The VRIO framework comes to the help of managers when analyzing a company’s resources and capabilities. VRIO is an acronym for Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. These four bricks...

Current account surplus takes place when a country has more exports than imports of goods and services A current account deficit occurs when a country spends more money on...

Introduction Since the mid-20th century, mankind has faced the self-induced problem of climate change which has caused ecological havoc and is now also impacting the economy. The International Energy...

Climate change maybe a matter of debate for politicians around the world, but investors have become increasingly aware and decisive with their investments. The financial ecosystem consisting of employees,...

On Facebook Day we present to you the Potential Legal and Reputational Risk. Do you think it outweighs benefits from the use of data collected by Facebook? We have...

What are Corona Bonds? Corona Bonds labelled as social bonds or thematic bonds, are issued to fight the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by improving works on areas...

Green Corporate Governance involves the various initiatives undertaken by a Company to tackle climate change, guarantee decent work, and protect biodiversity on land and in the oceans. It ensures...

Shri Dharampal Gulati, born on March 27, 1923, in Sialkot in present-day Pakistan – fondly known as ‘Mahashay’, was an Indian businessman. He was the founder and CEO of...

Industries in the U.S. have been experiencing an increased level of concentration of profits & revenues in the hands of a few corporate giants that till today stand unstirred....

Crowdfunding- What is it? Crowdfunding is a practice of financing a new business venture by pooling in capital from a large number of individuals. A form of alternate funding...

The traditional way of identifying a good investment is to analyse the historical data and make predictions for the future however, it is equally important to prepare for a...

Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008, the concerns about uncertainty were increasing. Initially, the efforts made to measure the economic and political uncertainty were only successful for just...

India ranks 3rd in electricity production and consumption, after China and the United States. The Government of India’s target to install 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, is...

Umbrella branding enables companies to launch a variety of products under the same brand name. Consumers often prefer purchasing from a known and a trusted brand assuming it holds...

In earlier days, moat was referred to a deep water-filled ditch that was built for defense around the castles as it was believed to prevent enemies from entering the...

Introduction Henry Hub futures are independent standalone commodities that allow market participants to manage risk and hedge against the highly volatile natural gas prices. Henry Hub is located near...

“The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism” is a well-known 1970 paper written by George Akerlof, an economist, and a professor at the University of California,...

Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) is a strategic process of budget preparation that involves starting from scratch, unlike the traditional budgeting technique in which corrections are made to the previous...

Everyone has their versions of the world, depending upon how they visualize it. The underlying fact is that, though we are so-called ‘rational’ beings, we all are subject to...

Masala Bonds are Indian Rupee (INR) denominated debt instruments that are issued by Indian entities in the overseas capital markets. The term ‘Masala’ is a Hindi word for spices...

A country is said to have high-income inequality when the majority of its wealth is held by a very small percentage of its population. Income inequality can be measured...

The concept of the Consol bonds was introduced way back in 1751 by the British Government. It was done to reduce the finance cost of the economy and served...

A Celebrity Bond is an asset-backed security issued by a celebrity or an artist to receive money upfront from investors. In exchange, the investors earn the right to collect...

Once a person retires it is difficult for him or her to find a source of income especially during their 80s or 90s due to health reasons or changes...

What are Gilt funds? Gilt funds are debt mutual funds that invest in bonds and other fixed-income securities issued by RBI on behalf of the State or Central Government....

Isaac Newton gave the world the three famous laws of motion, i.e., the law of inertia, the law of momentum, and the law of reaction. The most interesting among...

Did you know India is the largest producer of milk and Amul contributes 6% of total production? Anand Milk Producer Limited (Amul) is an Indian dairy cooperative based at...

The economy has leapt into a depression in most of the world, yet stock prices are moderately down in most markets. According to the World Bank, the global economy...

With the coronavirus pandemic, the entire world was put to a halt. Needless to say, many or rather most industries have been affected in the worst possible way. However,...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus presents an alarming health crisis that the world is grappling with. The spread of this virus has become one of the most important...

The World MSME Day was introduced on 27th June 2017 by UN General Assembly to acknowledge the importance of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) and promote innovation, creativity...

The World Anti Child Labour Day was introduced in 2002 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), aimed at raising awareness and activism to prevent child labour. However, given the...

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), inaugurated the MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH) at the MeitY Start-up Summit of 2019, on Monday. The MSH will...

As structural, demographic and technological shifts transform the Indian economy, new entrants to the labour force will have to be skilled and made employable. There have been two major...

In order to give a boost to crisis-hit real estate sector, the government has in the last few months announced a slew of measures. One such measure, as announced...

Both the repo and reverse repo rates remain unchanged after the latest monetary policy review, keeping it at 5.15% and 4.90% respectively. With FD rates earning less than other...

Nirmala Sitharaman, our #Finance Minister, presented the first budget of the third decade of the 21st century. With the aspiration to deliver maximum governance with minimum #government, the budget...

The United Kingdom and Germany, two of the world’s largest economies, have started on the path towards contraction even with the former moving ahead with plans to leave the...

According to the World Bank Doing Business Report 2020 released on 24th October 2019, India has achieved a score of 71 & has jumped 14 points to secure the...

In the past 50 years since 1970, when Earth Day was celebrated for the first time, there has been a substantial rise in pollution. The concentration of Carbon Dioxide...

Climate Bonds are fixed-income financial instruments that are issued to raise finance for climate change solutions. The Climate Bond Initiative (CBI) classifies climate or green bonds as ‘climate-aligned bond...

On Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slashed the effective corporate tax to 25.17% (inclusive of all cesses and surcharges) for domestic companies. The new tax rate will be applicable...

The last round of meeting with the RCEP members, before a ministerial meeting next month, is being negotiated among 16 APAC countries. There is apprehension among the government departments...

The UK and EU have agreed on a “great new deal” for Brexit, according to Boris Johnson’s tweet today. The backstop was changed – although some of its principles...

Gold ETFs or exchange traded funds came to life in Canada years ago with the first Gold ETF product named “Central Fund of Canada”. It was a closed-ended fund...