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প্রশান্তদা উবাচ -৩ আজ সকালে প্রশান্তদাকে ফোন করলাম , ” তোমাদের আমেরিকায় কি হচ্ছে? ট্রাম্প সাহেবতো কাঁপিয়ে দিচ্ছেন , গ্রীন কার্ডধারিদেরও নাকি ঢুকতে দিছে না? তোমরা এর প্রতিবাদ করছো না?” “দ্যাখ ভাই আমরা আদার ব্যাপারী , জাহাজের খবরে আমাদের কোনো প্রয়োজন নেই । আমি অর্থনীতির অধ্যাপক , তাও আবার নেব্রাস্কায় , এখানে নিউ ইয়র্কের উত্তেজনা…
বাঙালি অর্থনীতিবিদরা ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প নিয়ে কিছু বলছেন না দেখে আমি প্রশান্তদার কাছেই গেলুম । প্রশান্তদা নেব্রাস্কার কোনো নাম না জানা কলেজে পড়ান আর বাংলা কবিতা লেখ…েন। শীতের ছুটিতে এসেছেন, সল্ট লেকে আছেন । আমি ভূমিকা না করেই জিজ্ঞেস করলাম ,” আমেরিকার খবর কি গো?” প্রশান্তদা শান্ত কণ্ঠে বললেন, ” তোদের দেশে মোদির মাথাটা গেছে ।…
Thought for food Improving agricultural productivity is key to our fight against poverty Thought for food Roopen Roy Although it “employs” nearly 58% of the country’s total workforce, agriculture is considered the slow coach of the Indian economy. India ranks second in the world in farm production. It is the largest producer in…
Those who live by the Sword By Roopen Roy The ability to transform and adapt is key to the survival of any living organism. This is equally true of companies and business leaders. When markets and conditions change and evolve, holding on to old strategies that made a company successful in the past is not an…
Think like a disrupter The impact of disruptive innovation Think Like A ‘Disrupter’ Most managers fiercely believe that creating growth through innovation is fundamentally a risky, random endeavor. Indeed, there is a general sense that a fog enshrouds the world of innovation, obscuring high-potential opportunities and making success fleeting. Yet peering through the innovation…
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…
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…
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 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 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…