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Retail revolution
Organised retail
players who can aggressively scale-up their operations
could target Rs 40,000-crore in organised retail
business in India by 2015, says Pankaj Gupta, practice
head — consumer and retail, Tata Strategic
Management Group |
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Get
your strategy working
Our section on
strategy issues facing companies in the new millennium
kicks off with an examination of why good strategies
fail (because of poor deployment), and how the right
framework can correct the situation |
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Decoding
the convergence bill (II)
As advances in information
technology and communications usher us into the
age of convergence, we — the citizens of India
— must ensure that legislation on the issue
does not leave us out of the loop |
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Decoding
the convergence bill (I)
Convergence is on its
way, and it's coming faster than you think. This
edition in our 'Net Effects' series outlines the
issues at stake and explains why regulation is essential
in the virtual world |
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Getting
legal about the Net
Legal experts, industry
associations and academicians have a crucial role
to play in influencing the policies that will propel
India to a leadership role in the internet era,
says Subramanium Vutha in ‘Net Effects’
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The
need for debate
While the internet holds
the promise of bringing in unprecedented change
in most areas of our lives, it is important that
there is vigorous debate from the Indian perspective,
says Subramanium Vutha as he examines the impact
of the internet on two areas – economic policy
and public governance |
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The
net and the mainstream
In India, mainstream
businesses, business executives and professionals
have yet to consider the impact of the internet
on their respective domains. Yet, this is where
the real revolution should begin, says Subramanium
Vutha in the latest addition to our 'Net Effects'
series |
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The
far side of trade
Distance selling, the
commerce where consumers and suppliers are not physically
proximate, has spawned several issues of regulation
in the electronic age. Subramanium Vutha looks at
some areas that are a cause for concern |
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Jurisdiction
in cyberspace: Untangling the web
Should the jurisdictional
principles applied to commerce in cyberspace be
any different from those applied to commerce in
the physical world? In our continuing series on
internet issues, Rodney D. Ryder contends that commercial
rules which are predictable, if not certain, must
be developed if this new means of conducting business
is to succeed |
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Serve
and deliver
Innovative ideas are
as great a help as any in making community service
initiatives successful. And many of these new concepts
could be made to work in Indian conditions |
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The
innovation equation
If innovation interests
you, then there are loads of articles, books and
websites out there that deserve to be devoured.
Yolynd Lobo offers more food for thought |
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The
trouble with electronic records
Good-quality paper,
properly preserved, can outlive many generations
of human life. Electronic forms of storage, on the
other hand, can be easily and abruptly corrupted,
leaving little scope for corrective action, says
Subramanium Vutha in his continuing series on internet
issues |
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More
on certifying issues
Subramanium Vutha sums
up his review of the Information Technology Act
and the rules relating to certifying authorities
– and raises some points we all need to ponder
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Net
effects: Cross certification issues
Continuing his discussion
of implications of the rules relating to certifying
authorities in the new IT Act, Subramanium Vutha
takes up the vexed question of how to verify the
certification given to a digitally signed document
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A
millennium of new ideas
Can we move ahead at
the same pace as we did earlier? Will we be able
to shatter myths and illusions and create new realities?
Yolynd Lobo has some answers |
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The
notaries of cyberspace
In the fifth article
of a series on the internet, Subramaniam Vutha discusses
the implications of the rules relating to certifying
authorities in the new IT Act. We welcome readers'
participation in this forum |
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e-commerce
enablers
In the fourth article
in the series, Subramaniam Vutha discusses encrytion,
digital signatures and the role of the certification
authorities |
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Thinking
differently
We launch a new interactive
forum on innovation – what it is, how it can
be learnt, and why it is an important tool in helping
businesses to grow
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Information you can use |
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The
Information Technology Act, 2000
In the third article
of a series on the internet, Subramaniam Vutha discusses
the new IT Act and its implications. We welcome
readers' participation in this forum |
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Net
effects II: on-line contracting
The second in the series
of articles by Subramaniam Vutha discusses online
contracting, online transactions, the issue of valid
contracts, websites versus shops, and other related
issues. We welcome readers' participation in this
forum
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