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Roopen Roy Recently, Toyota Motor Corp, the largest auto-maker on the planet faced a severe crisis. It had to announce the recall of millions of cars. It was described by Toyota as a “moment of unprecedented crisis”. “I am deeply sorry about the inconvenience and concern caused to our customers and others,” a grim…
Roopen Roy (Roopen Roy is the Managing Director of Deloitte Consulting, India. Views expressed are personal.You can read it @Times of India @ http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOIKM/2010/04/05/34/Img/Pg034.png) The original Macaulay Minute can be accessed @ http://www.scribd.com/doc/27765406/Lord-Macaulay-s-Minute-2nd-Feb-1835 In all seriousness, I make the claim, often testing the credulity of those who lend me a patient ear, that the…
Applying judo to business strategy By Roopen Roy May 03 2011 Judo economics” was a term coined by economists Judith Gelman and Steven Salop to describe a smart entry strategy of a startup in a sector dominated by a large competitor. One of the key elements of judo, a martial art, is the clever use of the…
Join the dots to create new products By Roopen Roy Jan 29 2013 Often, by joining the dots, you can create a sweet spot or produce a unique product. I have always wondered why the British, who ruled over India, never made extensive use of Indian spices to pepper their dishes. Spices and oriental herbs never entered…
On dit qu’au-delà des mers, Là-bas sous le ciel clair, Il existe une cité, au séjour enchanté. Et sous les grands arbres noirs, Chaque soir, Vers elle s’en va tout mon espoir. J’ai deux amours Mon pays et Paris. Par eux toujours, Mon coeur est ravi. Manhattan est belle, Mais à quoi bon…
India’s growth story is not over Roopen Roy (Views are personal) As we begin to ring down the curtain on 2011, we leave behind an eventful year. The Arab spring has forever transformed the face of the Middle-East. Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria and Yemen have seen tumultuous uprisings. The winds of change are…
Roopen Roy (Views expressed are personal) India’s foreign currency reserves reached $263 billion in November 2010. China, on the other hand, topped the league table with a reserve of $2.6 trillion, followed by Japan with $1.1 trillion. And just for context, the remaining two countries in the so-called BRIC configuration had Russia with…
Ratan Tata’s Nano car project was born out of an audacious and bold vision in innovation. At Rs 1 lakh, it was the cheapest car in the world. To produce it required breakthrough thinking in design and engineering. In hindsight, Ratan Tata believes it was an error to position Nano just as the cheapest car….
India needs a new password to success By Roopen Roy May 20 2014 FRESH FORMULA: Jack Ma (C), chairman and founder of Alibaba.com, indeed stands apart from the crowd. He has been consistently and routinely granting stocks to his employees — an act unheard of in Chinese business circles It is time to challenge two widely…
Energy security: exploring a new source By Roopen Roy Oct 09 2012 It has happened in the last decade but not many have noticed. The US is now more secure in its energy supplies than ever before. Did they achieve it by tapping renewable sources of energy like solar and wind power and by becoming a…