APRIL 13, 2003
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MVA 500
Wealth Creators

The fourth BT-Stern Stewart survey
of India's biggest wealth creators
has a clear message: the focus is
back on fundamentals. As investors
will tell you, actual performance
counts for most.

HLL: Still No.1
For all its well-documented troubles on the growth
front, Hindustan Lever remains the country's top wealth
creator. A hardnosed look at its inner strengths and weaknesses.
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Gushing Over
ONGC is India's best performing PSU, and that too,
one that's positive on both EVA and MVA.
A story of quiet determination and operational
efficiency.
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Banks Table

A ranking of the wealth
created and destroyed
by banks in India.

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Methodology
For all those with an eye
for detail, or some grouse
or the other, the explanatory
notes on exactly how the
terms have been defined
and the ranking done.

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Banking & Financial Services
If stockmarkets are sounding bullish on the
banks and financial services (BFS) sector,
there's a reason for it. Consider HDFC's fine showing, for example.
more...
The Bellwether
Infosys is the only firm amongst India's
IT elite to have enhanced its MVA since
the last survey. Wonder how it did that?
Turn to page 68. more...

Great Expectations
Ranbaxy, the leader of the Approved New
Drug Applications charge in the American
generics market, has a negative
Economic Value Added— but still ranks
No 6. Now, why should that be?
Read on.
more...

MVA Tables
The table featuring the complete ranking of
500 companies by Market Value Added (MVA). Plus, comparative data on the Economic
Value Added (EVA), Return on Capital
Employed (ROCE) and other relevant
indicators. A ready reckoner.
more...

 
 
Telecom Brand Games
Been watching the CDMA-versus-GSM battle from the edge of your seat, have you? Good, battles for the technology standard are always exciting. But what about the brand battle? Is the market really as commoditised as it appears? Here's a brand-versus-brand look at the business.

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Cup Of Whoahs
So, now that we've reached the grand finale of the great game to glue eyeballs, and Sachin Tendulkar is crowned the Big Winner, let's take a good hard-nosed business look at the real winners. A good hard look, that is, at what the Cup's biggest stakeholders—the advertisers—achieved over the season.
 
Backlash
The Indian IT industry is facing the heat, whether it's police harassment in Malaysia or the looming threat of an ITES-protectionist US. Is this an inevitable backlash to the emergence of India as an e-power? more...
Placements 2003
Placements Season 2003 on India's B-school campuses seemed like just another season,
with all the drama of a jobfest involving
India's most sought-after. But look closer-for
real trends. more...
   

60 Minutes: Scott McNealy
Scott G. McNealy, maverick, hockey player,
chief of Sun Microsystems and Microsoft-basher par excellence, spoke exclusively to BT in
spirited defence of everything he stands for. Particularly Sun's future in the ever-expanding technology universe, and his company's role in reshaping the way we work with our magnificent machines. more...

BT Event
Here's the low-down on the latest round in
BT's Managing Tomorrow series of high-level pow-wows. The topic this time? Managing
in the Real Time economy. Fancy being
in livewire touch with every sphere of
business? The speakers, representing
a diverse set of businesses, evidently
were. more...

Full Traction
E. Sreedharan, the metro man; V. Kurien, co-op diehard; Ajay Kapila, job hopper; Graham Burke, departee; G.N. Bajpai, watchdog; Asha Bhosle, liquidator; and B. Ramalinga Raju,
samaritan.
more...

Kiran's Korner by Kiran Karnik
Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy
Leadership Secrets by Ravi Sharma

The Invisible Hand
Technology, competition, and rational tariffs combine to bring down the consumer durables price line.
more...

Speed-Breaker
Rising costs nix the effects of FM's excise duty rollback on cars.
more...

Brewing Trouble
An EU notification on Indian tea has planters at home worried.
more...

Faking The Dragon
There's little Chinese about the China
Bazaars.
more...

Help, Tarun!!!
Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...

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