 South's
Savvy Survivors
Shaken
up by new global competition, the four big groups of South India
Amalgamations, MRF, Murugappa, and TVS are shedding year of conservatism
to turn themselves into a aggressive corporations. The inside story.Corporates
RPG's
Retail Rush
Buoyed by the spectacular success of its retail chains Food World and
Music World, the RPG Group is planning big-budget hypermarkets.
Unable
To Flag Off
Under-sea fibre optic cable service provider, Flag Telecom is sitting on
nine giga-bits of bandwidth, which VSNL won't allow it to sell to private
ISPs.
Moving
Into Top Gear
Once a slow-moving bureaucracy, truck major Ashok Leyland is roaring back
to life under the astute chairmanship of R. Seshasayee.
The
Big B (PL)
In a dog-eat-dog consumer electronics market, the Bangalore-based BPL is
proving a mean match for its transnational competitors.
The
Hottest Cool Thing
Thanks to a long, sultry summer, refrigerator sales are perking up after a
lull. And there's a virtual stampede to cash in on it.
Who'll
Get Licked?
At stake is a growing ice cream market, and the main contenders are HLL's
Kwality-Wall's and GCMMF's Amul.
The
New Marg
With the Dutch owner, VNU, hiking stake in it, ORG-MARG is planning a slew
of new services to boost its fortunes.
Repacked
For Profits
It isn't making money yet, but the Swedish packaging major, Tetra Pak's
Indian subsidiary is steadily expanding its market through innovative
concepts.
Policy Watch
Finding
Its Voice
When the WTO meets in mid-July to review its agreement on agriculture,
India's won't be the weak voice any more.
Features
"VDIS
was a criminal abuse of the system"
The controversial Additional Commissioner of Income-Tax (Delhi), Vishwa
Bandhu Gupta, lambasts the politician-bureaucrat nexus for abusing the
VDIS.
Trying
It On Themselves
Consulting firms are reverting themselves to cope with intense
competition, mature customers, and the new economy.
The
Revival Of Radio
Riding on the back of new private FM station and the Net, radio is on a
rebound. Will advertisers rediscover it too?
Doctor
On-line
It's telemedicine. A bunch of hospitals and diagnostic centres in India
are racing to leverage the power of the Net to extend their reach beyond
the metros to remote towns and villages.
Personal Finance
Trapping
The Old-e Stock
Old-e-companies are planning to re-invent themselves and investors would
do well to look at the stocks of these traditional companies.
The
Other Side Of Credit Cards
How can something made from plastic be good for your
financial health? An anxious father offers his son tips on using and
abusing a credit card intelligently. His parting shot: don't be
trigger-happy.
Case Game
The
Case Of Supply Chain Management
The reduce costs, Total
Industries--BT's fictional firm--must manage its supply-chain efficiently.
What should its roadmap be? IIM-I's N. Agarwal, Tata
Strategic Mgmt Group's V.C. Sinha & Godrej-GE's G. Sunderraman
deliberate. A BT Case Study.
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