
Tata Neu: Stripping the hype
Is it even a super app? Or a coalition loyalty programme? A loyalty business veteran dissects the challenges and complexities the Tatas—and customers—will have to grapple with

Harsh Vardhan
Strategy Consultant
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Is it even a super app? Or a coalition loyalty programme? A loyalty business veteran dissects the challenges and complexities the Tatas—and customers—will have to grapple with

Harsh Vardhan
Strategy Consultant

The Modi government’s ambitious scheme was a serious attempt to make air travel accessible to every Indian. But two years later, it is apparent that the challenges may have been somewhat underestimated.

Indrajit Gupta
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Amrita Chowdhury
Director, Gaia Smart Cities

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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner, Advent International

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India’s experience with providing a digital identity to a billion-plus people through Aadhaar and with financial inclusion shows why it’s important to take the state, society and markets along. And how it’s tough to anticipate the unintended consequences

N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

The days of relying on a single sustainable competitive advantage are over; companies must focus on spotting new sources of advantage, exploiting them fast, and quickly moving on
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CEO Zhang Ruimin transformed a bankrupt appliance manufacturer into a respectable brand, and is disrupting Haier again.

CKGSB Knowledge
Knowledge Partner

New, bold and unconventional approaches are needed to resuscitate the research culture

Harsh Vardhan
Strategy Consultant

From his perch in The City, a leading strategic analyst who prefers the pen name Samuel Pepys, looks at what’s shifting at the intersection of business, markets, economy and society. In this letter: a global supply crunch; an imploding credit-driven economic model; a new economic playbook
Samuel Pepys
Strategic analyst and commentator

Some pointers to books, articles, websites and hidden links on what it takes to build a great business model
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June 1: Learn to negotiate... with kids, get the sequencing right for digital education, prepare yourself for post-lockdown

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Apparently, bitcoins are worth investing in. But is it an ideology or a bubble? What lens do we look at it from? And would you bet your money on either?

Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

India has a historical opportunity to assume global leadership in co-creating innovative solutions to tackle socio-economic challenges that affect the whole of humanity

Navi Radjou
Innovation and leadership strategist

India has a unique opportunity to pioneer a distinct model of affordable healthcare. There are already many outstanding examples of healthcare innovation in the country

Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy