Self control by Dan Ariely

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Online Advertising Basics

Why startups like Flipkart are worth more than Tata Motors?

This article is written by Minhaz Merchant and the original article is here. Got a great new idea? Are you from IIT? Here's a $5 million cheque. That's the dream conversation every 20-year-old has with a fantasy venture capital (VC) or private equity (PE) firm. And there are lots of people living out that fantasy. …

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How are eCommerce companies valued?

This article is written by Radhika P. Nair from Your Story.  The link to the original article is here. Aviral Jain, Director at American Appraisals, says companies are, typically, valued on the basis of income (discounted cash flows) and the market (trading or transaction multiples) approach. E-commerce companies usually have a longer gestation period and …

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Flipkart Founders talking about the company

How Amazon Receives Your Inventory

Why payment banks will change the game in India? – by FirstPost

This is an article written by FirstPost on payment banks in India, a crucial game changing initiative. The original article is here.  The Butterfly Effect holds that a butterfly flapping its wings in some place can, in theory, cause a hurricane somewhere else weeks down the line. The term, coined by Edward Lorenz, came into …

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Dan Pink: Drive — Our Motivations are Unbelievably Interesting

Theories of Motivation

Equity Theory of Motivation Expectancy Theory of Motivation

The Internet of Things Is Changing How We Manage Customer Relationships – HBR

This is a Harvard Business Review (HBR) post written by Ric Merrifield. Here is the link to the original article. STEVEN MOORE Just as it’s hard to remember what life was like before the iPhone, it can be hard to remember business before there was CRM software — back when you still had to explain that …

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You are never going to feel like it!

Understanding GDP of India (by Be Money Aware Blog)

This is an excellent article written by Be Money Aware Blog on the basics of GDP interpretation and the mechanics behind that number. Here is the link to the original article. Overview of GDP GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, is the value of all goods and services produced in the economy over a period of …

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AeroMobil’s Flying Car

The Unhappiness Route to Happiness

Last year I wrote an article on happiness and how 'making great meaning in life' can contribute to true happiness. I said that living is truly about making great meaning. Now, I would like to add a little more to it, and it is: "Living is about making great meaning by breaking uncertainty and by …

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An 18 minute plan for managing your day -HBR

The below post is a Harvard Business Review post written by Peter Bregman, CEO of Bregman Partners.He is the best selling author of the book 18 Minutes. Please find the original post here. Yesterday started with the best of intentions. I walked into my office in the morning with a vague sense of what I …

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Cap and trade policy

Governments cannot leave it to the companies to control their emissions as companies don't have incentives to control their pollutants. Cap and trade is a regulatory system that is meant to reduce certain kinds of emissions and pollution and to provide companies with a profit incentive to reduce their pollution levels faster than their peers. …

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Economic value to the customer (EVC)

Economic value to the customer is simply the purchase price that customers should be willing to pay for your product, given the price they are currently paying for the reference product and the added functionality and diminished costs provided by your product. Start with the purchase price of the reference product and then add improvements …

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Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? – Jac de Haan

Margin or Contribution Analysis

Margin Analysis, also referred as Contribution Analysis, is a tabular data to track the prices, variable costs and profit margins for all the members in a value chain (producer, distributor, retailer) for every relevant product within the firm's product line and across competitors. This data is mainly used to understand the below: Which among the …

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Break-even Analysis and Break-even Cannibalization Rate (BECR)

A break-even analysis is a key part of any good business plan. It can also be helpful even before you decide to write a business plan, when you're trying to figure out if an idea is worth pursuing. Long after your company is up and running, it can remain helpful as a way to figure …

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