 The Lure Of Leisure
With an entire new
generation of customers deciding that it's alright to pay for fun,
entrepreneurs are realising that there's big money-Rs 5,000 crore by 2003,
if it's specifics that interest you-to be made in amusement parks, theme
restaurants, up-scale shopping malls, golf clubs, go-karting rinks,
bowling arcades, and multiplexes.Corporates
Citi
Goes To Town
That should read not town,
but two more cities, as Citibank takes Suvidha, the mass-banking
experiment that succeeded in Bangalore, national. But competition from the
likes of ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank won't make it easy.
Lohia's
Still Got The Fire
Funds, though, may be a
problem for Indo Rama as it decides to cater to growing demand by building
a greenfield polyester capacity.
McKinsey
Kick-Starts Its Accelerator
The Firm leverages its
consulting expertise to create an entity that'll help businesses wire up
quick.
Lucent's
Secret
Just what helps the
company's telephony switches out-compete the competition every time?
Thapar
Chooses Paper
It even rhymes. But there
are sound reasons for BILT to divest some of its businesses, restructure
some others, and reinforce its emphasis on paper.
JCT's
Long Goodbye
At last, the company
manages to find a buyer for its polyester division: Reliance. A dekko at a
deal in the making.
What's
Oracle Up To In India?
How India fits into
Oracle's global gameplan toleverage the net and grow (and grow).
Interview
"We
want to remain first in India"
Benetton founder Luciano B
tells BT about how things have changed in India since his last visit a
decade ago.
Policy Watch
Ringing
In Competition
Why the industry believes
the competition policy isn't fair.
Features
Bull
On The Prowl
Industrial growth has
slowed, software stocks appear overheated, and old economy stocks have
been hammered down to abysmal levels. Then why does a section of foreign
institutional investors expect a no-holds-barred bull run from January,
2001, and the Sensex to shatter the 8,000 mark by April?
Location-Based
Services Are Here
...there and everywhere.
And here's how they are morphing geographical intelligence with
technologies that help reach customers on the move to provide info on the
fly.
The
BT-IMC Quality Survey
BT's cross-country survey
maps the perception of quality among consumers and CEOs. The findings:
Indian quality is far from world-class, but with some effort it will get
there.
From
Junglee To Yogi
Rakesh Mathur has come a
long way from a man of the jungle to an enlightened seer (who's strangely
purple). BT discusses the serial nature of his entrepreneurship with the
man.
Personal Finance
Surfing
The Software Minefield
How separating the wheat
from the chaff in mid-cap software stocks could be a profitable
proposition.
How
To Have Your Pig(gy Bank) And Eat It Too
The Public Provident Fund
scheme isn't just a great tax-saver. And it's liquid.
Case Game
The
Case For Managing The VFM Proposition
How can Total leverage its VFM
platform to reach its target markets? N. Gupta of
Raymond, R. Jain of UB Group, and B.M. Ghodeswar of NITIE suggest
various ways of doing so. Send us your solution which scrutinises the problems in companies like yours. We'll
showcase the best solutions on-line.
Readings List
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BT
dot.com
Cover Story
Fine, e-mail is the net's killer
app #1, but how could you possibly make money from this ubiquitous
utility?
The
Year That Was
BT dot.com turns one with this
issue. A review of the year that was in terms of access, commerce,
entertainment, and everything else on the net.
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