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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Tuesday unveiled its most significant business reshuffle since co-founder Jack Ma announced his pending retirement, as the e-commerce firm looks to bolster its investment focus in the face of s…

We're all drunks looking under the lamppost.Aviv Nevo, professor of economics, University of Pennsylvania (2018) On July 12, 2019 in Panmure House, which was once Adam Smiths former home in Edinburgh, an international group of multidisciplinary thinkers and …

Bill Gates once said: “If your business is not on the internet, then your business will be out of business.” The ecommerce industry is ushering in the next wave of change for the Indian economy and if you’ve been thinking about venturing a foot into its worl…

Chinas e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has filed for an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange that could launch as soon as the third quarter of this year, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. Both outlets cite people familiar with th…

The UN panel is tasked to map the trends in digital technologies (Representational)United Nations: India has been lauded by a high-level panel on digital cooperation launched by UN chief General Antonio Guterres for undertaking revolutionary digital initiativ…

UNITED NATIONS: India has been lauded by a high-level panel on digital cooperation launched by UN chief General Antonio Guterres for undertaking revolutionary digital initiatives to ensure economic inclusion for its 1.3 billion citizens. Launched in July las…

interviewBy Nad SivaramenWhat's in the Budget 2019-2020 to consolidate our so-called "Africa Strategy"? Every year, the government is trying to bolster its Africa strategy by announcing new measures and this year the theme chosen is to expand the economic sp…

Connectivity to the Internet could be more important in this era, compared with access to electricity in the past century, to build an inclusive digital economy and society, according to Jack Ma, co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group Holding. “T…

Published: 6:00am, 12 Jun, 2019 Updated: 6:00am, 12 Jun, 2019

Nathan Furr, assistant professor of strategy at INSEAD, researches what makes great innovative leaders, and he reveals how they develop and spend innovation capital. Like social or political capital, its a power to motivate employees, win the buy-in of stakeh…