In recent times, there has been a major thrust on financial inclusion. Starting with Self Help Groups (SHGs) and the SHG-Bank linkage model, it has moved to Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs), NBFCs, and now small finance banks. The poor have been recipients of loans. But is there an opportunity...

The Indian software services industry has been spectacularly successful, growing at over 50% annually for several years. However, the nature of markets and technology is changing. Other changes include rising salaries in India, fast growing higher end markets, talent shortage worldwide, and need...

Cooperatives as organizational arrangements of collective economic activity can break up interlocked capital, labour and output markets in rural areas and alleviate poverty. The recent parallel law on cooperatives provides and opportunity to take a fresh look at this issue. There is no coherent...

Cooperatives as organizational arrangements of collective economic activity can break up interlocked capital, labour and output markets in rural areas and alleviate poverty. The recent parallel law on cooperatives provides an opportunity to take a fresh look at this issue. We discuss some basic...

In anticipation of rapid growth, the passenger car market in India is crowded with 18companies trying to establish themselves. Most companies have joint ventures with Indianpartners and have entered the market in the last two years. The number of new entrants over anarrow time window of two...