’s 285 apartments in five cities
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The global gas network is unfolding the way oil did three decades ago, spawning a cartel and shaping geo-political equations
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With mobiles unable to do everything at a low cost, high-performing Internet-only devices are gaining currency. They will feed WiMAX as well as feed off it
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3G offers both voice and data, WiMAX only data. Still, if operators get 3G spectrum, there’s reason for them to bid for WiMAX too
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Gary Steel, Chairman of ABB India, and Head of HR and Sustainability
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Ron Resnick, WiMAX Forum Chairman
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A slowdown is a good time for a company to rejig its rewards strategy
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To get back to GDP growth of 8%, policy actions should focus on a better safety net for the poor, reforms in key sectors and rapid job creation
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Deep Kalra, Founder-CEO, Makemytrip.com
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The days of downloading video games to PCs could soon be passe. Cloud gaming is the next big thing in line
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Unlisted companies like Subhiksha need the board of directors to devise more robust systems of accountability that can be enforced
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The government couldn’t check its borrowings in the good years. Now, they are threatening to explode. And there is no plan to correct that imbalance
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The US FDA names Ranbaxy again. There’s no material damage, but it’s another blow to its reputation
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Mukesh Ambani has turned integration of group companies into the RIL fold into an art form
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Tax breaks on one side, outsourcing benefits on the other. Right now, the scales are tilted towards outsourcing
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Three surveys have finally confirmed the fears of employees in India—the downward spiral in salary hikes that began in 2008 is accelerating
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