The world is not flat Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat Q&A with: Published: Author: Pankaj Ghemawat October 15, 2007 Martha Lagace Executive Summary: With apologies to Thomas Friedman, managers who believe the hype of a flat world do so at their own risk, says HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat. National borders still matter…
Month: September 2025
The telegraph debate 2007
The Telegraph Debate 2007 Coalition, collision & khichdi – Verdict at The Telegraph debate: Coalition does not reflect the nature of Indian society A STAFF REPORTER (From left) Sheila Dikshit, Sanjiv Goenka, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Roopen Roy for the motion; moderator Rudrangshu Mukherjee; Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, Kunal Sarkar, Saugata Roy and Salman Khurshid…
The story of tonituttoni
Chicken little the sky is falling Contributed by J.U.Das Toni Tuttoni was brought up on the mean streets of Brooklyn.His parents had come from Calabria just north of Sicily.He specialised in providing performance improvement advice to chicken ranches. The pueblo Indians of Santa Fe were successfully running a large chicken ranch when a rumour of…
The sound of the one handed clap
The sound of the one handed clap r ” Enron and WorldCom officers’ theft of shareholders’ assets created a political firestorm.An anti-corporate populism had been lurking under the surface of American politics at least since the age of the Robber Barons of the latter part of the nineteenth century.”Alan Greenspan:The Age of Turbulence -Page 430…
The soft side of mergers
The soft side of mergers Roopen Roy Mergers and Acquistions (M&A) are a tricky business. M&A transactions are no longer about hard assets. The intangibles and soft assets like know-how, intellectual property, talent, innovation and research capabilities are increasingly becoming important. More than ever, the risk of talent flight keeps CEOs awake at night. The…
The seventh lesson
The Seventh Lesson Contributed by Subhashish THE SEVENTH LESSON by Peter Drucker Taught by Schumpeter One more experience, and then I am through with the story of my personal development. At Christmas 1949, when I had just begun to teach management at New York University, my father, then 73 years old, came…
The serious business of education
The serious business of higher education “Our youth can be an asset only if we invest in their capabilities. A knowledge-driven generation will be an asset. Denied this investment, it will become a social and economic liability. Hence, we must invest in building the knowledge base of our coming generations.” Dr Manmohan Singh-August 2,…
The role of culture and traditions in governance
The role of culture and traditions in governance None of the board members, past or present, had any knowledge of the situation in which the company is placed. Even business leaders and senior executives in the company, such as, Ram Mynampati, Subu D, T R Anand, Keshab Panda, Virender Agarwal, A S Murthy, Hari T,…
The roar of clouds
The roar of clouds Ravana’s son Indrajit stealthily attacking Rama’s camp. The painting depicts a sequence of events and Indrajit is shown successively at four different places; first attacking from the clouds and binding Rama and his brother Lakshman with the deadly serpent arrow. Then he faces off against the monkeys who try to fight…
The rich are getting hungrier
The Rich Get Hungrier The Rich Get Hungrier By AMARTYA SEN Cambridge, Mass. WILL the food crisis that is menacing the lives of millions ease up — or grow worse over time? The answer may be both. The recent rise in food prices has largely been caused by temporary problems like drought in Australia,…