Under-promise Over-Deliver Public Sector Reforms: Under-promise, over-deliver Our Finance Minister was widely criticized for squandering an opportunity to paint a bold reform agenda in this year’s Budget speech. But let us be realists. This is an inopportune time to contend that aggressive PSU reforms and privatization constitute the panacea to all our economic…
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Tone at the top
Tone at the top Written to commemorate /February 16 2007 Every time the story of an audacious fraud makes its way to the media –the law –makers think of new legislation, regulators scramble to toughen rules and Boards evaluate the state of their governance. Enron, Worldcom, Tyco and a series of corporate…
Toh Kya
Episode 1: Phone ki Baat Toh Kya or so What 8 PM, 25 January, 2017 a phone rings @7 RCR The phone at the other end says,” Hello, kem cho Narendrabhai, 26th January ka bahut, bahut badhai.”… ” Thank you Donald, congratulations again. Ab ki baar Trump sarkar.” “But Narendrabhai, although the elections are over…
Time to invert the pyramid
Time to invert the pyramid I have started writing a column in the op-ed section of Financial Chronicle .For my first article-see http://www.mydigitalfc.com/my-mind/time-invert-pyramid Time to invert the pyramid By Roopen Roy Jul 27 2008 Until Vasco Da Gama discovered the sea route to India in the late 15th century, China and India contributed…
Time:a new source of competitive advantage
Time : a new source of competitive advantage? Roopen Roy (Opinions are personal) Modern India seems more obsessed with eternity than with the immediate. That time is a precious resource is accepted more in theory than in practice. With a burgeoning middle-class, time is becoming scarcer than financial resources. In a trade-off, cash-rich but time-poor…
Tigon and the war for talent
The war for talent Even accountants are feeling the heat Accounting for good people Jul 19th 2007 | LONDON AND NEW YORK From The Economist print edition Surprising as it might seem, the Big Four accountancy firms have lots to teach other companies about managing talented people Bridgeman Art Library BEING interesting can be overrated. Accountants became…
Thus spake nirmalya kumar
Thus spake Nirmalya Kumar Satyam: Not yet India’s Enron 18 Jan 2009, 0040 hrs IST, Nirmalya Kumar The Satyam fraud has attracted daily full page coverage in international newspapers. This is unfortunate from India’s perspective. With every brand there is a dominant narrative. India’s narrative, so positive until summer, suddenly seems to have…
Thus spake murthy
Thus spake Murthy India turns 60 Managing Growth Sixty Years Of Progress Narayana NR Murthy 08.13.07, 12:00 PM ET Narayana N.R. Murthy is chairman of the board of Infosys Technologies BANGALORE, INDIA – India completes her 60th year as a free nation on Aug. 15, 2007. However, 60 years is a short span in the…
Thus spake lord krishna
Thus spake Lord Krishna The discourses of Lord Krishna are recorded in the Bhagavad Gita –a book that has guided the lives of millions of Indians. Interestingly, the setting of these discourses is the battlefield of Kurukshetra .Arjuna the great warrior is depressed and unwilling to join battle against his dear ones. Lord Krishna,…
Thus spake Prasantada-4
আমার কর্মজীবনের গুরু আমাকে একটি গল্প বলেছিলেন, সেটি কথামৃতের মতো মনে রেখেছি : শোন, ভুল সবাই করে, ভুল স্বীকারের মধ্যে কোনো গ্লানি নেই ! ধর তুই শৌচকর্ম না করে পুজোর ঘরে ঢুকে পড়েছিস আর ঠাকুমা তোকে হাতে নাতে ধরে ফেলেছেন ! … প্রথমেই বলবি ,” ঠাম্মা , মাফ করুন আমার ভুল হয়েছে !” অনেক পরে…