The radical changes in 'business processes' as well as 'corporate strategies' have mandated the acknowledgement of the immense role of intangibles to corporate bottom lines. Besides, there has been an exponential growth in the spectrum of tradeable financial products. As a consequence, the need...

Rural India has a vast potential of biogas generation and application. During the past two decades, biogas has been promoted mostly as a cooking fuel in the rural areas. According to the prevailing practices in these areas, fuel for cooking is not being purchased but collected by the users from...

Discounted cash flows (DCF) have been a traditional method in business valuation. This method is most useful in judging the risk and uncertainty of a project. Since few years, companies like Infosys have used this approach to value their brands and represent the same in their balance sheet. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of corporate board size and promoter ownership on firm value for selected Indian companies. Design/methodology/approach – The study analyses the corporate governance structure of 176 Indian firms listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange...

The challenge of electronic commerce is new to the developing world. Will this technology-driven initiative allow developing countries in Asia to leapfrog? Electronic commerce will trot or walk depending upon the property rights shaping its behaviour. The history of information infrastructural...

What accounts for variations in foreign direct investments (FDI) in emerging telecommunications markets? This article shows that the key to capturing FDI ºows is making and enforcing credible commitments both internationally and domestically toward liberalization reform in telecommunications...