Changing times are impacting family businesses worldwideGlobally, 48 universities conducted a survey across 33 countries, covering over 1,800 family businesses, under the umbrella of STEP (Succes...
06 Nov, 2019, 12.58 PM IST
Why Facebook's new India head Ajit Mohan is a brave manFacebook has been headless for an year in India after its MD Umang Bedi left in Oct last year.
29 Sep, 2018, 10.13 PM IST
Promoter shareholding falling in non-family firms, rising in family ones: StudyThe research study attempted to give a bird's eye view of the shareholding pattern of listed Indian firms.
07 Aug, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
Liberalisation led to rise in SFFs: StudyIn 1990, family firms represented 15.7 per cent of the GDP in terms of their total income, whereas by 2015, they represented 25.5 percent o...
26 Sep, 2017, 04.03 PM IST
India @70: Bottom line for Indian economy is to dream big to grow bigger“The best opportunities are with public sector companies. They have the scale domestically and have a dominant market position in India,” s...
15 Aug, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
Cyrus Mistry's ouster: Ratan Tata follows Narayana MurthyWhile Ratan Tata is not a founder of Tata Sons, he is credited with growing the group from an adolescent to a matured adult.
24 Oct, 2016, 09.12 PM IST
KV Kamath’s successor likely in 2-3 weeks, Infosys may name R Seshasayee as interim ChairmanProcess of evaluating candidates for position of non-executive chairman is still at an early stage, but a successor is expected to be final...
18 May, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Nita Ambani joins Reliance Industries' boardMukesh Ambani pointed out that Nita had been involved in various initiatives that strengthened RIL as a company by spearheading Reliance Fo...
19 Jun, 2014, 05.36 AM IST
Lack of role clarity hurts togetherness in Indian family business: StudyLack of clarity in roles as well as indeterminate ways of sharing rewards and wealth negatively impacts togetherness in Indian family busin...
02 Mar, 2014, 12.12 PM IST
- B-schools offer family business programmes for next generation
The programme would be launched in 2013, IMI Faculty Ashutosh Khanna said.
30 Dec, 2012, 11.42 AM IST
Why Indian family businesses are acquiring hundreds of firms abroadIndia Inc has acquired hundreds of firms abroad in the past decade. Why have family businesses in India become so brave? Because of the myr...
22 Jul, 2012, 09.55 AM IST
Focus on rights, roles & duties to become a good independent directorGood quality independent directors become informal mentors to promoter families in developing sound governance practices.
14 Jul, 2012, 02.56 AM IST
- Role of leadership in family businesses undergoing gradual transition: ISB Study
Indian School of Business white paper on challenges faced by family businesses in India reveals considerable changes in family business lea...
28 Jun, 2012, 05.03 PM IST
Ruias to reduce family presence on company boardsThis would be one of the rare occasions within Indian business families, where the promoters will opt for the role of an "active investor".
04 Jun, 2012, 08.00 AM IST
India Inc prefers an internal candidate as successor rather than an outsiderChoosing an internal candidate for top post provides multiple benefits for corporates, and also sends out a message that hardworking people...
11 Mar, 2012, 05.33 PM IST
- Being Cyrus at Tatas: Set the pace, ensure business growth
Experts feel that one-year under Ratan Tata's guidance would provide Mistry with an opportunity to understand intricacies of running the co...
30 Nov, 2011, 04.09 PM IST
- Lehman-led team to pick 5% in Edelweiss
Lehman & Schmidheiny lead Galleon, Shuaa, Sequoia in $50 mn deal to buy 5% of financial services co.
09 Jul, 2007, 12.07 AM IST