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Attention
Span
Telecom, civil aviation and insurance share this in common: they are
all markets that have government-imposed entry barriers for varied
reasons. This alters the dynamics of competition in these markets,
and in different ways. But still, they must all hope for a customer
with a long attention span.
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Q&A: Jim
Spohrer
One-time venture capital man and currently Director, Services Research,
IBM Almaden Research Lab, Jim Spohrer is betting big on the future
of 'services sciences'. And while at it, he's also busy working
with anthropologists and other social scientists who look quite
out of place in a company of geeks. So what exactly is the man—and
IBM's lab—up to?
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NBIC Ambitions
NBIC? Well, Nanotech, Biotech, Infotech and Cognitive Sciences. They
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Market
Research Jitters
The big market research (MR) problem: people, when asked, often tell
you what they think you want to hear rather than what they really
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Farms
In Focus
Agriculture is back in investment
focus. Presenting a set of agri-
sensitive stocks that could help
green up your portfolio.
more...
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Remaking
A Township
For almost a hundred years, Tata Steel ran
its township in Jamshedpur. Now, though, the steel major has embarked
on a plan to turn its town services into a self-sustaining, even profitable,
business. more...
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Beyond
Hagiography
A no-holds-barred account of four
celebrity CEOs, an essay on the
''primal urge'' for growth, and one
on law in the cyber age.
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Everyman's
Guide To The Veshti
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram wears one;
so, on occasions, do First Citizen Abdul Kalam, Mphasis CEO and
Nasscom Chairman
Jerry Rao, and a clutch of southern Indian executives. Here's what
you need to know about the common veshti.
more...
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People
Starring Ranbaxy's outgoing CEO D.S. Brar, consultant
Narayan Seshadri, Anil Agarwal of Sterlite, E. Neville Isdell of
Coca-Cola, Montek Singh Ahluwalia of the Planning Commission and
Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways.
more...
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Global
Ideas
Leadership Secrets by Ravi Bhatia |
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Waiting
For July 8...
A week from now, FM
P. Chidambaram will present his third Budget and the United Progressive
Alliance's first. Here's what we can expect. more...
Funding
the Fisc...
...or balancing the
prime economic equation. more...
MotoAdvantage
Things are beginning
to look up at Motorola
India, thanks to revamped marketing
strategies. more...
An
Earful Of Blue
Impulsesoft provides
Bluetooth technology for the upcoming version of Apple's iPod.
more...
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The Mentorship Maze
Managing your own
career is hard enough. Can you play mentor too?
Help, Tarun!
Multidisciplinary Edge
What They Know more... |
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Small
Hans
Straberg, the CEO of the world's biggest consumer appliances company,
AB Electrolux, speaks to Business Today about his global strategy,
plans to bail out the ailing Indian subsidiary, and 
