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AUGUST 17, 2003

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	City In Sync Politicians, bureaucrats, companies, professionals, and citizens have come together to make Bangalore India's city of the future. Now, Mumbai wants to follow suit. The renaissance of Indian cities begins here.

MARUTI
Ace Driving

How Maruti Udyog's Jagdish Khattar steered his company through an IPO that even
Suzuki thought had no
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	Profits 'R' Us Growth spurt corporate India witnessed in '02-03 is not showing signs of losing steam. Sectors across Indian industry are in growth mode. It had better last. more...		Ambit: Dealmaker Till recently just another player in the Indian arena of mergers and acquisitions, Ambit and its boss Ashok Wadhwa are suddenly scorching the corporate map with their deal making. more...




	Board Of India Today Economists 'Is this the best Indian economy in decades?' That's what the Board of India Today Economists had to answer. And doing so were Indira Rajaraman, Siddhartha Roy, Kirit Parikh, Subir Gokarn, Suresh Tendulkar, Bibek Debroy. more...		Services Now that everybody who reads anything has read more than a lifetime's worth on India's BPO boom, it's time to look at the ripple effect it has had. We look at the ancillary services that have sprung up around BPO centres. more...




	Infosys Inc. Now, why would Infosys want to widen the slice of US-owned stock in its equity pie? That, in effect, is what its latest ADR issue does. And we delve right into the company's inner motivations to understand the move. more...		60 Minutes ''Customers want solutions, not software.'' So says Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP. In an exclusive interview with BT, he speaks of the state of the enterprise software market, the new merger wave and his India strategy. more...




	BT-Gartner Roundtable Just where is the Indian IT and BPO industries headed? To answer the question, BT conducted a round table discussion with Gartner, featuring some of the business' top opinion-makers from India and around the world. more...		Time To Reboot What's happening at Polaris? The stock has halved over the past year, its merger with OrbiTech is still wobbly and the BPO venture is still to make a go of itself. Does Arun Jain have what it takes to rescue the company? more...




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Q&A: Jagdish Sheth Given the quickening 'half-life' of knowledge, is Jagdish Sheth's 'Rule Of Three' still as relevant today as it was when he first enunciated it? Have it straight from the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University, USA. Plus, his views on competition, and lots more. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials


Q&A: Arun K. Maheshwari Arun Maheshwari, Managing Director and CEO of CSC India, the domestic subsidiary of the $11.3-billion Computer Sciences Corporation, wonders if India can ever become a software product powerhouse, given its lack of specific domain knowledge. The way out? Acquire foreign companies that do have it.







	Steel Stocks The once-ignored Indian steel sector is back on the investment radar, and for good reason too. Here's a close look. more...		Compulsive Job Hoppers Why is it that some managers seem to have an almost primal urge to keep hopping jobs? Restlessness? Or is it something else?. more...




	The Case Of Reviving Tea What strategy could help Longenuff revive sales of its tea brands? Ajay Jain of Goodricke Group, Sushant Dash of Tata Tea and Anil Mukherjee of George Williamson discuss. more...		India's Oxford Welcome to the Pai-created educational habitat that is Manipal—not quite Oxfordian in academic reputation, but a dedicated township that generates quite some money. more...




	People Anil Nanda's new start; Victor Menezes' lost chance; Ravi S. Deol's synthetic story; David Davidar's maple move; Vijay Mallya's renewed faith; and Rajat Gupta's professorial stint. more...		Left Angle by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta By Invitation by Salil Parekh Leadership Secrets by Anil K. Khandelwal





	A Season Of Bailouts With general elections round the corner, ailing projects of India Inc.'s beleaguered promoters are getting a fresh lease of life. more... Dabba Trading 101 Kerb deals are rechristened Dabba trading on Dalal Street. more... Go Green, Get Paid Trading carbon credits inspires a new fund—India Renewable Energy Enterprise Development Fund. more... No Copyrights Please, We're Indian The Calcutta HC says Sahara's Karishma violates no copyrights; now, it's up to the SC. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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