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Over the past decade, the business environment of organisations around the globe has been changing at a pace that has never been seen before. How well are the world’s top universities adapting to this change, i.e., helping the organisations cope better?

Topics: Faculty, Thought Leadership, Articles

Ever since the 2016 presidential elections in the USA, the role of social media in influencing voter choices has become a hot topic across the globe. The recently released Mueller Report clearly holds Russia responsible for manipulating US voters through the extensive use of social media, like Facebook and Google, thereby ensuring the victory of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, who was the frontrunner in the race.

Topics: Faculty, Thought Leadership

Written by Neil Dodhia, Faculty of Digital Marketing & Metrics at SP Jain School of Global Management.

Topics: Faculty, Student Life & Experiences, Disruptive Technologies

Written by Dr. Srini. R. Srinivasan, Associate Professor of Strategic Management & Marketing at SP Jain’s Digital Marketing & Metrics Program.

Topics: Digital Marketing, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

The backdrop provided a picturesque setting. The ninth-floor conference hall provided a panoramic view of the Mumbai backwaters. The fragrance of lavender wafted through the hall and ably complemented the aroma of the steaming coffee provided; the ambience was stimulating and refreshing, though nine in the morning might have been too early to discuss the hackneyed issues that were on the agenda. Mr. Rahul, Managing Director of one of the leading Indian corporate giants, was keen to take the previous evening’s unsettled debate to a logical end. “So what do you say, Mr. Bose, still confident about your proposal?”, remarked Mr. Rahul.

Topics: Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

In many occupations, there are mandatory professional development requirements. Practitioners have to satisfy accreditation boards in terms of their self-education with respect to prescribed hours of attendance at seminars, workshops and conferences or completing on-line modules of study and various formal or internet exams. Others, for whom there are no prescribed hours of further study, are motivated and interested in ‘lifelong learning’ which has been defined as the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. However, what has been little studied is the extra out-of-class self-directed learning that takes place while students are formally enrolled in a full-time university course.

Topics: Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

Most people have grown up listening to the story of the hare and turtle. It is a fable about a race between two animals who could not have been more mismatched in terms of speed and agility – on one side is a hare which is renowned for being lightning quick on its feet, and on the other side is a turtle, a animal that has the unfortunate distinction of being the slowest animal on four feet.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

A young man, not very interested in the ‘boring, traditional’ family business, decided to strike out on his own and take up a job in a trendy tech company. Now his reasoning was that he would earn only around 25 thousand here, but at least he would be part of a trendy corporate culture, and hang out with the ‘cool’ crowd. So he started work, and with the first salary he got, decided to take his entire family out to dinner. His father had painstakingly built up the family business, and had been dreaming of passing it on to his son, dreams which were now dashed. Nevertheless, he put on a smile and went along, seeing how proud his son was to be taking out his family for a treat, with money that he and he alone had earned.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

One of the constant refrains we get to hear from heads of business families nowadays is that there is no ‘fun’ in the business anymore. These gentlemen, typically in their late 40s or 50s, talk nostalgically about the ‘good old days’ when there was easy money, fun, excitement, and a sense of adventure in doing business, which is just not there anymore. Now what do they mean when they say this? They are actually referring to all the problems they are facing in running their business, whether it is ‘recession’, not getting good employees, or clients not paying up on time etc.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

In these times when ‘crony capitalism’ and ‘suit boot ki sarkar’ are terms that are easily bandied about, it is a common perception that business is all about greed, and businessmen are a selfish lot, looting the rest of us to fill their own coffers. I beg to differ. I contend that business is as noble an endeavour as any, and is, in fact, social work. Let me illustrate my point with a story.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership