Who Finances Food Affordability? Agricultural Pricing and the Economic Vulnerability of Farming Households in India

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Who Finances Food Affordability? Agricultural Pricing and the Economic Vulnerability of Farming Households in India Agriculture continues to occupy an important position in the Indian economy by contributing to food security, employment generation, rural livelihoods and overall socio-economic stability. A significant percentage of rural households continue to rely on agriculture despite the economy’s progressive structural…

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Building Economic Resilience in India: From Managing External Vulnerability to Developing Productive Capabilities

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Building Economic Resilience in India: From Managing External Vulnerability to Developing Productive Capabilities[1] Economic performance discussion often focuses on outcomes such as growth, inflation, fiscal balances, exchange-rate stability, foreign-exchange reserves, etc. While these indicators provide useful insights into the state of an economy, they reveal relatively little about the productive capabilities required to sustain prosperity…

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Scale Without Deepening: India’s Export Transformation

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Scale Without Deepening: India’s Merchandise Export Transformation [1] The Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the COVID-19 pandemic and now the Middle East war have reshaped the way major economies are approaching their trade and investment policies. For example, the United States of America is attempting to rebuild domestic manufacturing capacity, China is trying to lead global…

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Demystifying Business Models: Exploring Their Evolving Nature, Scope and Role

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Home Organisation Choices Publications Working Papers Demystifying Business Models Demystifying Business Models: Exploring Their Evolving Nature, Scope and Role* The changing nature of business and competitive environment, and the advent of new technologies, have moved the discussion of business models from the backwaters of strategy to the mainstream of business management literature.  Though increasingly common in…

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Wipro: Is financial performance consistent with its strategy?

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Home Organisation Choices Publications Analytical Study Wipro: Is financial performance consistent with its strategy? Wipro: Is financial performance consistent with its strategy? In our earlier paper, we explored the evolution of Wipro’ growth strategy across five eras starting 1994. We outlined the strategic choices that Wipro has made in transitioning from being a conglomerate to…

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Wipro: Is the Growth Strategy delivering long-term Growth?

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Home Organisation Choices Publications Analytical Study Wipro: Is the Growth Strategy delivering long-term Growth? Wipro: Is the Growth Strategy delivering long-term Growth? [1] The strategic choices that the company makes, given its operating environment, determine its business and financial performance. We trace the evolution of some of the leading IT Services firms to identify the…

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The Price of Time by Edward Chancellor – Good in the first one-third, but after that, stale and repetitive

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Home Individual and Family Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques The Price of Time  Review: The Price of Time, Edward Chancellor, Penguin, ISBN: 9781802060157, Pages 432 I am a big fan of the Chancellor’s first foray in financial history. In 1999, Chancellor published Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, which made the…

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Macroeconomics – Global and Indian Developments

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Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Perspectives Macroeconomics – Global and Indian Developments Macroeconomics – Global and Indian Developments Through its 3-pronged strategy [1] – Increasing interest rate, quantitative tightening, & keeping dollar strong; the FED is trying to tame inflation. The first FED rate hike of 25 basis points happened on 16th March 2022, and…

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