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Wrongs you cannot right, just repent and regret

Strategic errors - acts of omission and commission - have hurt many companies

Tech CFOs bat for digitisation of financial functions by companies

Pradip Kanakia, South India Price Waterhouse Coopers' managing partner and assurance leader, said a CFO in a company is best placed to drive the organisation's digital transformation

Fewer women reported sexual harassment in India's top listed firms in FY19

Reporting relative to the number of women employees shows a decline over the previous year

India Inc: Women got only 37 out of every 100 new jobs created in FY19

They form less than ten per cent of the workforce in many companies

Persons with disabilities form less than 0.5% of staff in India's top firms

Their share in the general population is 2.21 per cent according to the 2011 census, and may be between 10-15 per cent going by global averages

Fund mobilisation via QIPs in 2019 is the second-highest in five years

In the past two months alone, four companies have garnered a cumulative Rs 22,400 crore via this route

Brexit deal spells good news for India Inc with large investments in UK

The biggest relief will be felt at Bombay House, the headquarters of the Tata group

India Inc spent more on R&D in FY19, auto and pharma leading sectors

The health care sector has been amongst the biggest spenders on R&D traditionally

A look at proposed changes in tax laws that could boost the stock market

The abolition of the DDT is one of the long-pending demands of market players as it leads to double taxation

Govt mulls more steps to boost market sentiment, may scrap DDT, rejig LTCG

Officials believe DDT is acting as a hindrance to the inflow of foreign investment in the country; govt has been discussing the matter with regulators

R&D spends rise for India Inc, but still a fraction of net sales

Tata Motors tops with Rs 4,224.6 cr, or 1.4% of its net sales. A lot of it is due to JLR

How Indian companies with large investments in UK could benefit from Brexit

The Brexit deal has fostered the longest winning streak across markets since March

Anonymous whistleblowers accuse Infosys CEO, CFO of unethical practices

The company in a statement on Monday said the whistleblower complaint had been placed before the audit committee as per the company's practices

Slash personal tax, give confidence to stakeholders: India Inc at WEF

Govt officials said more structural reforms, after the ones announced recently, would be forthcoming.

What corporate leaders can learn from the Swachh Bharat Mission

The sheer scale of accomplishment under the scheme has key lessons in leadership, project management and planning that can be taken straight to India Inc's boardrooms

How ready is India Inc to support gig economy? Here's what a survey says

Flexibility, inclusive culture and technology will become increasingly important as the workforce moves towards the future

Tax windfall: India Inc to increase capex spending, retire high-cost loans

Among the profit-making companies which would gain the most in absolute terms are RIL, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, and Indian Oil Corporation

What Indian firms can learn from global plastic waste management

Stakeholders in the value chain across the world are trying out innovative solutions to manage plastic waste

Indian corporates need to follow global standards of governance: K M Birla

Birla said there were various sectors in India which had the potential to grow into billion dollar business over a period of time

India Inc's investment project announcements fall to Rs 11.3 trillion

Almost 20 per cent of investment was made in the power sector, mainly in renewables