First Principles
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Stock response: Selling surplus online
Xstok founders Sanjiv Khandelwal and Mihir Shah have created an online B2B marketplace for textile mills to auction their excess stock. But they have the deeply traditional roots of the industry to contend with
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Candy rush: How Pulse got it right
How a tangy innovation made a breakthrough in the stagnant candy category and clocked Rs 150 crore in the first year of its launch
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Tech tools to teach children
Vineet and Anupama Nayar are betting $100 million that their low-tech tools will get students to learn in India's notoriously ineffective rural schools
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Rajya Sabha passes GST Bill: How it will impact various sectors
Implementation of GST will affect various sectors differently. Grant Thornton offers a quick look at how some of them will fare once the new tax regime comes into effect
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Nation Watching with Ruchir Sharma
The head of emerging markets and chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management talks about his latest book, and why nuance is essential to evaluating a country
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Industry must gear up for GST era
Industry sectors are waiting to see when and how GST is implemented, but they should be doing their own share of preparations as well
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India Inc is bullish on GST
India Inc is optimistic about the impending bill which is expected to be the country's most vibrant tax reform
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Traditional Indian companies yet to warm up to platform models of business
Sangeet Paul Choudary, founder and CEO of Platform Thinking Labs, says the platform model is an opportunity the networked world has presented. But traditional Indian companies are yet to warm up to it
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We want to position Hyundai as a modern premium brand: Young Key Koo
Young Key Koo, MD and CEO of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, says the country is a key market for the carmaker and that its focus will now be on creativity and innovation
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The clean and green strategy
Lower tariffs, enabling policies and investor interest have given a fillip to India's renewable energy sector. Here's a snapshot of where it stands
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Focus is shifting dramatically towards solar power, says ReNew Power's Sumant Sinha
Renew Power's CEO Sumant Sinha says increasing competition and aggressive bidding in the sector have brought down tariffs drastically