Management - general
Audi AG names Stefan Knirsch to head R&D
05 Dec 2015
India is world’s third-highest in corporate fraud
26 Nov 2015
Indian companies are being ripped off by junior employees as well as by vendors, while private equity firms are being taken for a ride by promoters – and they aren’t doing enough to prevent this
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leave
23 Nov 2015
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is going on two months paternity leave after the birth of his daughter
Citi MD Ashish Mehrotra appointed MD & CEO, Max Bupa
18 Nov 2015
Citibank managing director and retail head Ashish Mehrotra will take over as Max Bupa Health Insurance's managing director and CEO
Why corporations don’t always ‘learn’ their way to success
09 Nov 2015
A new study of the aircraft industry suggests that the belief in ‘learning by doing’ may be overstated. This study provides an alternative explanation for why we may observe a strong relationship between experience and performance, even without actual learning, says Jaideep Anand from The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business
Twitter chief Dorsey to give a third of his stock to workers
23 Oct 2015
The unusual move comes as Dorsey works to rebuild employee morale and confidence at Twitter after a spate of high-level departures over the past several months
A Katha for corporations from a master story teller
17 Oct 2015
Award-winning author and columnist, Shoba Narayan, who has authored Return to India and Monsoon Diary talks to Swetha Amit about the power of storytelling in business and management, which is the theme of her latest book, Katha: Tell a Story, Sell a Dream
Nike targets revenue of $50 bn by 2020
15 Oct 2015
Nike, the world's largest sports apparel brand, which reported a revenue of $30 billion, yesterday set a target of $50 billion in revenue by 2020
Sharad Mehrotra to head Telenor India
13 Oct 2015
LafargeHolcim hires Ron Wiradhadiraksa as chief financial officer
12 Oct 2015
LafargeHolcim today replaced chief financial officer, Thomas Aebischer with Ron Wiradhadiraksa from Philips
Porche’s Mueller to replace Winterkorn at Volkswagen
25 Sep 2015
Matthias Mueller, CEO of Volkswagen's Porsche sports car division, has been widely tipped to succeed Martin Winterkorn, who quit on Wednesday over the company's emissions-cheating scandal
Two SpiceJet directors resign
24 Sep 2015
US clears Infosys of H-1B visa wrongdoing
09 Sep 2015
The US Labor Department has cleared Infosys Ltd of any wrongdoing and closed its investigation after American technology workers at Southern California Edison complained their jobs were wrongfully outsourced to foreigners working on H-1B visas
Volkswagen’s finance chief, Hans Dieter Poetsch to become next chairman
04 Sep 2015
The name of 64-year-old Hans Dieter Poetsch will be proposed for election to Vplkswagen's supervisory board at an extraordinary general meeting in November
Reaping the rewards of failure
03 Sep 2015
A brain-scan study shows failure is a rewarding experience when the brain has a chance to assess its options and mistakes
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