IIPM-INDIA: October 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008

rollins’ stones irk the boss!

Falling market share pushed Michael

to come back in 2007 to regain the reins and push aside Kevin Rollins, who he had named his successor in 2004. Rollins had worked at Dell for over a decade, handling varied positions like Senior VP, Corporate Strategy (1996); President, Dell Americas (1996-2001); President (2001-2007) and CEO during 2004-2007. It was Rollins who commenced a campaign in 1997 called “The Soul of Dell”, which paid off highly in altering the company’s culture. And also the man behind the push for a $60 billion annual sales target. Rollins had engineered the alliance between Dell and EMC, which results in $100 million sales per quarter, as per industry sources.....Continue

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Under attack!

Ranbaxy won’t be affected much

Daiichi’s acquisition of the Indian Pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has stirred the hornet’s nest in the pharma industry.

And the talks about the deal haven’t even died down when Ranbaxy has to face yet another glitch in the form of adulteration charges in its drugs from the US authorities: the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Justice. Ranbaxy’s stock faced a severe knocking since, falling by 18% to Rs.437 as on July 18, compared to Rs.538 on July 10, when the controversy broke.

It was a foregone conclusion that Big Pharma would not be happy with the deal, which merges a generic giant with an R&D major. But the matter became more complicated due to the statement made by Malvinder Singh, Chairman & CEO, Ranbaxy, to the press on July 18, when he said, “All these issues have emerged after the deal with Daiichi Sankyo... an MNC is trying to derail Ranbaxy’s deal with Daiichi Sankyo.”...Continue

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Mom, can I have a ministry too?

Is portfolio shuffling a born trait or can it be learnt? B&E’s deep review

A few months ago, a research done by the most prestigious Yale University revealed that Indian politicians are extraordinarily intelligent. Well, we should mention they prove to be equally intelligent as ‘fund’

(or should we say, ‘post’) managers to have learnt how to arrange ministerial portfolios to minimise political risk.

Some months ago, when UPA coalition partner, DMK leader Karunanidhi, called back Minister of Communications and IT, Dayanidhi Maran, who was replaced by another party loyalist and Environment Minister A. Raja without any stated specific reasons, even the Prime Minister had no say on it. And Minister of State for Home, S.Rogupathy, another loyal DMK leader, was brought to the Environment Ministry. Similarly, in the era of the NDA government, Suresh Prabhu, who was the then Power Minister, was also forced to leave the Ministry and was replaced by another party leader Anant Geete, a protege of Shiv Sena Chief Raj Thakeray.....Continue

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Surge, then upsurge

Iraq will not heal till the last of the US occupiers remains on its soil
As was all along suspected, the US military "Surge" i

n Iraq invited an Upsurge: this one involving rival Shia clans. For the first time the dissonance between US strategic thinking and the ground situation in Iraq is as clear as the ultimate outcome is clouded, considering nobody in Washington is really sure about how many soldiers should stay around and for how long. (Quitting for good being out of question because that would look too much like defeat to allow for dressing up as victory – cowboy style. Also, what about the oil and the reconstruction booty, buddy? ) The much publicised surge did bring down violence – but expectedly the good news lasted only for a while. For hardly had the fruits of the good David Petraeus' work begun to register than the Bushies decided the time was ripe to wipe out the formidable Mehdi militia.

Actually, as the widening crisis shows, the time was anything but ripe. And with the Americans disregarding Sadr's repeated desperate calls for a ceasefire, it is clear to all that they will stop at nothing till the oil has been fully and permanently tapped, in keeping with Uncle Sam's scheme of things. Basra in southern Iraq, the stronghold of Sadr, is an oil-rich region – and what was the illegal war waged for if not for the oil?....Continue

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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