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D Shivakumar
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Eight best business books of 2023
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·Corporate Strategy
What’s holding up Gautam Adani’s takeover of NDTV?
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Indrajit Gupta
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·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #677: Go directly to the source
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·Corporate Strategy
A battle of unequals
As the Adani group pushes through the doors at NDTV, owners Prannoy and Radhika Roy find themselves with their backs to the wall. What are their options?
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
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