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Top Family Businesses Are Now Led by the New Generation. Can They Build on Their Forefathers' Legacy?
The next generation of business leaders is here, and doing justice to the faith reposed in them by building on existing businesses and looking at new ones with a well-crafted risk-return equation

2022-09-18

How Lab-Grown Diamonds are Taking the Jewellery Market By Storm

Diamonds made in a lab using cutting-edge technology that replicates the natural diamond-growing process are sustainable and more ethical. Oh, and much cheaper!

Corporate

Biosimilars has Pushed Aurobindo Pharma to Second Place Among Indian Pharma Companies. Can it Become No. 1?

A sharp focus on biosimilars has propelled low-profile Aurobindo Pharma to second place in the Indian pharma pecking order, where it has stayed despite the pandemic. The journey to No. 1, though, will be tougher

Why Indian Business Families are Hiring Professional CEOs

How family businesses bring in professional CEOs to manage their empires and outlast the founder

Women at Work: How Daughters Have Taken on Lead Roles in Family Businesses

Once a rare occurrence in Indian business families, daughters have broken through the shackles of patriarchy to take on lead roles in family businesses

Interview

Westlife Development Vice Chairman Amit Jatia on Forging a Winning Partnership with McDonald’s in India

Amit Jatia, Vice Chairman of Westlife Development, on vegetarianism, growth plans, and how he forged a winning partnership with McDonald's in India

Money Today

Why You Need a Global Health Cover

For frequent travellers, Indian insurers now offer health policies that cover medical treatment across borders. Such policies are different from regular travel insurance

Industry

Are Export-Oriented Reforms Working? The Journey of an Export Consignment Gives the Answer

At container port JNPT, more than a thousand consignments arrive daily for shipping overseas. BT tracks the journey of one such consignment to see the impact of export-oriented reforms

Technology

Indian Semiconductor Design Start-Ups are Struggling to Raise Funds. What's Wrong?

Despite being a leader in semiconductor design talent, Indian start-ups are struggling to raise funds

Columns

The Start-Up Families: How Old Family Businesses are Changing With Times

Start-ups are creating wealth the same way that business families used to, but old family businesses are also evolving with the times

Editor's Note

What the Rise of Family Businesses Says About India's Growth Story

In many ways, India’s growth story has also been the story of the rise of its business families. It is well known how India’s storied business families set up the basic structure of Indian business over the past 75 years and even earlier. Today, no mention of India’s business and corporate environment can be complete without acknowledging the contribution family-owned businesses are making in powering the country’s economic growth.

Economy

India's Struggling Power Sector: A Desperate Need for Key Reforms

The recent debarment of some discoms from electricity trading has put the spotlight back on key reforms required in the power sector

Markets

Nifty50 Firms are Witnessing Earnings Downgrade for FY23. Here's What's Going On

Despite the advantage of a low base, several Nifty50 firms have missed forecasts in Q1, triggering more earnings downgrades for FY23

After a Hiatus, Here's Why Companies are Reviving Their IPO Plans

With benchmark indices gaining more than 10 per cent in the past two months, companies are reviving their IPO plans, which were on hold for quite some time

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