IIM Bangalore
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Critical communication networks need to be mined to contain an epidemic within a pandemic
Communication, source tracking and course corrections—the three-step protocol to effectively handle a crisis
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Supporting long duration R&D programs to avoid time compression diseconomies
The first Covid-19 vaccine came in record time but it's easy to forget the decades of research into mRNA, which underpins the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
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Why global commodity supercycles are not good for Paris climate targets
Apart from the policy lassitude induced by COVID 19, the other potent (but less noticed factor) standing in the way realising the Paris Climate Targets in the coming years is the phenomenon of overpriced global commodity markets
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Doing a good deed will make you resilient to deal with uncertain times
As civilians step up to help others, IIM-Bangalore brings lessons from endurance athletes and prisoners of war on how doing good deeds can help us cope with the devastating crisis unfolding around us
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Rethinking supply chains from the lens of omni-channel retailing
To provide customers with a seamless and glitch-free experience of shopping across platforms and channels, a more integrated approach is required
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The curse of daughters in dynasties
The emphasis on sons in dynasties, including family businesses, ensures that even now societies prefer sons carry their traditions forward, and the girl child remains neglected
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Is government's frenzy for world's largest vaccination programme misplaced?
Public expenditure money should be used for improving overall medical infrastructure and reducing overall death rate in the country
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Making vaccine distribution more efficient
Three principles of capacity management that will be useful to any government agency planning for and implementing the vaccination
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Entrepreneurs should manage their feelings and emotions in these Covid-19 times
Entrepreneurs need to keep their level of energy, commitment, discipline, and passion high enough to be able to go through that emotional and affect-related process in this challenging Covid-19 business climate
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Developing collaborative communities to address complex problems
It would be worthwhile expending efforts towards engendering sustainable open-collaboration communities around specific problem areas that harness the diverse and novel perspectives and hands-on expertise of individuals from a variety of domains
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The Flipkart story: Reflections of a fly on the wall
Would the story of other unicorns be similar narratives of unbridled ambition, pumped by the hubris of VCs and egotistic, inadequately thought-through moves by their founders?