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The Succession Question: Why FamilyBusinesses Are Hiring Professional CEOs Now

A generational shift is quietly underway in India's promoter-led enterprises. What is prompting it, and what makes these transitions succeed or fail.
  • A6gKU
  • Mar,30
  • 8 min

How India’s Mid-Market Is Restructuring forScale — Without Losing Culture

Growth at this stage demands new operating models. Founders and COOs on the structural bets they are making heading into FY27.
  • A6gKU
  • Mar,30
  • 1 min

M&A in the Mid-Market: A Strategic Playbookfor Uncertain Times

Deal volumes may be down, but the quality of mid-market transactions is rising. What's driving acquirer discipline andwhat it means for valuations.
  • A6gKU
  • Mar,30
  • 8 min

How Boards Are Navigating ESG Accountability Without aPlaybook

Independent directors are caught between shareholder pressure, regulatory uncertainty and an absence of consistent standards. Here is what the early movers are doing.
  • Meera Rao
  • Mar,30
  • 8 min

Rethinking the CEO’s Role in the Age of AI — and WhoGets to Define It

As AI begins to handle more analytical and operational decisions, enterprise leaders are asking a harder question: what remains distinctly human at the top? We spoke with six CEOs navigating this shift in real time.
  • A6gKU
  • Mar,30
  • 8 min
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