A case for boosting ecommerce in India
India’s ecommerce sales are only about 2.5% of China’s. There are many compelling reasons for ensuring that ecommerce diffuses fast and widely. A policy push can hasten the pace
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The difficulty of entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs operate in an environment where consumers want the best a capitalist society can offer, but insist on protectionism of the kind only a socialist system confers
Chinese companies in India: Fighting for the next big market
For decades, China has been considered the biggest and most important emerging market in Asia. But now India is stepping into the spotlight, as opportunities for foreign companies grow
Virtuoso
Think and design in India. Why make in India?
In this podcast, Kiran Karnik talks about the kind of innovation India needs to leapfrog. He says Make in India is a dated idea. Instead, the focus ought to be on Think in India. The final in a three-part series
What lessons does the Simputer hold for Make in India?
The Simputer showed that India can design an innovative tech product. What holds it back? Its capability in hardware manufacturing and very little experience in marketing a new category of devices.
The ground beneath India’s feet
From a distance, India looks pretty. But the ground it stands on is shaky. Policies framed in Lutyens’ Delhi are distanced from Indian realities. Entrepreneurship is the victim
Something’s cooking in Apple’s India business
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent learning mission to India may open up new possibilities for the world’s most valuable company. But here’s the nub: it may not quite follow the script drawn up by the Indian government
Mind the gap: Boosting a climate of entrepreneurship
In this year’s union budget finance minister Arun Jaitley may have sprung a surprise by focusing the government’s entrepreneurship agenda on the bottom of the pyramid. But perhaps that’s what the country really needs
Tracking the progress of innovation in India
There is an urgent need to measure and track whether we are harnessing our creative potential to solve the important problems in education, health and agriculture
Want 'Make in India' to succeed? Improve the ease of doing business
In this extract from chapter 3 of his book, 'An Upstart in Government', Arun Maira says, the regulatory environment affects small enterprises the most. Every moment that the owners divert to dealing with government functionaries are moments taken away from the functioning of their enterprises
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