BUSINESS TODAY: July 2002 to December 2002
December
22, 2002 India's
Best Banks
India's most authoritative ranking of banks. Business Today and KPMG
presents 21 sub-parameters to decide who is the fairest of them all.
December
8, 2002 Microsoft
Bill Gates is wagering $400 million that India will help Microsoft
take on IBM, Linux, and all other comers in the global battle for software
dominance.
November
24, 2002 Super
Bank: The Sequel
Standard Chartered has emerged India's largest foreign bank after
its merger with Grindlays' Indian operations. Now CEO Jaspal Bindra has
to make it bigger, better, and more profitable.
November
10, 2002 India's
Most Valuable Companies
It's been a tumultuous year on Dalal Street. Tech stocks plunged,
FMCG slipped, and generally investors took a big hit. So, just what did
the roll of dice fetch for India's most valuable companies? Clue: Market
cap suffered, but the usual pecking order didn't.
October
27, 2002 How Fit
Are Our CEOs?
A chief executive need not be a marathon man like Reliance's Ambani,
but it helps. With much riding on corner-room residents, the focus is
on CEO fitness. Can India Inc's leaders pass the test?
October
13, 2002 Quest
For The Magic Pill
From drug cloners to drug creators, the Indian pharma industry is
transforming itself for 2005. There's big money in R&D, but will the industry
actually make the cut? The odds.
September
29, 2002 India's
Hottest Young Executives
They are young—the oldest is 42; they are powerful—some are heading
companies, others on their way there; and they are unique. Meet 25 of
India Inc.'s rising stars.
September
15, 2002 Nestle
Goes Mass Market
Nestle India CEO Carlo Donati is nothing if not price-savvy. And
it's this worldview, combined with his bottomline grip, that has knocked
Nestle off its premium perch in search of volumes in the wilderness of
mass India. The hurdles: distribution and an old mindset.
September
1, 2002 Indecent
Proposal
Corporate India is no longer immune to the ravages of sexual harassment.
Apart from the offence caused to the actual victim, the phenomenon—kept
under the carpet for so long—can harm business in more ways that previously
understood. A reality- check report.
August
18, 2002 Banga's
Billion-Dollar Gamble
For nine straight quarters FMCG behemoth Hindustan Lever Limited
has felt the effects of a sluggish economy. Project millennium, the power
brand strategy, promotions... nothing has changed that. Now CEO M.S. Banga
has embarked on a sure-win strategy: playing outsourcing base to Unilever's
other businesses.
August
4, 2002 The Best
B-Schools In India
Run more like a corporation than a B-school, this year's No.1 school
has set its sights on going global. By another five years, it wants to
be reckoned among the best in Asia-Pacific.
July 21,
2002 No Limp
Biscuit, This
Its fast-growth dairy business has been hived off as a joint venture
with New Zealand-based Fonterra. Now Britannia is focussing on the basics—biscuits
—in an ambitious effort to treble turnover by 2005. The rural market will
hold the key to this. Business Today details CEO Sunil Alagh's plan.
July 7,
2002 Can This
Man Change The Face Of Indian Telecom?
It's got a new Chairman, Prithipal Singh, ambitious plans across
basic and cellular telephony, and a budget of around Rs 14,000 crore this
year. But to become the telecom power it can be, Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL) first has to accept the truth that it is now a corporate.