 Patent--Or Perish!
Protect your intellectual property--or die. Respect
others'--or retire. Invest in knowledge--or fail. Since the New Patents Regime may be only
15 months away in India, unless you deploy your patent-management strategies today, you
may not be in business tomorrow. Everything you always wanted to know about patents, but
were afraid to ask. A CEO's Guide.
CORPORATE FRONT
Can India Cements Take Sri Vishnu
Too?
Even if B V Raju returns the equity stake Raasi Cements sold off, he will control Sri
Vishnu Cement.
Must Centurion Bank on TCFC?
No, despite Chairman Dev Ahuja's desire, if the
finance company will prove only to be a liability.
Will ABB Restructure its Way to
Success?
By the time the recovery begins, CEO K K Kaura
is counting on leading a leaner and meaner organisation.
Has JBB Scotched Radico Khaitan?
It has walked out of Whyte & Mackay India,
but CEO Lalit Khaitan's spirits are still running high.
Can Electrolux be the Coolest
One Again?
Even CEO Ram S Ramasundar's four-unit,
capacity-led, two-brand strategy will take years to show results.
Are DCM Shriram's Profits Sweet
Nothings?
CEO Bansi Dhar's claims of a turnaround
last year are based on non-recurring incomes that are notional.
Should Subhiksha's Retail
Strategy be Discounted?
Perhaps not, since the discount-store chain has
earned a profit for itself in its very first year.
OTHER STORIES
Interview: Stig Arne Mattsson,
CEO, Intentia International
"Agility is a key competitive strategy".
Case Study
Banking on Core Competencies.
Political Economy: The Reforms
Recovery
Failing to derive any gains from its Swadeshi ideology,
which it has pursued ever since it came to power, the A B Vajpayee Administration is now
banking on reforms to spark off an economic revival. And secure its future. Will it?
Infotech: India Inc.'s Real
Y2K Problem
This is the bug that accounts for 38 per cent of
India's software exports. But, on January 1, 2000, when work on all Y2K projects must end,
many software companies will find that much of their business--and profits--have
vaporised. Survival, for India's software czars, could become scary.
Personal Management: CEO
Exemplar!
Face it. Do you really want to be a CEO? After al,
nothing could be tougher in the New Economy. BT presents the guide to fame for the
not-so-fainthearted CEO of You Inc.. |
