Family Business

'Shy' Parsis and 'secretive' Chettiars: Stereotyping 'biz communities'

Do 'business communities' have distinguishing traits that underlie their business success? Or is it just so much cultural stereotyping?

Are family businesses more resilient than global public firms?

Family businesses are proving more resilient globally amid sagging economic conditions with 60 percent of them having reported revenue growth of over 5 percent in the last one year, as others struggled to manage their toplines.

Indian family businesses are learning to let go: Survey

A new study reveals that Indian family businesses are going through a transition and learning to let go of control and ushering in professional standards of operations.

India has highest share of Asia family businesses

Indian energy major Reliance Industries, top IT exporter Tata Consultancy Services, mobile operator Bharti Airtel and No.3 software exporter Wipro are among the top 20 firms in the Credit Suisse "Asian Family Business Basket" report.

Ma, I don't want to get married: Rahul, Modi's new character certificate

Rahul Gandhi’s statement about not wanting to get married provoked some titters here. In America it would have been tantamount to committing political hara-kiri. So is India actually a little more evolved in these matters?