Sustainability in Pharma Supply Chain

The Financial Express, 6th June 2013 – By Kshama V Kaushik and Rosanna M Vetticad View Article

Economics Revisiting the Concepts of Market Demand in Various States of Disequilibrium

Revisiting the Concepts of Market Demand in Various States of Disequilibrium Dr. A.S Firoz Foreword Why is there a need to go back to the basic concepts of demand today? It is not because this will provide solutions to the economic problems embedded in the world of speculation and arbitrage, whether for real goods and services or for financial products including derivatives. It rather attempts…

Comments on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013

THE Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 (hereinafter referred as the “Land Act’) is a significant step towards bringing in socio-economic balance in land acquisition which is critical to the industrial growth paradigm in India. We would like to commend the efforts of the Ministry of Rural…

Review of the Governance of Family Run Businesses in India: Importance of succession planning in a business

Sandeep Shashtri Introduction Family run businesses in India: Overview In the wake of the Satyam Computers scandal1 there has been a renewed interest in the management of family owned businesses in India. While that was a case in accounting fraud, bribery and investment in an unrelated family business; and the importance of good governance practises in family run businesses, including the issues of dominant ownership,…

India’s Industrialisation: Reaching Saturation?

Dr. A.S Firoz India’s dreams of becoming a global manufacturing giant seem to have met with massive and rather unforeseen challenges. Local and foreign investment proposals came in droves in strong appreciation of the opportunities in the country. But, today, a closer look at the investment projects, in implementation or on the drawing board, there is huge disappointment with near total uncertainty about the conditions surrounding…