IMA Insights
Episodes
The Future of Indian Data Regulation by IMA Research
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP), 2022 was released by the government and recently closed for public comments. This is the 4th version...
Compensation Planning- Part 2 by IMA Research
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Compensation is a critical factor in an individual’s choice of career path, particularly at the junior level. As the year starts, HR professionals w...
Compensation Planning- Part 1 by IMA Research
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Compensation is a key factor in an individual’s choice of career paths, particularly at the junior levels. As the year draws to a close, HR professi...
Angel Investing by Adit Jain
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Until recently, start-ups of all shapes and sizes were achieving ridiculously high valuations based on little more than an exciting idea and a young, ...
Indian Politics with Jyoti Malhotra
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As 2023 dawns, India moves closer to one of the most decisive elections it will face in recent history. Politicians and parties are gearing up for maj...
Digital Transformation with Pankaj Rai
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Digital Transformation is an increasingly important activity for businesses in the post-pandemic era. Even though the term evokes the image of a proce...
BCPI Q4FY23 by IMA Research
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IMA’s Q4FY23 (Jan-Mar) quarterly Business Confidence and Performance Index (BCPI) survey reveals an uptick in business optimism. At 62, the headline...
Global Layoffs February 2023 by Adit Jain
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Headlines in the last few months have been dominated by layoffs. It started amongst ‘big tech’ companies, which had gone on an uncontrolled hiring...
Oil Markets by Adit Jain
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Western sanctions have pushed Russian oil exports underground and catalysed the creation of a new and complex oil supply chain. The various links in t...
Rupee Outlook with Neeraj Gambhir
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the long term, the rupee has depreciated by an average of 3-4% a year against the dollar. Like any EM currency, it has had long periods of stabil...
2023 Geopolitical Trends with Prof. Harsh Pant
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The global hierarchy is undergoing a great reshuffling due to a variety of geopolitical factors. While great power rivalries play out in different the...
Cause Based Marketing by IMA Research
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a socially networked world, people remember and are loyal to brands that are linked with a ‘cause’. A recent report on Gen-Zs by advertising-an...
G20 by Adit Jain
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One reason that multilateral institutions like the WTO have seen their effectiveness and credibility wither away in recent years, is their unwieldy si...
Risk Management with Nitin Sethi and Jon Pipe
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 has changed the basic handbook of risk management, and the current global volatility is altering this further. In the years ahead, safeguardi...
Integrating ESG with Helen Brand and Anirban Ghosh
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than just a profit-or revenue-generating engine, the modern corporation is expected to be a sustainable organisation. Since the pandemic began, E...
Conversational Marketing by IMA Research
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
China Reopens by Adit Jain
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the immediate aftermath of China’s abandonment of zero-Covid, there has been much debate and speculation around the number of people who have bee...
ESG Compliance Challenges with Bose Varghese
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ESG is a hot-button issue for most companies, especially large, listed ones. However, as ESG regulation starts to tighten in India and abroad, it will...
Navigating a Choppy Shipping Market by IMA Research
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
High shipping rates will add to already-high inflation in 2022. This podcast looks at the factors impacting freight prices, and provides a forward vie...
BCPI Q3FY23 by IMA Research
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IMA’s Q3FY23 (Oct-Dec) quarterly Business Confidence and Performance Index (BCPI) survey reveals a continued fall in business optimism. At 57, the h...
Neuromarketing with Prof. Arvind Sahay
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Neuromarketing – which uses neuro- and cognitive science to identify customer needs, desires and preferences – is grabbing the attention of indust...
Effective Board Management with Annaswamy Vaidheesh
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enlightened self-interest can help CEOs turn confrontation into cooperation. At a recent India, CEO session in Chennai, Mr. Annaswamy Vaidheesh, forme...
The Future of Multilateral Trade with Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With many countries turning protectionist, the focus of trade negotiations has shifted from multi-lateral to regional and bilateral deals. This spells...
Air India by Adit Jain
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The recently-announced merger of Air India and Vistara Airlines will create India’s largest international airline. While the business logic of mergi...
Markets, Valuations and Capital with Neelkanth Mishra
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Despite global headwinds and inflation, the Indian markets have seen renewed energy in the past few months and are trading at a significant premium co...
Sustaining a Winning Culture with Ashu Khanna
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With widespread remote working, rampant churn in talent pools and increasingly-transactional employee-employer relationships, companies risk losing el...
CFO’s Personal Effectiveness: Maximising The Impact
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A key challenge facing CFOs today is doing justice to the multiple expectations placed upon them. They are burdened not only with their traditional re...
Digital Yuan
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For some years now, China has been making efforts to promote the yuan as a global currency that can substitute for the US dollar. Where it was once wi...
Update - The Fallen Star June 2021
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Calcutta was once a thriving hub of industrial activity and a national epitome of economic advancement. It boasted of some of the finest business orga...
Indians in China - June 2021
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
China’s recent animosity towards India does not, in some ways, seem reasonable. It is, after all, economically and militarily superior and its churl...
FinTech: India’s Next Sunrise Sector?
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
India’s financial technology (FinTech) sector remains on a high growth trajectory despite the pandemic. Propelling it forward are tailwinds such as ...
Business Lessons from a Successful Start-up: The Udaan Story
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Udaan Co-Founder Sujeet Kumar shared his learnings from building a successful B2B e-Commerce unicorn.
Best Practices in Employer Branding
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An IMA India research update on what leading companies are doing to bolster their employer brands.
The CHRO’s Role in the New Paradigm
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
IIM-Bangalore’s Professor Vasanthi Srinivasan shared a perspective on the CHRO’s changing role in a post-pandemic world.
From Surviving to Thriving: Business Opportunities in a Post-Covid World
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Insights from two industry veterans on how companies can cope with, and eventually ride the waves of disruption.
Winning in the Next Normal: Risk Management Imperatives for CFOs
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Insights on the emerging paradigms in risk management in a post-Covid world
Update - Productivity - March 2021
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Economists have argued that in view of India’s weak state of demand and investment, the Government should spend its way out of trouble. Pump priming...
Salary Increments: 2021-22
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Insights from IMA India’s FY22 Salary Increments Benchmarking Study.
Influencer Marketing: Beyond Reach and Towards Trust
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrities have been endorsing brands since the turn of the 20th century but over the last decade, a new class of influencers has emerged in the worl...
Gender Representation and Pay Gaps in Corporate India
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Based on insights from IMA’s 2020 Executive and Board Remuneration Report, this paper highlights some of key trends in female representation, and in...
Board Pay vs Company Performance
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Insights from IMA India’s 2020 Board and Executive Remuneration Report on the linkages between pay and performance at the top-management and Board l...
Update - GameStop February 2021
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The remarkable story that has played out in America’s stock market recently pertaining to the GameStop’s scrip points to the emergence of a new ca...
Leadership in the New World Order: Getting the Best out of your People
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Genpact Founder and Clix Capital Chairman Pramod Bhasin provided his perspective on what leadership means in the new, post-Covid world order.
India’s Debt Market and Corporate Governance Regime: Evolution and Way Forward
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gurumoorthy Mahalingam, a Whole Time Member with SEBI, provided an inside view of what the future holds for India’s corporate debt market, and for g...
The Construction and Real Estate Sectors: Is the Worst Over?
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At a recent all-India peer group forum webinar, we asked three industry stalwarts to provide an outlook for the critically important construction and ...
Stock Markets - Defying Gravity
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The surprising run of the stock market has been a matter of some debate in recent months. Since the Covid-induced crash of March 2020, equity indices ...
Planning the Return to the Workplace: The CHRO’s Early Considerations
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways from a recent India CHRO Forum webinar on how businesses are strategising for the future of work and the workplace.
Leading Through a Pandemic: The CEO Way
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Insights from IMA India’s CXO Priorities: Life after Covid report on how the crisis has caused CEOs’ to reassess their personal time commitments, ...
GST e-Invoicing: Recent Changes and the Road Ahead
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
e-Invoicing will radically change the way tax is administered under the GST. It will bring significant benefits but will also create a host of new iss...
Mind the CEO Skill Gap
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are unprecedented demands on CEO’s time, requiring high levels of physical emotional and mental energy. Do they have the right skills to cop...
Technology: Transforming HR Practices
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At a recent India CHRO Forum webinar, Deep Thomas explained the many uses - and possible pitfalls - of using technology in the HR function.
Business Confidence and Outlook: Insights from IMA’s Q3FY21 BCPI
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At recent all-India webinars of the India CEO, CFO, CHRO and CMO Forums, we presented the main findings of the latest BCPI edition, followed by an ope...
Assessing the Sustainability of a WFH World
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hybrid work’, ‘remote work’ and ‘work from anywhere’ are just some of the phrases that have become commonplace in the corporate lexicon sinc...
Bihar Elections - November 2020
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The BJP performed better than expected in the Bihar assembly elections, significantly improving upon its own performance and ensuring that its NDA coa...
Tech Adoption in Finance: Leveraging the Potential of Exponential Technologies
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast, based on conversations with CFOs of leading companies, highlights the accelerating pace of technology in Finance and offers insights on h...
The Global Economy and India: Taking Stock and Assessing the Outlook
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Stephanie Flanders, Senior Executive Editor, Bloomberg Economics, and Abhishek Gupta, India Economist at Bloomberg Economics, provide...
The Business Case for Kindness
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conventional wisdom holds that being kind is a risk in the cut-throat corporate world where performance and productivity are prized over everything el...
The Business Case for Kindness
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conventional wisdom holds that being kind is a risk in the cut-throat corporate world where performance and productivity are prized over everything el...
Post-Covid Workforce Management: The New Labour Code and Other Risks
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, R Rajnarayan, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Titan Industries, Dr Prince Augustin, Executive Vice Preside...
Assessing the Sustainability of a WFH World
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hybrid work’, ‘remote work’ and ‘work from anywhere’ are just some of the phrases that have become commonplace in the corporate lexicon sinc...
Covid-19: The New Branding Imperatives
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Illustrating his talk with a series of recent, path-breaking media campaigns, Sukesh Nayak, Ogilvy’s Chief Creative Officer, spelled out what it tak...
Digital Marketing Challenges: The CMO’s Vantage Point
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An IMA India Research update on the key DM-related challenges facing CMOs today.
Covid-19: The New Branding Imperatives
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Illustrating his talk with a series of recent, path-breaking media campaigns, Sukesh Nayak, Ogilvy’s Chief Creative Officer, spelled out what it tak...
Technology Adoption in HR: Gathering Pace
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast, based on conversations with HR leaders across the services and manufacturing space, highlights the acceleration in the pace of technolog...
The Post-Covid World Order: India’s Foreign Policy Dilemmas
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor at The Hindu, highlighted India main foreign policy challenges as the world approaches the end of a traumatic year.
The Post-Covid World Order: India’s Foreign Policy Dilemmas
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor at The Hindu, highlighted India main foreign policy challenges as the world approaches the end of a traumatic year.
Employment trends in India: Cutting through the Fog?
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this IMA India research update, we examine important labour-market trends that are visible in the EPFO’s data series on EPF enrolments. These inc...
Of Grit, Resolve, Compassion and Nerves of Steel
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Anu Aga, Ex- Chairperson, Thermax India, shares her extraordinary tale of enduring a family crisis, the turnaround of Thermax, the le...
Of Grit, Resolve, Compassion and Nerves of Steel
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Anu Aga, Ex- Chairperson, Thermax India, shares her extraordinary tale of enduring a family crisis, the turnaround of Thermax, the le...
Of Grit, Resolve, Compassion and Nerves of Steel
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Anu Aga, Ex- Chairperson, Thermax India, shares her extraordinary tale of enduring a family crisis, the turnaround of Thermax, the le...
Of Grit, Resolve, Compassion and Nerves of Steel
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Anu Aga, Ex- Chairperson, Thermax India, shares her extraordinary tale of enduring a family crisis, the turnaround of Thermax, the le...
The Covid Policy Window
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Manish Sabharwal, Chairman and co-founder of Teamlease Services, India’s largest staffing and human capital firm, provides a perspe...
Update - Agricultural Reforms - September 2020
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, Parliament passed two important bills pertaining to agriculture - the Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotional and Facilit...
Update - Make in India September 2020
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India’s economy is today precariously perched. Unemployment has jumped, government revenues have collapsed, banks are saddled with bad loans, thousa...
The Changing Face of Digital Marketing: 2020 Vs 2015
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast draws insights from IMA’s 2020 Digital Marketing Benchmarking Study on the evolution of digital marketing in the last five years.
The Changing Face of Digital Marketing: 2020 Vs 2015
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast draws insights from IMA’s 2020 Digital Marketing Benchmarking Study on the evolution of digital marketing in the last five years.
Outsourcing In Accounts Closing: To Deploy or Not to Deploy
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast, based on IMA’s 2020 Accounts Closing Benchmarks Report, reveals interesting insights on whether companies are, in practice, outsourcing...
The Changing Face of Digital Marketing: 2020 Vs 2015
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast draws insights from IMA’s 2020 Digital Marketing Benchmarking Study on the evolution of digital marketing in the last five years.
Automation: Spearheading the Closing Process
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast, based on IMA’s 2020 Accounts Closing Benchmarks Report, reveals interesting insights on how companies that are leading the ‘tech-adop...
Inspiring Change: Going Beyond the Call of Duty
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India Cares, a voluntary, grassroots initiative set up by IPS Officer Arun Bothra, is making a real different for thousands of people at a time when s...
Inspiring Change: Going Beyond the Call of Duty
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India Cares, a voluntary, grassroots initiative set up by IPS Officer Arun Bothra, is making a real different for thousands of people at a time when s...
Inspiring Change: Going Beyond the Call of Duty
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India Cares, a voluntary, grassroots initiative set up by IPS Officer Arun Bothra, is making a real different for thousands of people at a time when s...
Inspiring Change: Going Beyond the Call of Duty
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India Cares, a voluntary, grassroots initiative set up by IPS Officer Arun Bothra, is making a real different for thousands of people at a time when s...
Update: US dollar - safe for now
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Analysts often debate whether any currency can ever replace the dollar as the international monetary standard. As things stand, no other currency come...
Navigating Distress and Preparing for Growth
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hotel-airline-hospitality trinity has been badly dented by the Coronavirus pandemic. Three industry stalwarts shared their learnings in terms of n...
Navigating Distress and Preparing for Growth
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hotel-airline-hospitality trinity has been badly dented by the Coronavirus pandemic. Three industry stalwarts shared their learnings in terms of n...
Navigating Distress and Preparing for Growth
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hotel-airline-hospitality trinity has been badly dented by the Coronavirus pandemic. Three industry stalwarts shared their learnings in terms of n...
Navigating Distress and Preparing for Growth
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hotel-airline-hospitality trinity has been badly dented by the Coronavirus pandemic. Three industry stalwarts shared their learnings in terms of n...
Politics, Policy and Reforms: India after the Lockdown
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Raj Kamal Jha, Editor in Chief of the Indian Express, provided an on-ground assessment of the situation with respect to Covid-19, and his views on the...
Update - Soft Power Diplomacy August 2020
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The foreign policy of nation states employs a combination of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ power. The former is about cooperation and consensus building. ...
Politics, Policy and Reforms: India after the Lockdown
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Raj Kamal Jha, Editor in Chief of the Indian Express, provided an on-ground assessment of the situation with respect to Covid-19, and his views on the...
Update - Here to stay August 2020
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When solving a complex puzzle one’s attention naturally tends to focus on the most immediate and binding constraint - the part that needs to be solv...
Chasing the Rainbow: Budgeting for Digital Marketing
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast focusses on spends on digital marketing basis IMA’s research conducted towards the creation of the ‘2020 Digital Marketing Benchmarks...
Transforming Finance: Accounts Closing Costs
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast highlights some findings around the cost of running the close process basis IMA's detailed benchmarking study '2020 Accounts Cl...
The Economy: India after the Lockdown
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As India emerges from a nationwide lockdown, IMA’s Chairman and Editorial Director, Adit Jain, takes stock of what to expect on the economic and pol...
Digital Marketing: The RoI Conundrum
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Much has changed in digital marketing in recent years, but one thing has not: companies still struggle to measure the returns on such investments. How...
Digital Marketing: The RoI Conundrum
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Much has changed in digital marketing in recent years, but one thing has not: companies still struggle to measure the returns on such investments. How...
Digital Marketing: The RoI Conundrum
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Much has changed in digital marketing in recent years, but one thing has not: companies still struggle to measure the returns on such investments. How...
Leadership In The New World Order: Getting the Best out of your People
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pramod Bhasin, who founded Genpact in 1997, shares insights on what it takes for leaders to redefine old boundaries and get the most out of their peop...
Leadership In The New World Order: Getting the Best out of your People
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pramod Bhasin, who founded Genpact in 1997, shares insights on what it takes for leaders to redefine old boundaries and get the most out of their peop...