Nokia India can ill-afford to bask in the glory of being the biggest foreign-owned company in the country. Key to its lasting success is how it helps its parent make an ambitious transition into services.

Volkswagen, already top dog in Europe, China and South America, is ready for its big India push. Now that it has an indirect stake in Maruti Suzuki, here's why Indian carmakers ought to be worried.

BT showcases five experiments that were flagged off in the past decade and have the potential to improve the quality of life of the masses — if they can scale up nationwide.

Technology has invaded the healthcare sector like never before. Can insurance make it affordable for all?

The recession, downturn or whatever you call it, has dented most kinds of lists - lists of billionaires, lists of most valuable companies, lists of top recruiters and so on.

Though still small in numbers, buyers are back in the property market convinced that prices and interest rates have stopped falling.

Poor women in Gujarat - from rag-pickers to vegetable vendors - have reasons to be less worried about starvation in old age than their peers elsewhere, says E. Kumar Sharma.

Investors work around regulatory controls to manage and take over private schools for long-term returns.

The P-word often rises unbidden in the hallowed halls of education. But now many are beginning to shed their inhibitions about it. Shamni Pande tells more.

Coca-Cola India is regaining market share and is gaining mindshare too. It is making profits on a turnover that’s estimated to be over Rs 4,000 crore. Its tale is a heady mix of strategy, tenacity and luck, reports Shamni Pande.

This book explores how a chronically loss-making, state-run enterprise was transformed into a money machine—offering key lessons to even the best-run private companies.

This is Business Today’s Third Annual Listing of hottest start-ups and, pretty much like the two previous lists in 2007 and 2008, this listing is also completely subjective.

India is in the grip of a slowdown and at a time when virtually every sector is cutting down on hirings, insurance seems to be standing its ground. What’s more, the Mumbai terror attack, and the ones before it, will only increase the demand for insurance.  Manu Kaushik reports.

The new dynamics of the life insurance industry is forcing life insurance agents to re-invent themselves. The story is unfolding across India.

Tata Power has a way to ease the high interest burden in this capital-intensive, loan-hungry industry.

A decade after Cisco came to India for low-cost talent, the networking giant now wants to make the country a hub of innovation and its second global headquarters. Will this novel initiative be successful? Business Today's Rahul Sachitanand finds out.

Companies are discovering a few groovy team-building activities that ensure some serious fun.

The sheer amount of manufacturing activity taking place in small towns of India is mindboggling. Shops are being set up at breakneck speed and there is massive expansion. Where are these clusters located, and can they really deliver on their promise? Here is what Business Today discovered.

Developers are fighting hard to hold their prices, while buyers are betting on a fall. Here's the thing: real estate prices will correct, but you can rule out a crash.

The Chennai-based Sanmar Group will soon be among the top 10 foundries in the world (top three in the case of steel casting capacity) and ranked 20th in terms of global PVC capacity (second in India after Reliance Industries). By 2010-11, its revenues are expected to touch Rs 7,000 crore, with 45 per cent of it coming from outside India. BT's N. Madhavan says that the transformation has indeed been rapid.