Business And Strategy

21 results

Jan 26, 2026·Corporate Strategy

A Merger Is Not an Idea

Why the Omnicom - Interpublic deal reveals a deeper failure of imagination in advertising

Jul 22, 2025·Corporate Strategy

WPP’s Existential Dilemma: Falling Prey to the AI Narrative

In chasing tech transformation, WPP’s board may have overlooked the nuances of its own business. And that could put the company in play

Oct 21, 2023·Corporate Strategy

Thompson ad mortem. Who cares?

Why did WPP decide to snuff out the identities of three of its most storied agencies—Thompson, Y&R and Wunderman—to create a new entity VML, the world’s largest creative company? The clues lie in the stock markets—and the immense pressures acting on its CEO Mark Read

Sep 26, 2023·Corporate Strategy

Behind ITC’s hotels demerger

Chairman and MD Sanjiv Puri is trying to kill three birds with one stone

Nov 28, 2022·Corporate Strategy

Adani’s NDTV takeover: The end game

The three-month-long takeover saga is reaching its climax. What happens next? (Updated on December 6, and December 24, 2022)

Aug 29, 2022·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?

Aug 24, 2022·M&A and Cultural Integration

Gautam Adani’s midnight raid at NDTV—a developing story

The aggressive billionaire’s dramatic attempt to take over one of the country’s best known media firms has set the cat among the pigeons. Will Prannoy and Radhika Roy stand their ground? Here are the possible scenarios. (This is a developing story and we are updating it as things unfold. The latest update was on 31 August, 2022)

Oct 29, 2020·M&A and Cultural Integration

Why ecommerce firms are hungry for brick-and-mortar

This Week in Disruptive Tech | October 28, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

May 19, 2019·Boards, Governance and Ethical Leadership

Riders on the storm

Two of India’s iconic companies—Tata Steel and ITC—find themselves at the cusp of a huge upheaval. And it once again raises serious questions about the role of the board in supervising executive management

Mar 23, 2019·M&A and Cultural Integration

How will the Mindtree-L&T takeover battle pan out? Nine questions answered

The Mindtree founders want to retain their firm’s unique culture. And have chosen to strongly rebuff L&T’s takeover attempt. But as things stand, the odds seem stacked against the founders as they try to block the $18 billion megacorp from taking control. A prognosis of what could happen next