Category Archives: management

Nano Arrives, Creates Major Milestone

Posted on March 25, 2009 by indra

Images of Nano After the Mamta sabotaged the Nano project in Singur, Tata Motors was under test for its capability to bring in the Nano in a respectable time frame. Nano’s official launch yesterday was a great achievement for Tata … Continue reading →

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Challenges of American Carmakers: Technology vs. Management

Posted on February 6, 2009 by indra

Many a times I wonder why US automakers have failed to maintain the leadership and remain contemporary in technology and management. Why couldn’t GM, Ford, or Chrysler, at least the former two, establish a brand GM Production System or Ford … Continue reading →

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ISB vs. IIMs

Posted on January 29, 2009 by indra

As reported, ‘for the second year in a row, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad has been the only Indian management institute that has made it to the ‘Financial Times Global MBA Ranking’ of the top 100 B-schools across the world’. … Continue reading →

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Will US Automakers Take Obama’s Challenge?

Posted on January 27, 2009 by indra

President Obama will soon get the government directive issued through federal regulators to set strict automobile emission and fuel efficiency standards. The Obama-Biden comprehensive New Energy for America plan on White House website includes a target to put ‘1 million … Continue reading →

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Lead from Front

Posted on December 21, 2008 by indra

Perhaps the biggest change, over the years that I notice is that the executives are too busy with the meetings. Whenever I contact some whom I knew during office hours these days, the normal reply nowadays is ‘Sahab is in … Continue reading →

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Why are Americans so bitter with its auto makers?

Posted on November 26, 2008 by indra

General Motors, once the world’s mightiest industrial enterprise have gone begging the federal government to avoid bankruptcy and its consequences. As it appears, the lawmakers are not convinced about the sincerity of the automaker as well as its capability to … Continue reading →

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US Big Three Bailout and Conditionality

Posted on November 19, 2008 by indra

During last week or so, the media in US is agog with two hot news items- First one relates to the possibility of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the wife of the former president and the rival of Obama in primary … Continue reading →

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Can Indian Cars Enter US Market?

Posted on November 3, 2008 by indra

Fareed Zakaria in an article in Newsweek talked of some bad habits that US has developed over the past few decades, and they must kick those habits. I feel one of those habits is for keep on purchasing many things … Continue reading →

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India’s Most Innovative Companies-2008

Posted on November 1, 2008 by indra

“The Most Innovative Companies don’t do different things, they just do things differently. And that seems to make all the difference.” Innovation is the life-saving drug for any company today. With costs soaring, the market place getting increasingly cluttered, and … Continue reading →

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Workers, Politicians, Management, and Goons

Posted on October 7, 2008 by indra

With the expansion and spontaneity of digital media, the sad news of Lalit Kishore Chaudhry of Greater Noida reached all corner of the globe. It may appear amazing but that’s the change the world has undergone in the Friedman’s famous … Continue reading →

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