IIPM-ARTICLE AND EDITORIAL

The Bajaj on ‘3’ wheels...

2007-09-24T22:35:00.000-07:00

The Board of Bajaj Auto Ltd. (BAL) has nodded a demerger scheme, ripping apart the nations number two- two wheeler manufacturer into three separate units. Consequently this exercise will create two new companies from the existing resources. The newly carved businesses will essentially be fully owned subsidiaries namely, Bajaj Holdings and Investment Ltd. (BHIL) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (BFL). Rahul Bajaj revealed that the manufacturing business would remain in BHIL while other strategic businesses would be included in BFL. It has been further stated that there would be no change in the management structure in spite of all these split ups.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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Thirdy world

2007-09-11T04:46:00.000-07:00

Many Third World countries and especially their governments seem to believe that conservation is not nearly as important as economic development. Your comments.
This attitude is completely misguided, but unfortunately quite common. In the long term, conservation ensures a healthy ecosystem for everyone, not just animals.

By protecting a Tiger Reserve, we save not only tigers, but the entire habitat. Over 300 rivers originate in protected areas, and by conserving these watersheds in the name of tigers or elephants, we ensure the food security of millions of people who depend on these rivers. In fact, it is the poorer rural communities that get immediate benefit from a healthy ecosystem.

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Market conditions change

2007-05-25T00:17:00.000-07:00

Gautam Vir, MD and CEO, Development Credit Bank, affirms, “The fixed rates are going up faster and are higher because banks would not have the ability to reprice these assets during their tenure if they are on fixed rates. Banks thus need to quote higher to ensure that over the lifetime of the asset, they are not unduly exposed to interest rate risks. However, the floating rates are still lower than the corresponding fixed rates since they can be changed whenever the money market conditions change.”

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Ice Cream Segment

2007-05-18T01:13:00.000-07:00

To uplift its sagging market share in the ice cream segment, HLL recently unleashed a new calcium enriched ice cream, Moo (under the Kwality Walls umbrella), at the very outset of the scorching summer heat. The idea is to lure in health conscious mothers and children to Moo. But, the move came a tad too late, as local rival Amul, had already rolled out its Sugar Free Probiotic Wellness frozen dessert by then. The Gujarat icon is coolly capturing the market with product variations and aggressive expansion plans, even as HLL continues to sweat. As per CMIE, in 2006, Kwality Walls and Amul had market shares of 19% and 17%, respectively. But now Amul claims that it has captured the market with a 37% share, toppling HLL to a mere 9%. Amul may be jumping the gun, but with a presence of 60,000 outlets across the country, it has definitely created a dent in the nationwide monopoly hitherto enjoyed by HLL.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Balance of payment: Current account

2007-05-11T00:25:00.000-07:00

In 2006, Germany experienced a current account surplus to the tune of 5.1% of its GDP, followed by Japan and Korea, which registered a current account surplus of 3.9% and 0.7%, respectively. For 2007, WEO figures suggest that situation is expected to get better for Germany, as the surplus is expected to increase to 5.3%. There might be some relief for the US as its current account deficit is expected to shrink to 6.1% of GDP, while for UK it will increase to 3.1%.

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Scholars

2007-05-09T22:28:00.000-07:00

Yet that distance can also have an upside. The view from the academy allows scholars to reflect dispassionately on vexing foreign-policy problems, discern underlying patterns in state behavior, anticipate future threats, and forecast the consequences of different policy options. Academics can also remain above the political fray, providing counsel to current policy-makers and molding the minds of the next generation of leaders. In our second biennial survey, we pull back the curtain on what the academy thinks about some pressing foreign policy issues facing the US today.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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BMW's Takeover

2007-05-02T02:28:00.000-07:00

It is believed that BMW’s 2000 takeover of Mini was the resurrection point for the legendary car brand which was earlier reeling under cost and labour issues. The Germans refurbished the brand with a revolutionary design and technology and the Mini reached newer heights in popularity charts. Minis are a popular export and nearly 80% of the production finds itself heading for foreign shores. The high potential markets include Western Europe, North America and the Middle East. Analysts believe that consumers are hooked by the products intoxicating combination of classy 20th century looks and advanced technologies. It is now reported that owner of BMW is considering the launch of these cute cars in a slew of other markets in Asia. India could be on the list, so keep your fingers crossed.

The Mini cooper has always been the emblem of British pride for more than 48 years and has once again reinstated its presence. The car marquee which was originally brought out by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) rolled out its 1 millionth Mini from the renowned production facility at Oxford, England. According to sources, Mini sales have been hovering close to 200,000 for about two years now. March 2007 sales had been recorded at 7,900 units and a stronger growth is visible. With the prospective launch of the Mini One, Clubman and Cooper D; the line up will become stronger and have a larger audience. The model range expansion is a good sign and is a sure depart from the single 950cc engine platform of yore. New Minis come with a number of high performance options including the preposterous 175 bhp ‘S’ version.

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Fossil Fuels

2007-04-29T22:53:00.000-07:00

One reason can be linked to the fossil fuels that mankind has been coughing up; couple this with a process of natural warming that the earth is undergoing, and the harbingers of devastation now lurking at corners not too distant explain their raison d’etre. Surprising then, that with pacts such as the Kyoto Protocol amounting to barely a fraction in healing the situation, global warming has been relegated to signify a mere surge in surface temperature!

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative

Bghdadis

2007-04-02T02:44:00.000-07:00

“Nearly half the respondents favored an immediate withdrawal of US-led troops,” reported The Daily Star in Beirut, Lebanon. Another 20% favored a phased withdrawal starting right away. (US State Department poll, also ignored, found that two-thirds of Baghdadis want quick withdrawal). US polls show majority opposition to the war, but they receive scant attention and scarcely enter into policy planning. The most prominent recent critique was the report of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group, widely acclaimed as a valuable critical corrective to the policies of the George W. Bush administration, which immediately dismissed the report to oblivion.

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Hershey all set for a dragon ride!

2007-03-21T03:09:00.000-07:00

The largest candy maker of USA, Hershey Co. has penned an agreement with South Korea- based Lotte Confectionery Co. to create a $80 million venture. For a 51% stake in the joint venture, the confectionery major will pay $39.9 million to Hershey. This will enable the candy maker to market products in the land of the red dragon, where the company is aiming to become second largest chocolate seller by 2010. This will be Hershey’s first manufacturing factory in Asia and the venture will jointly operate a chocolate factory in Jinshan.

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Monstrosity In-Waiting

2007-03-15T02:49:00.000-07:00

Sporadic aberrational occurrences are also indicative of the leviathan of monstrosity in-waiting that man may already have unleashed on his habitat. House collapses in Siberia, annihilating floods of 1998 in Bangladesh and islands in the Sunderbans consumed last year, killer Canberra forest firestorm of 2003 triggered by drought, countless famines in Africa in the past decade, New Orleans virtually going underwater in 2005... it’s all too much and too close in time to make for mere coincidence. Closer home, even Mumbai’s killer floods two years back come under the magnifier.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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‘U’r ‘T’rust’s ‘I’mperative!

2007-03-13T00:05:00.000-07:00

For long, people have associated the name UTI with a debacle that severely jolted the Indian investor community. But it’s something passé now. And with time, UTI has undergone total metamorphosis, both in terms of service and brand – something not easy for a provider of financial services!

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DNA Behemoth

2007-03-08T23:29:00.000-08:00

With a target audience catering to the younger lot, DNA has already taken on behemoths like The Times of India. Of notable importance would be their colossal campaign with the tagline, “Speak up, it’s in your DNA,” that was splashed across all prominent locations in Mumbai; a campaign that hit upon consumers thought processes with the same verve and enthusiasm that was displayed in the breadth of reporting style of DNA. Talking about the advertising initiative, K. S. Chakravarthy, National Creative Director, Rediffusion DY&R (the agency that brought out this campaign) reminisces, “The scale of the campaign was huge and the reach humongous.”

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TOI & HT Joint Venture

2007-02-22T03:45:00.000-08:00

The fact is that the Times of India and Hindustan Times joint venture are bringing out Metro Now, which is a clear pointer that the market is gung-ho about the prospects of this format. Also on the cards is the relaunch of Today in a few months’ time. The publishers must have done their homework, and reasoned that the tabloid is here to stay. And why not? In markets like the UK, tabloids are the mainstay and have a much wider reach and circulation that the broadsheet format. With Mid-Day in Delhi, the company is hoping to target the upwardly mobile urban professional who is constantly on the move: there is a large chunk of professionals who keep shuttling between Mumbai and Delhi, and for them Brand Mid-Day is sure to ring a bell!

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Exports of goods

2007-02-14T22:22:00.000-08:00

Exports of goods registered a growth of 18.50% in 2006; against 6.50% in 2005. Exports totalled Rs.68.84 billion in 2006, against Rs.58.08 billion last year. Imports reached Rs.94.53 billion in 2006 while exports of services exceeded imports into a positive services balance. Imports aggregated Rs.36.58 billion, while exports touched Rs.48.93 billion.

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Natural Extension

2007-02-06T21:14:00.000-08:00

According to Steven Feldman & William Young, Co-Heads, Infrastructure Group, Goldman Sachs, “This is a natural extension of our business. With the success of this fundraising, we have the capital to create and pursue large-scale investment opportunities while achieving portfolio diversification.” The concentration would solely be on construction of transportation infrastructure, gas, water and electrical utilities globally with higher portion to be spent in developed markets.

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HEALTHCARE BUSINESS

2007-01-30T22:10:00.000-08:00

The healthcare business is predominantly centred around NCR and the company expects cash profits only by 2008. While the company has a national presence in insurance in a 26:74 partnership with New York Life), it has a market share of just 1.31% in terms of premiums. The company plans to increase paid up capital to Rs.10 billion in the next two years and foray into micro-insurance. States Gary Bennett, MD & CEO, MNYL, “The rural areas in India present the next big opportunity for the insurance sector.” Back to telecom (we can’t avoid it, can we?); Max sold its remaining stake in Hutch in 2005; a profit of Rs.4.27 billion & revenues for the entire group in FY05- 06 were Rs.1.42 billion. What that bodes for strategic intent is anybody’s guess.

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Pfizer!

2006-12-27T00:29:00.000-08:00

Undoubtedly, a critical issue when we consider that the company was betting huge on the future of this drug! A rare incident in its 157-year history, the withdrawal saw the giant’s mission grow even more urgent to fill the vacuum that Torcetrapib (with 15 years in opportunity costs and $800 million in monetary terms) had created overnight. Of course, a company that invests $7.4 billion a year on R&D cannot be isolated from such failures, but failures on such large scale are not acceptable – not even to Pfizer!

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Play Station 3

2006-12-25T22:13:00.000-08:00

Noticeably, after being delayed for many months, PS3 was launched a few days back with a lot of hype. But due to acute shortage of supply, Sony has not been able to meet the expectations of consumers worldwide. Though, Kutaragi still enjoys the power of further accelerating the business of PlayStation consoles, but considering the fact that he is credited with the birth of the PlayStation platform, he surely would have liked to be a part of the daily operations of the company. Whatever might be the speculations around this management change in Sony, Kutaragi for sure would have already started conceptualizing PlaySation 4.

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Ranbaxy

2006-12-18T03:11:00.000-08:00

The company embarked on internationalising its operations. Today, Ranbaxy finds itself amongst the top 10 global generics players, with operations in 49 countries. Succession planning too has been the key domain highlighting the professional attitude within this organisation. The instances of S. D. Brar and later Dr. Brian W. Tempest becoming the CEO of Ranbaxy, are a few examples. Thanks to these roots of succession planning, even with years of family involvement, Ranbaxy remains as one of the most professionally managed Indian company.

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SEZ Blueprint

2006-12-10T23:11:00.000-08:00

Financial concessions of the kind promulgated in our SEZ blueprint only come later, serving a supplementary purpose, and cannot be expected to hold good by themselves in the overall scheme of sustenance. Now let’s sneak a glance at what the SEZ scenario in India currently presents: To me, the craze to create economic zones has translated into a beeline to seize as much real estate as possible with the government’s bizarre decision of allowing 75% of SEZ land to be deployed for objectives remotely related to exports, like entertainment and residential use.

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HAS INTERNATIONAL

2006-12-06T04:03:00.000-08:00

According to a research study conducted by HVS International, there’s a strong positive correlation between the hotel demand and commercial development especially in areas where IT/ITes is growing at a blistering pace. Due to this, the southern region, especially Bangalore is in the hit list of almost every hotelier. Indian Hotels Company (IHC), ITC and Shangri La are some of the players scouting for a market share in the Indian Silicon Valley. Not only are five-star properties having a ball, huge growth can be witnessed in other segments too. The highest annual growth in average rates, in terms of rupee, was witnessed in the five-star (28.8%) and five-star deluxe (26.6%) categories Followed by the four-stars (23.0%) & three star category (11.7%).

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Global Business Impact

2006-12-04T22:41:00.000-08:00

The study also highlighted the fact that a lot of dynamism is being shown by the Indian sector with BPO companies trying to expand themselves overseas through acquisitions. Adhering to what the study revealed, Genpact is planning to expand its facilities in Mexico. But at the same time, the news that Genpact is looking forward to reduce its headcount in external support due to lack of infrastructure, can bring some discomfort to the proud employees of the company.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Amish Community

2006-11-27T01:35:00.000-08:00

Well, wake up, for this lifestyle is as real for two million people in the world as the hard earth beneath our feet. And unfortunately, the existence of the ideologically quaint community of the Amish was highlighted with the news of a recent tragic incident. A 32-year old truck driver from a neighbouring town decimated the peace of Pennsylvania County when he barged into a one-room Amish school, shot at ten girls, out of whom five would eventually die, and then ended his own life. And the Amish community, shocked and numbed by the dastardly act went on to preach forgiveness for Charles Carl Roberts IV, the assassin!

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Steel

2006-11-12T21:42:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time, when India was living in a cocoon of self imposed economic isolation, Tata Steel managed to produce a little more than one million tonnes of steel. Close to 90,000 workers and employees were part of the ‘happy’ family that managed this job in 1992. Fifteen years thereon, today Tata Steel easily produces more than five times of what was then. And the work force has been reduced dramatically to about 34,000. “Are you scared?” asks Roy, with a sly grin, alluding not to the nouveau Tata Steel, but to the monstrous heat shoving us back to the dry sarcastic reality of blast furnace number 7. And Tata Steel has exactly seven of them lavishly spread over 16 square kilometres, an area that forms the exact centre of Jamshedpur.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Vicious Debt Trap

2006-11-09T22:17:00.000-08:00

The vicious debt trap in which a farmer finds himself today is the outcome of multiple factors rather than just one or two individual elements. In fact, the over dependence of a large section of farmers on monsoons, coupled with rising input costs and declining profit margins has turned farming into a virtual gamble, where agricultural loans are leveraged as bets. The rules of the game change drastically against the farmers when they have to seek private financial help. According to a World Bank release, “More than 87% of India’s poor cannot access credit from a formal source and have to depend on money-lenders who charge them interest rates ranging from 48% to 120%.” This goes to falsify the tall claims made by the public sector banks who measure achievements in terms of the number of branches rather than in terms of the ease of accessibility of micro-credit facilities.

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HP's Rise

2006-11-08T21:59:00.000-08:00

This is visible in our third quarter results and improved fourth quarter outlook,” said Hurd. Loren Loverde, Director, IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker opines, “Dell will have to be very aggressive in the fourth quarter.” Even in the most important market of US, Dell recorded a negative growth rate of 6.7% while HP marched ahead with 6.9% growth. Though Dell still rules the US market with a share of 33%, it has exhibited the worst growth performance among all competitors in the US, which is surely alarming. HP’s rise has been gradual, but effective.

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Uncle Sam At Bay

2006-11-07T21:38:00.000-08:00

But then why inspite of committing an equal crime (well in case one considers it a crime to challenge the hegemony of the Super Power) and even when sanctions were invoked on other countries like India, it did not matter? Why inspite of the sanctions, India continued to grow to become the 12th richest country in the world (in terms of GDP, according to The World Bank figures 2005), becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the world and with a forex reserve of $165 billion. Why is it that when the same was imposed on Iraq after the Gulf War in 1991, resulted in the death of more than half a million children below the age of five? Well it is the ‘economy’ stupid, and that’s the best bet (or bait!) to keep Uncle Sam at bay.

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WHAT NEXT... SOULS?

2006-11-01T03:30:00.000-08:00

ORGANS FOR SALE! AT CHINESE PRICES!!
Chinese prices have had the world haggling for more and more and their new generation of entrepreneurs are getting far more experimentative and shifting from the T-shirts-bags-toys jig to one that uses the same lure, but hauls in much heftier sums… Livers, kidneys, hearts and other organs are the goods offered, and what makes the Chinese market so different? Well, according to latest reports, the nation which outlawed the sale of organs this July, is offering organs of fully consensual death row inmates to the affluent needy. According to Chinese cultural beliefs, a person ought to pass into his/her after life in entirety, a significant deterrent for most to shy away from becoming organ donors.

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S‘TRUTH’ING AROUND, INVITING TROUBLE

2006-10-29T23:12:00.000-08:00

GOVERNMENT SHOULD DEAL STERNLY WITH RIOTERS; IF CAN’T THEN QUIT!
Truth is bitter, a saying which has proved itself time and again. Tasting bitter for the Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, the truth has created ripples of protests and violence in Hungary’s capital – Budapest. With the Prime Minister revealing the “truth”, crisis brews in Hungary, hit by a crumbling economy. As the Prime Minister’s confession became public, the furore it created was not unexpected. Protest and rallies demanding the PM’s resignation marked the month. Reacting to the situation, Socialist Parliamentary faction leader Ildiko Lendvai said, “We can’t abandon this path. Even if it weren’t arsonists and looters demanding his resignation, we still wouldn’t consider it.”

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CAFE COFFEE DAY BREWING MORE COFFEE

2006-10-25T23:46:00.000-07:00

Café Coffee Day (CCD) has major expansion plans up its sleeves for the next year. To ramp up its presence in the country, the famous coffee chain has planned to open up 20 outlets every month, totaling 500 outlets by 2007. Each outlet requires investment between Rs.3.5 million to Rs.5 million. CCD is also planning to open up 50 more outlets across Europe, Eurasia, Egypt and South-East Asia in order to create its own niche market within these regions.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Finance Sector Dominate

2006-10-22T22:43:00.000-07:00

Firms across sectors and geographies seem to have performed well in terms of this ration. If an objective comparison were to be drawn on the basis of all sectors, within which the respective corporations were performing, then undoubtedly, firms within the finance sector whoppingly dominate the top 20 companies’ list in terms of the PtS ratio, and in all definitiveness due to capital appreciation model. But having said that, one should necessarily, and most imperatively, note that although the PtS ratio does bring out newer names for India to take note of, the fact is that in reality this ratio, as in the case of even other parameters, whether related to trading or to balance sheets, cannot be utilised in isolation for evaluating a corporation’s performance.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

FMCG SECTOR

2006-10-19T01:18:00.000-07:00

A higher adjusted ROCE indicates that a company is able to churn out more profits from the same amount of capital it employs as compared to others. The ratio also happens to be a useful efficiency measure, that is, it helps investors to analyse how efficiently a company is able to utilise its capital to generate profits. While deliberating on the B&E Power 100, we calculated the adjusted ROCE for the past three years and took the average figure. If one goes by this parameter, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (GCPL) from the FMCG sector has left all others behind, topping the charts with an average adjusted ROCE of 1.36 for past three years.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

TATA STEEL

2006-10-17T23:18:00.000-07:00

Only Tata Steel has been the most aggressive and has made two overseas acquisitions (Natsteel and Millenium Steel) in the last two years. Recently, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd cracked the Bolivian El Mutun iron ore mines deal and now plans to invest $2.3 billion to develop iron ore mines, and to set up steel plants in the country. Jindal’s CEO Vikrant Gujaral, commented, “The company is going to benefit both financially & strategically (from the deal in Bolivia).” Meanwhile, the likes of Arcelor-Mittal and Posco could see their ambitious India plans get stymied as tension mounts over the issue of captive mines, for which the Indian government is not ready. Thus, the other possible route of entering the industry will be via M&As.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

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SBI New Chairman

2006-10-16T01:13:00.000-07:00

SBI has bagged two prestigious technology awards (the Core Banking Solution Award and Outsourcing Project of the Year Award) from The Banker Magazine in 2005. As part of its overseas forays, SBI has acquired majority stakes in banks in Mauritius Kenya and Indonesia. It further ha 70 overseas branches across Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, UK, Canada, USA and China. Now, with Purwar out of the hot-seat, whether O. P. Bhatt, the new Chairman, will be able to sustain the momentum, is a question that even hardened analysts refuse to answer...

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

German Audi

2006-10-12T00:37:00.000-07:00

And can you overlook the German Audi’s move to cater to the wants of the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) lovers with its recent launch of the stylish Audi Q7 Quattro? The Indian car manufacturing industry has proved its mettle and all manufacturers, globally, have started showing interest in the Indian facilities. Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), recently released a Draft Plan aimed at transforming the Indian automotive industry into a global hub. If this plan is implemented, the turnover of the sector would reach $145 billion by 2016 from the current $34 billion. Phew!

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Whole Shopping Experience

2006-10-08T23:44:00.000-07:00

There is an obviously apparent change in the whole shopping experience for the customer who has all along been buying his groceries and household utilities, standing across the counter at the local kirana store, mostly at the mercy of the shopkeeper to let him touch, feel and sample the products. The ambience of a mall gives this shopper a sense of liberation and independence. He is now allowed uninhibited access to touch, feel and sample. The sales people in uniform there are ready to assist him and they address him as ‘sir’. He is delighted, he feels liberated, and he is all prepared to shop more. And he is not shopping alone. He has his family with him.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

No Aggression

2006-10-05T03:42:00.000-07:00

A tad theatrical it may seem, but look at the benefits: no aggression, no hostility, just plain solutions provided by Gandhigiri! Or let’s visualise another such episode: a gang of celeb kids spin their wheels crazily around the neighbourhood, placing everyone in the vicinity at peril. Instead of locking the loonies away (unlikely to do away with their rebellious streak), they could well be gifted a set of bifocals instead, to aid both distant and nearby vision! Also, residents of the locality could be mobilised to form a mortal wall in their path each time they speed about, till they mend their ways.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Ministry of Culture

2006-09-26T00:20:00.000-07:00

While I do consider the clamour over the subject could have been done without, in entirety, there are graver concerns at large that have once again been brought glaringly to the fore with the latest furore. As is the unfortunate case in our country, the politics of religion consistently refuses to desist from the almost inherent inclination of rearing their head at the slightest of opportunities, a habit that often becomes synonymous with outlandishness. So, when the Ministry of Culture marked a request to the HRD Ministry for commemorating hundred years of the national song, Arjun Singh promptly decreed that it be recited in schools across the country.

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Source:- IIPM-B&E , Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

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‘Made in-India’ tag

2006-09-20T01:13:00.000-07:00

Consider this: Raymond supplies ready-to-wear garments to Zara, Levi’s, Mango and Gap, while Gokuldas Exports darns for Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas and Nike. Even Indian designers – from Manish Arora to Ritu Beri to Sabyasachi Mukherjee – are walking international ramps and showing their collections at prestigious fashion shows across the globe. Some of them even have their own outlets in the ‘metros of the world’. But, in spite of fantastic export figures and despite national designers making an intellectual mark abroad, the fact is that there is almost no Indian brand making its name in the uppity hobnobbing circles, leave, of course, the pristine brand of yoga! There is not even a single Indian ‘brand’ or designer name that shares foreign shelf space with the likes of Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Armani or even Nike.

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Source:- IIPM-B&E , Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

BLAZING THE TRAIL

2006-09-18T01:09:00.001-07:00

Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto is optimistic when he states, “Annual sales of motorcycles in India are expected to cross the 10 million mark by 2010.” Other players have also announced major capacity additions, in anticipation of growth. On August 18, Hero Honda has announced plans for a Rs.19 billion plant in Haridwar, Uttaranchal. According to Bridgemohan Lall Munjal, Chairman, Hero Honda Motors Ltd., “The additional capacity will cater to market requirements till 2010, thereby helping Hero Honda consolidate its market leadership.” Capacity will be expanded to 1.5 million units by 2010. Honda Motorcycles & Scooters is investing Rs.4 billion for a 2 million unit capacity by 2010.

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Source:- IIPM-B&E , Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

BLAZING THE TRAIL

2006-09-18T01:09:00.000-07:00

Source:- IIPM-B&E , Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Johnny Depp

2006-09-11T22:59:00.000-07:00

Eight years older, Johnny Depp matches Winona’s love of literature (for example, her habit of collecting all editions of her favourite novel, JD Salinger’s ‘Catcher in the Rye’), and is an avid collector of rare books, besides bringing the work of his favourite author and journalist Hunter S.Th ompson to celluloid in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Admired for their unusual movie choices, both actors were initially uncertain about acting. Recently admitting that when she started acting professionally she thought it was a ‘shallow occupation’, Winona was on the same page as Depp who, instead of acting, dreamt of making music. Hailing from a broken home, the young Depp found refuge in the soothing stirrings of his guitar.

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Source:- IIPM-B&E , Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

A CLEAR FAUX PAS...

2006-09-09T02:11:00.000-07:00

...IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON INDIAN BANKS
Out there: Vittaldas Leeladhar, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, speaking at a meeting in Basel, Switzerland pompously hailed the reforms initiated by RBI and the Finance Ministry. In a speech delivered last December, but documented in a BIS paper titled ‘Banking system in emerging economies: How much progress has been made?’ (released in August 2006), Leeladhar alludes deregulation of interest rates as one of the key features of India’s financial sector reforms. If one goes by his verdict, after the interest rate deregulation, Indian banks are now free to determine their own lending rates. Back home: Public sector banks (PSBs) are receiving the flak from the Finance Ministry, when the PSBs legally and statutorily tried to align their lending rate with the increased cost of borrowings, and that too amidst shrinking margins.

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Source:- IIPM-B&E , Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

FESTIVITIES GALORE

2006-09-08T00:06:00.000-07:00

The forthcoming festival season is further expected to provide a strong impetus to the sector. The real estate market in India sizzles all round the year, but in the festival season, a lot of spice is added to it. Arvind Khanna, COO, Beekman Helix India Consultants says, “The whole action will remain concentrated on the residential segment. Action will be at its peak during Navratras, since it is considered to be more auspicious to buy homes during the Navratras than on Diwali, and in addition, bonuses are distributed in this time only.”

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Source:- IIPM-B&E , Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

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'Autumn Winter Collection'

2006-09-07T23:13:00.000-07:00

To promote the brand-new launches, the company is opening three showrooms. European brand GANT is also opening an exclusive outlet in the capital and is revealing its ‘Autumn Winter Collection’. “This collection reflects inspirations ranging from a metropolitan lifestyle to a countryside weekend, and this festival, this is the latest,” elaborates Nitin Chhabra, Business Head, GANT India. After wooing the Gen- N e x t with their trendy collection, Pepe Jeans is now eyeing the kids’ market and has chosen Diwali to launch their Winter Collection.

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BANKING ON BOTTLING PLANTS

2006-09-04T00:45:00.000-07:00

San Francisco-based Seven- Up bottling company has been bought by Cadbury Schweppes from the Easley family in a $48 million cash deal. The driving force behind the deal was the urge to increase the count of bottling plants that were incharge of selling brands like Dr. Pepper, 7-Up and Sunkist sodas. Seven-Up Bottling that recorded revenues of $140 million in 2005 has ten warehouses, a manufacturing plant and houses 600 people. This latest advancement will certainly help strengthen its position in controlling the drinks market in the American territory.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

AFTERNOON UPDATE WITHOUT A PRICE

2006-09-04T00:36:00.000-07:00

In a bid to fight competition from Rupert Murdoch’s The London (paper launched by the parent of The Sun), publishing house Daily Mail & General Trust is planning to fl oat its free afternoon daily in the market. The new daily is to be christened London Lite, which will initially meet a circulation target of 400,000 copies. The launch of the paper will see the termination of Evening standard Lite. The group also circulates London’s free morning paper named Metro.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Vision, Rajiv

2006-08-31T00:02:00.000-07:00

The vision, Rajiv avers, is to “reach every household of the country, with...affordability.” Viraj Bahl, CEO of Fun Foods, discussing the company’s future plans, tells us, “We want to emerge as a global company having fun in all our operations.” Towards this end, the company is planning to go global with launch of products like spreads. Even as outsourcing increases across industries, Fun Foods is looking for newer markets and charting out effective market plans for its retail venture... Here’s hoping the best for Fun Foods!

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

2006-08-29T22:17:00.000-07:00

The customer is “gold” and should be treated like that. Treating customers with respect and going that extra mile for them, always helps build loyalty. Those are the small touches that ensure that the shopping experience of customers is exhilarating, and that they come back to your store and go nowhere else. H&M, one of Europe’s most successful fashion chains, takes care that its stores are brightly lit, there is trendy music playing always and the shelves and goods are placed in unobstructed straight lines – all for the benefit and comfort of the shopper. In fact, outside some Japanese malls, one can even find numerous bicycle sheds. There, people cycle a lot and sheds are a convenience being offered to them.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

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Brooklyn Heights Apartment

2006-08-25T23:45:00.000-07:00

When the truth hits home, it serves as a jarring recall to reality and a co-existence in their Brooklyn Heights apartment that sees them locked in marital combat for conquest of dominion. Their pettiness plumbs new depths as they set about penning their own edition of ‘Divorce for Dummies’, replete with a risqué replication of the aftermath of the War on Terror – the conflict in Afghanistan, economic vicissitudes, the carnal calamity that was Abu Ghraib, and the clash of cultures – serving as backdrop. As if that didn’t emulate the society they reside in enough, there’s a litany of phone tapping, fake anthrax attacks and vain suicide bombing attempts that transpires in this face-off , metamorphosing A Disorder Peculiar to the Country into a glib stab at contemporary society where antagonists so close to each other yet fiercely intent on retribution viciously spew venom and march to the beat of their own drum, all the while falling deeper into their private abyss, callously oblivious of latter-day sensibilities.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Higher Oil Prices

2006-08-24T22:54:00.000-07:00

While the discussion is still limited to gasoline, heating oil and kerosene, we must not forget petrochemicals. From car tyres to medicine, from cell phone covers to plastic sheeting, oil engulfs the better part of our comfortable modern day life. No other commodity has such a versatility of uses. Expectations of oil prices above $100 a barrel put all this in danger. The world could be double-trapped. If we reduce our oil consumption, economic growth will most certainly slow. If we don’t reduce it, inflation will show its claws and teeth and this will lead to a slowdown as well. That is because higher oil prices will affect the price of nearly everything else. But this pessimism that dominates the current discussion is not justified. Mankind has shown it can adapt to even the worst scenarios. Sure, a setback in oil supply will be painful in the short term. But in the long term, it can save the planet. High oil prices will offer a higher incentive to develop more sustainable and environmentally friendly forms of energy.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Child Labour

2006-08-21T21:42:00.000-07:00

With the number of child laborers varying from 60 to 150 million, contrarians argue that sweating in the sun with a valuable option of employment is better than having nothing to eat. The truth also lies in the fact that the government has failed to protect and educate the most vulnerable group, children. No doubt, societies where children are exploited as labour should be looked down upon. But so should governments, which fail to ensure that poverty just does not exist! Simply banning child labour is ridiculous, unless the families of these children are provided subsistence wages and children are given education. What’s better? Begging, or working!

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

Press Release IIPM (Take the Big Step)

2006-08-20T08:47:00.000-07:00

Help her earn livelihood... but does it really help?

Chinamma hails from a socially backward community of devadasis (literally meaning ‘servants of God’ but in practice, prostitution) in Mudanguddi village in Raichur district of Karnataka. She is the national winner of micro entrepreneur awards (by Citigroup) from the southern region. Sounds uncanny? Yet, when celebrities working for a social cause, eminent persons from the corporate world and of course non government organizations all team up together, it certainly calls for extra attention.

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KYOTO’S QUOTATION (IIPM-News)

2006-08-19T02:49:00.000-07:00

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Understanding the importance of greener environment, 55 countries came together to sign Kyoto Protocol on March 15, 1999, which calls for reduction in carbon emission rate. In case of defaults, the country is allowed to either buy or sell the emission from other partnering countries or in some cases is asked to take up environment cleaning activities. While many countries buy and sell the levels for money, many developed countries like the US have carried out cleaning activities in the developing countries. This has brought about cleaner environment as well as money for many of the poor countries.

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A spirited horse this...hic!

2006-08-17T05:39:00.000-07:00

Darwin’s Theory of Evolution certainly rocks… the latest example has been found in the case of horses. When a 24-year old Shire horse (equivalent to 60 human years) named Sammy was noticed as a little out of sorts and languid, he was prescribed a daily dose of about two bottles of beer and has perked up considerably since then! Where alcohol has a soporific effect on human beings, it seems to be acting in the reverse manner for our equine mates. Wanna trade places with them?!

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Author:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

IIPM:- TIE-WON? NOT YET

2006-08-01T02:37:00.000-07:00

CHINA’S NOT YET WON TAIWAN OVER

As US prepares to sell 66 advanced fighter jets to Taiwan, complications are bound to increase in Sino-Taiwan and Sino-US relations. The $3.1 billion deal is to supply F-16s to the renegade province that vows to maintain its independent identity sacrosanct against the intimidating Chinese pressure. Dangling precariously between independence and forced unification with the People’s Republic of China (PRC; mainland China), Taiwan happens to be an important beacon post for Americans in preventing a Chinese Long March to South-East Asia. Guided by the Taiwan Relation Act, the American move is more to prevent the use of force by the PRC and to delay the unification till perpetuity.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Author:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006

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Rolling out the red carpet

2006-05-04T01:40:00.000-07:00

... For investors in Indian real estate, the 100% FDI is a manna sent from the profit gods.

Liberalized guidelines for FDI in the Indian real estate sector have put India on the radar of serious global investors. The 100% FDI carrot (announced last year) in townships, housing, built-up infrastructure & construction development projects has already set the ball in motion attracting the global realty biggies to enter the booming Indian real estate sector. The Common Wealth Games taking place in India in 2010 is another very important reason for the massive investment in infrastructural projects.

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No Medical and Research Experience

2006-04-18T03:06:00.000-07:00

CEO Dick Clark, with no medical or research experience, has literally had splitting headaches after he replaced Ray Gilmartin, who earlier this year paid the price for his strategy to withdraw Vioxx from the market, striking a $38 billion blow in terms of market capitalisation; Merck’s stock tumbled down by almost 7.7%, trading at $28.06 on the NYSE. Its shares were trading at $95 in November 2001. Come 2008 and the American patents for Merck’s two best selling drugs – Zocor and Fosamax – will expire, exposing it to competition from generic copy cats. That would be, if Merck survives till then. Vioxx is not poised to witness a turnaround in the near future at least; and the next in its series, Arcoxia has also been withheld in the United States. Without even questioning Merck’s pre product launch research tests – or lack of the same – that allowed Vioxx to enter the market, it would be no rocket science to say that the Merck brand name is almost taboo.

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BOOKER WINNER

2006-04-17T02:30:00.000-07:00

ARTICLE-IIPM EDITORIAL

That’s not to suppose that debate was less fierce among the eventual six selected, that included Julian Barnes’ Arthur & George, which chronicles the lives and times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of the eponymous Sherlock Holmes) and George Edwards; 1989 Booker winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, a futuristic look at an Arcadian world through the eyes of clones;

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ABS and BAS System (IIPM-Press Article)

2006-04-17T02:21:00.000-07:00

Today, high capacity trucks come with features – like direct injection, anti skid braking system (ABS) and brake assist system (BAS) – never heard off in India, helping increase driver efficiency, a factor considered pivotal for goods expedition, especially with regards to Indian parameters.

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The physicist and astronomer (IIPM-Press Article)

2006-04-12T23:01:00.000-07:00

As an example of this ambiguity, suppose I want to know something about James Jeans, one of Schrödinger’s colleagues and contemporaries. Searching with Google or Yahoo! Yields considerable hits, most of which are about James Jeans jeans and though many fewer in number, also about James Jeans the physicist and astronomer.

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15 Years of Civil War (IIPM-Press Release)

2006-04-06T23:45:00.000-07:00

Though Weah has alleged foul play, Western observers seem to agree that the elections were free and fair. Becoming president is less than half the battle won for Africa’s first woman president. Her immediate priority would be to start healing wounds caused by 15 years of civil war that killed thousands.

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IIPM-PRESS CENTRE ARTICLE

2006-04-04T02:48:00.000-07:00

For now, a lot of it is junk, but that will change. The podcasting tools are so easy to acquire that it will force competition, experimentation and better quality. Wang first heard of podcasting only 13 months ago.

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IIPM-PRESS CENTRE RELEASE

2006-03-30T01:39:00.000-08:00

The cost of doing business is exceedingly high, thanks to the miserable roads, ports and airports. While the cost of export is a mere 10% in other developing economies, it is as high as 15% to 34% in this region. There was a massive drop in investment, from 3.5% of GDP in 1980-85 to a current level of 2%. Private investment alone has fallen from $71bn in 1998 to a mere $16bn in 2003.

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It’s Yahoo! For finance columnists

2006-03-30T01:38:00.000-08:00

IIPM-PRESS PUBLICATION

Global Internet giant Yahoo! is introducing a series of exclusive finance columns for finance-savvy people. In a move to expand its offering of original content for Yahoo! Finance, the internet search engine has signed on a new posse of columnists to write on topics ranging from personal financial advice to broader economic trends and even to offering investment insights. This would be a major shift for Yahoo, which has long been using wire services, newspapers and other media.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

2006-03-30T01:34:00.000-08:00

ARTICLE AND EDITORIAL, IIPM

A society that truly lived its values of equality and human rights, at home and abroad, would have another benefit too. It would rob terrorists of what has always been their greatest recruitment tool: our racism.

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Jewish Settlers

2006-03-30T01:32:00.000-08:00

For all the sympathy that the Israeli opposition hoped to gain due to the forcible eviction of Jewish settlers, the kid glove treatment given by Israeli security forces to the resisting settlers has put paid to these opposition hopes. Though the eviction was shown live on Israeli television, the groundswell of public anger against Sharon expected by opponents never materialised. The successful emptying of most of Gaza’s settler Jewish population has not only been a domestic political triumph for the prime minister, but is also sure to fetch accolades from abroad. Many are already talking about the Nobel Peace Prize...

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