New answers to old questions An old article published in ET Unsupported embed Accountant: reform thyself ! Roopen Roy – (The author is the Managing Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Ltd. The views expressed are his own and not necessarily those of the company he works for). “Life is forcing us to find new answers to old…
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Mother of invention
Mother of Invention What makes the Japanese so inventive Mother of invention Aug 3rd 2007 From Economist.com Why is Japan the source of so many bright ideas? WHEN it comes to being awarded patents, the Japanese are world champions. Japan has more than 1,200 patents per million people—more than twice as many as Switzerland,…
More at stake than your morning cuppa
More is at stake than your morning cuppa Roopen Roy (The columnist is the Founder and CEO of Sumantrana, a Strategy Consulting firm) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has just kicked off its own Chipko movement to save Dehra Doon’s tea gardens. If you go back in history, tea gardens were typically developed…
Mixing business with measure
Mixing business with measure From Roopen Roy’s column in the Financial Chronicle Mixing business with measure Dec 23 2008 Every so often management gurus will remind you: “What gets measured, gets done.” That aphorism is very true. However, there is a flip side. If you are using the wrong yardstick, you may achieve unintended results…
Managing talent in time of slowdown
Managing talent in time of slowdown Handling talent during slowdown Jan 20 2009 To win in the war for talent, you need to create an ambience of learning, provide opportunities to grow, ensure fairness and, above all, invest in leadership that inspires and infects the team with passion By Roopen Roy George Clemenceau had…
Managing cost increases
Managing cost increases Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases Published: Author: June 16, 2008 John Quelch Executive Summary: Consumers get hit with the price-increase hammer every time they drive past a gas station. Harvard Business School professor John Quelch offers tips on how marketers can cope with inflation and consumer sticker shock. Key concepts…
Managing Talent in Troubled Times
A veteran HR director dies. Yama tells him to choose between heaven and hell. The HR director proceeds to do a due diligence of both before deciding. Yama first takes him up to heaven (Svarga). Everything is perfect and pristine there. Most inmates are speaking softly about philosophy, risk management, accounting policies and mathematical models….
Looking east
Looking East We intuitively “look West” for best practices. These days, international business schools are “looking East”. They are trying to learn from success stories at the unlikeliest of places. This article intends to look at two such successes. Both fly in the face of conventional management wisdom. The first is the Nutan Mumbai…
Lessons in leadership
Lessons in Leadership Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership Wednesday, Jul. 09, 2008 By RICHARD STENGEL Enlarge Photo Though Mandela has retreated from the public stage, the 90-year-old still speaks out, as he did in condemning Zimbabwe’s Mugabe. Hans Gedda / Sygma / Corbis Nelson Mandela has always felt most at ease around children,…
Lehman Bros: Paying for Repocrisy
Lehman: paying for ‘repocrisy’ By Roopen Roy Mar 16 2010 On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. By then, most of its clients were abandoning the debt-laden, sinking ship. There were huge losses in its stock and devaluation of its assets by credit rating agencies. It drew the curtains on a…