Porter Prize Recognizes the Strategic Acumen of Corporates in India JSW, Apollo, Reliance Foundation, and others received the Porter...
The special report was done in collaboration with Mahindra First Choice Wheels. We feel privileged to be associated...
Dr. Amit Kapoor chaired a session on “Perspectives on IP and Innovation in India” at the Round Table organized...
Earlier this week the Fraser Institute based in Toronto along with the Economic Freedom Network released the ‘Economic Freedom...
India is a union of states and it is this unity in diversity, which makes India unique. The diversity...
One of the major paradigm shifts one sees of late in India’s political economy is a focus on states....
Ageing societies pose several challenges like slow economic growth, providing healthcare facilities for the elderly, and taking care of...
India’s power sector is heavily dependent on coal for power generation. It is because roughly 61% of the country’s installed...
Recent events in the Chinese economy and its impact on the world markets merit attention. With August 24 being...
Indian exports have fallen for the eighth consecutive month – 10.3 percent from the July 2014 level of $25.793...
Two recent events have a lot to offer in terms of understanding India’s slow and clamorous development process. The...
The financial system in India has witnessed marked changes since the time of liberalization. Banking has been one of...
As India celebrates and enters its 69th year of independence, it is important to look at some of the country’s achievements...
Dr. Kapoor shared his views on competitiveness and strategy at the Aalto Executive Summit 2015 Program on August 17-18, 2015...
Corruption has been at the forefront of political debate in the country for quite some time now. In the past, the previous Union...
In the world economy, the importance of the service sector cannot be overstated. The share of services in the world...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the “Lead the Change, Leaders Forum” at The Global Education & Leadership...
The manufacturing sector has been an Achilles’ heel of the Indian economy in the recent past. Manufacturing sector’s share...
Infrastructure development is critical for economic development. It has a domino effect on the other sectors of the economy...
India is at a very interesting stage in its history. It is emerging as a major global economy, a significant...
A globally competitive economy often rests on a robust and competitive banking system. The Indian banking system comprises of...
The recent third bi-monthly monetary policy review of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was in line with what...
Competitiveness is a recent construct in the history of economic thought that has gained prominence over the past 25...
What makes a great city? In this TEDx talk Amit Kapoor talks about the secrets of the best cities...
A vision is not a project report or a plan target. It is an articulation of the desired end results...
The recently released revised draft of the ‘Indian Financial Code’ has attracted a lot of media attention and rightly...
Dr. Amit Kapoor as one of the Global Strategy Leaders at the Strategy Summit 2015 at Mount Lavinia Hotel, Srilanka on 29-30...
India has one of the longest coastlines in the world at approximately 7,500 km. A longer coastline is responsible...
India has a very high proportion of the workforce that are employed in the informal sector. It poses several...
Till date, India’s policymakers have been slow to realize that the vast number of people it possesses can be...
Skilling is one of the major challenges facing India today. India has at present roughly 65 percent of the...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the Working Group 3: Domain 1 on July 17 at the BoP...
Dr. Amit Kapoor moderated a plenary session on the second day of the BoP Global Summit 2015. Plenary Provocation...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the Working Group 2: BoP Challenges at the 2nd BoP Global Network...
We have dedicated this issue of Thinkers to the Base of the Pyramid thanks to the wonderful opportunity provided...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the Emerging Issues in Global Competitiveness Lecture Series on July 14, 2015...
The acronym BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is attributed to economist Jim O’Neill of the Goldman...
Urban planning and its execution at present in India can at best be described as being rudimentary. The rains...
The essay looks at the broad contours of India’s current intellectual property rights (IPR) regime and offers an assessment...
The Greek referendum that was announced on June 26 by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has taken Europe by storm. The ‘No’ side has...
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get...
Cities are the building blocks of any country. They are the cradles of creativity and innovation and drive regional...
India’s position, since the Narendra Modi government completed one year in office, has been a matter of wide-ranging discussion...
Development plans for constructing India’s first Greenfield smart city were however drafted way back in 2007. Gujarat International Finance...
India, since Independence, has achieved modest success when it comes to some aspects of public health, but much remains...
Power is critical for economic development and human progress. It has a bearing on not only economic growth but...
The railways sector has seen some activity in the past few months. Not only are operational changes being brought...
The recently released rankings of the Times Higher Education for Asia paint a grim picture of Indian Higher Education....
Leveraging human capital is a fascinating topic for developing societies. It is because social and economic progress is critically...
For all the hype that was recently created in the mainstream media over the Indian economy “overtaking” the Chinese economy in...
What is the role of corporations in society? The question has had distinct kinds of responses from varied thinkers....
The Narendra Modi government completed one year in office on Monday (May 25). One of the centerpieces of why the BJP-led NDA dispensation...
In economics generally speaking about something that is scare is valued more as compared to something that is relatively...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on “Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries, Spring 2015” at Stanford University on May 19, 2015....
Modi Government is about to complete one year in office and one year is a significant time for understanding...
Shared Value Initiative India (SVII) was announced as a regional partner of the global Shared Value Initiative (www.sharedvalue.org) at the...
From philanthropy to corporate social responsibility to public private partnership, the way companies describe their social initiatives can imply...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Shared Value at “Business at its Best: The 5th Annual Shared Value...
One of the biggest challenges India faces and will continue to face in the forthcoming decades is in the...
Fast Expanding Markets (FEM), as a new unit of measure, are micro economic indicators which demonstrate the health of...
The case study discusses the healthcare delivery challenges in semi-urban and rural India and the need for socially...
Dr. Amit Kapoor as a keynote speaker at the Institute for Competitiveness at Lauder Business School, Vienna on May...
Recently, I had an opportunity to interact with Healthcare experts who had converged in Delhi at the EU India...
The tragic incident of a farmer committing suicide at Chief Minister Kejirwal’s event has again brought to the fore...
The government’s manufacturing focus is evident. On the recent three-country foreign visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Make in India campaign received...
The ongoing debate on ‘net neutrality’ is quite instructive. Four points merit attention to understanding the debate and its...
If there’s one idea that stands out in this issue, it is that capitalism needs to be thought about...
Walking down most streets in any major city in India, one notices pollution in one form or another. The...
Social progress is a term used to describe a societies’ move beyond just the GDP numbers to look at...
The Indian government, on first day of fiscal 2015-16, released the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) that will run till...
Education and health are two responsibilities governments across the world strive to fulfill, as these are imperative for social...
Manufacturing is a crucial determinant of success of any industrial nation. The manufacturing competitiveness of an economy is determined...
On March 23, 2015 Lee Kuan Yew breathed his last. Lee was one of the tallest leaders in the...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a speaker at the “Cluster World Congress” at Session II – Cluster Internationalisation – Value Chains...
Dr. Amit Kapoor interacted with the The Basque delegation lead by Minister Arantxa Tapiaon March 23, 2015 at Mumbai. The Press Release...
The Aam Aadmi Party’s electoral success in the Delhi assembly polls is a reflective of how the people of capital rate...
The recent Swacch Bharat campaign kicked off by the Prime Minister of India, with its thrust on cleanliness has...
Special Address by Dr. Amit Kapoor at the Global CSR Conference 2015 on March 19, 2015 at the India International Center,...
The Rajya Sabha passed the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015 on March 14 after the Lok Sabha had earlier...
Over the past year or so, the government has tried to recalibrate the institutional foundations of India. These include...
Recent developments within the power sector merit attention. The first of these is to do with performance of the...
Dr. Amit Kapoor commented on the views shared by Professor Raghavendra Rau at a session organised by The Oxford and Cambridge...
The recent budget has been pragmatic that focuses on enhancing the foundations of competitiveness and social wellbeing of its...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 28 delivered a budget that will go down as one of the best since liberalization...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the panel “Global Solution Network that solve real problems” at the GSN Summit Washington,...
Dr. Amit Kapoor presented his views at the New Mobility Trends: Business Models That Are Growing a Trillion Dollar...
One of the greatest shifts the modern world has seen is in the context of urbanization with more than...
One of the key areas where the new government has focused aggressively is the area of external affairs. Prime...
While various static and dynamic factors determine the growth of a nation, innovation remains a key driver of its...
Three recent reports from different perspectives mention the prospects of the global economy and the risks that are inherent. These include...
Dr. Kapoor was one of the speakers at the Annual Economics Festival: ECOVANTAGE organised by The Economics department, Jesus and Mary...
The Oxford online dictionary describes leadership as: “The action of leading a group of people or an organization, or...
At Thinkers50 India we are driven by simple but fundamental beliefs: that ideas are powerful because they can change...
As 2015 brings in new personal resolutions for people, it ushers in new hope and fresh activity. Everyone is...
A globally competitive economy requires a robust and competitive banking system. The present banking system is a result of reforms and...
The past week, apart from ushering in the New Year was also witness to the birth of a new...
Over the past few weeks, there has been a growing interest among media in Inddia’s indirect tax regime. On...
One of the fundamental questions in the realm of economics is – what drives prosperity? One may ask prosperity...
Indian management thinkers who made an impact in 2014: Corporate leaders from Tata Sons, Social Venture, GMR, ODA make...
