Beacause it is so hard to manage, innovation comes with more than its fair share of myths. Companies must break free of such misconceptions if they are to become strategic innovators.

Barriers to innovation remain, but the most innovative companies have realised that \"innovation\" is not just about developing new products and services but, more fundamentally, about discovering new ways to create value. A Business Today-Monitor Group study profiles the most innovative Indian firms.

“We are a steel family and love steel more than anything. How can we give up in India when we did not give up on Arcelor despite hostility?”

In his best seller good to great, management researcher and writer Jim Collins listed surprisingly simple characteristics that make ‘good’ companies ‘great’.

Like it is for many other global CEOs, India is an important destination for Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive of London-based Standard Chartered Bank. But Sands, 46, a former McKinsey consultant, has a special connection with the country: His mother, Susan, was born and educated in India.

John Derkach, Managing Director and Head of Costa Coffee, did not look very happy when asked about his age.

“Vijay Mallya is my good friend. I do not know whether he considers me a good friend or not. It could be one-way traffic” Naresh Goyal, Founder Chairman, Jet Airways, in Mint

Vineet Jain is coming into his own. He’s taking the Old Lady of Boribunder to places she’s never seen before.

Jignesh Shah is using technology to deliver the benefits of globalisation to the masses.

Our youth leaders must establish themselves more as ideating ones rather than as iconics.

A year ago, the top management of IT services vendor MindTree Consulting, led by Ashok Soota, met at the firm’s headquarters in the primarily residential borough of Banashankari in south Bangalore to discuss the future path for the mid-tier player.

After reading 'We want to be FMCG’S No. 1' (BT, December 2, 2007), one comes to the conclusion that progressive organisations committed to excellence, the world over, pursue a vision.

The situation is hardly new, but trust 38-year-old Mahesh ‘Mash’ Chauhan, President, Rediffusion DYR to actually spin it differently.

Top-shot executives pick up valuable business lessons during the Microsoft Corporate Challenge 2007.

“We talk about girls” Naresh Goyal, Founder and Chairman, Jet Airways, when asked what he talks about when meeting India’s other billionaire friends.

You can add Gmail, Yahoo! and other applications to your Symbian Nokia phone.

The why, what and how-to of policy making.