Most of them started from the bottom, and today under the eagle supervision of senior family members, a whole host of inheritors is pulling out all stops to earn their spurs.

Harrisons Malayalam is transforming from a pure play plantation company to an FMCG player in search of growth. Can it succeed in making this sea change?

Here's an insight into a little Q&A with the chairman of RPG Enterprises.

Changing work culture, transformed lifestyles and rise of the services industry make ‘life after work’ as important as ‘life at work’. Chronicling this trend for the first time, BT’s ranking of best cities shows some big changes.

The cover (The Best Companies To Work for in India, BT, January 25) was very well researched. Microsoft India topped the list for the second consecutive year, and rightly so. I’m sure the company will be able to meet the challenges, especially the ones related to HR.

An economic slowdown can actually be a good time for launching new products or businesses. Some of the world’s most successful organisations—Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, GE and Hyatt Corp.—were born during economic slumps. As India and the world go through a period of economic gloom, some firms are going ahead with much-hyped launches.

BT asks the who’s who of India’s corporate world—as well as some professionals and leaders from other fields for good measure—to jog their memory and recall the best advice they ever got. What the advice was, who gave it to them and when, and how it helped them.

Nakur, magician of the sandesh, rides the globalisation wave. The latest addition to its variety is the sandesh filled with vodka, whisky, rum or brandy. Best of all, the price is in the same bracket as its usual range. Nakur plans to retail the liquor sandesh via its stores within the RPG Group’s Spencer’s Retail chain. Somnath Dasgupta reports.

The RPG Group unveils a major HR initiative aimed at powering its ambitious growth plans.

There’s little literature on relationship dynamics between external CEOs and owners in family-owned companies. Now, an Amrop International study reveals that understanding and managing the “No Man’s Land”, the overlapping turfs of CEO and promoter, is key to professionalising this relationship. A report by Tejeesh N.S. Behl.

Chinnakannan Sivasankaran (or ‘Siva’ as he is better known) has one consistent thing going for him: he almost unfailingly makes a substantial killing when he exits the businesses that he acquires.

Some facts about other management schools in India.

Tyre maker Ceat unveils a new logo in a bid to get back on track.

Business Today honours the winners of the BT-E&Y study of India’s best managed companies at a glittering awards gala.

“I would love to be like Reliance” Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG, in Business Standard “We aim to have a ‘wow’ impact with our services on international routes”

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power has the most aggressive plans of all power players and investors are willing to repose faith in the premium for the Ambani surname. K.R. Balasubramanyam finds out whether Reliance Power has bitten off more than it can chew. Reliance Energy to consider buyback of shares Who will get Reliance Power bonus?Reliance Power wants allotment dues before bonus offer

As Indians scale newer heights of consumption, retail shelves are becoming showcases of the competitiveness (or, in some cases, the lack of it) of Indian manufacturing.

With new industries and businesses taking off, the war for top management talent has pushed CEO salaries to record levels. But the fact is, not every CEO is getting paid obscenely and certainly not as much as what some CEOs in the US take home.

There are several global players keen to enter India. Their entry will make the market even more competitive. Consumers, rejoice.