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	India's Best Managed Company It is Infosys Technologies and there are several reasons, including a best-in-class planning process and a unique online how-to-work resource, why it should be be #1. Building L&T Brick By Brick L&T is tweaking its products and services portfolio to improve focus and margins. It is also aggressively expanding abroad. The goal: become an Indian MNC. Read More Get, Set, Grow Wipro's revenues have surged past a billion dollars and it is now India's largest private employer. Azim Premji is now preparing his company for the next phase of growth. Read More

Schumi In A Suit

K.V. Kamath, a Formula One fan, runs ICICI Bank just like his favourite sport: hands on the wheel and pedal to the floor.
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Lighting It Up
Tata Power learns new tricks as it transforms itself into a more consumer-friendly place, becomes a more efficient producer, and aims to double generation capacity in the next five years. Read More

Best Practices Scorecard
The Business Today-A.T. Kearney survey of India's top 50 companies throws up some surprising findings. Read More





	The Alchemist Who Saw Tomorrow Late Parvinder Singh gave Ranbaxy its R&D-driven global vision, and a management that executed on it almost flawlessly. more...		India's Best Managed Companies... …and the Best Managed one are organisations that, to paraphrase Drucker, get ordinary people to do extraordinary things. more...



	The Finalists Snapshots of the 13 companies that made it to the last stage of the Business Today- A.T. Kearney Best Managed Company study. more...		How We Identified India's Best Managed Company The methodology behind the Business Today-A.T. Kearney study. more...


	Our Panel Sound bytes from the panel of four judges for the survey, and the scoring pattern. more...		The Heart Of The Perpetual Motion Machine Infosys has built an engine that can deliver everything from consulting to contact centre services, and in scale. Yet, its competitive advantage comes from an unlikely source: its soul. more...










Budget ../2005 Online Special A special Ernst & Young report on the scenario in several sectors pre-Budget, and what they look like post-Budget ../2005. More Web Exclusives More Net Specials

From Start To Finnish Finland, like India, has 0.7 per cent of world trade. It leads in communications technologies, from paper to phone handsets, and nearly owns the entire market for such niche products as ice-breakers. It has the hardware competence. India, the software. It is inviting Indian firms to joint hands to map the entire technology value chain—from start to finish.

F&B Mythbusting Just what is happening in India's booming food and beverages (F&B) business space? One helluva lot, according to Sujit Das Munshi, ED, ACNielsen South Asia. Log on for an exclusive column by him that doesn't just look at 'share-of-appetite' trends that F&B professionals cannot afford to miss, but also junks some preconceptions of the Indian palate.

McSwoop McDonald's, with a new CEO back at heaquarters, is lowering a price bait to lure the budget-conscious Indian on-the-move bite-grabber. This fits into a broader strategy of multiplying customers that includes reaching out to McSceptics.







	The Open Offer Dilemma Your strategy for open offers should be based on a methodical assessment of the post-takeover scenario. more...		60 Minutes Keith Reinhard, Chairman of DDB Worldwide, speaks to BT on a wide range of issues, from DDB's plans for India to how American businesses can help America fight Bin Laden. more...



	Flipping Forth Gymnastics for the mind, derisking for the strategy and proposals for the US. more...		The In-clay-dibles The advertising world has thrown up a new superstar, Chintamani. BT goes to meet him, and the man behind him. more...




	People Starring Fujio Cho of Toyota Motor, Farooq Kathwari of Ethan Allen, Tariq Ansari of Mid-Day Multimedia, born-again entrepreneur Alok Vajpeyi and NHPC's Yogendra Prasad. more...		Leadership Secrets by Aditya Sapru





	Pssst! The D Word's There... Somewhere He faithfully kept it away from the Budget. Can the Finance Minister now keep the Left away from disinvestments? more... Hi-Fi Foray The Boston-based big kahuna of mutual funds, Fidelity, is now in India. more... Policy Watch: If Oil Prices Hit $80... ...You'd be paying much more for pretty much everything you buy. more... Indian Idiots? Television channels have hit upon the risk-free and lucrative strategy of latching on to successful foreign formats. more...		Which Sector Should Freshers Join? New job seekers must figure out which sector to join. Here's a 'consideration set' of six sectors. Help, Tarun! more... EVENT Talking Real India 'India Tomorrow: Perception Versus Reality' was the Conclave's theme. The winner? more...


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