Tuesday, June 30, 2009

MBA JOURNAL ISSUES JUNE-2009

Effective Executive
(June '09)

1. Leadership and Mission in times of crisis: Transcendent Leadership -- Pablo Cardona and Carlos Rey
2. Retrenched Employees: Sources of Inspiration -- Kamal Singh
3. Retrenched Employees: The Role of Family, Extended Family and Friends -- Swapnalekha Basak and Sharon Pande
4. Positioning your company for growth during a "hunker down": The Three Phases -- Dr. Laurence J Stybel
5. Achieving Service Excellence TPough Innovation: At Singapore Airlines -- Loizos Heracleous and Dr. Jochen Wirtz
6. Leaders must serve as apiarists: Surplus value creation and capture during the innovation honeymoon -- Kai-Alexander Schlevogt
7. Managing Downturn: Is Downsizing the Only Answer? -- J Banerjee and Sharon Pande
8. Managing Downturn without Downsizing: US Financial Crisis and Layoffs -- Vara Vasanthi and Mora Sowjanya
Global CEO(June '09)
1. Leading Emergent Innovation-- Gary Oster
2. Innovation: Key to Organizational Survival-- Subhash B and Uma Shyam Raju
3. Whole Foods Market: Creating a Community of Purpose-- Swarup Kumar Dutta
4. Global Economic Crisis: Bane or Boon?-- GRC Nair
5. Is India Going the Subprime Way?: A Lesson to be Learnt -- Subir Sen
6. "Boswell Group offers business leaders a psychological sounding board on their most complex challenges" -- Dr. Kerry J Sulkowicz
7. Tesco's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives -- Muthukumar R
8. Workplace Ethics: Perspectives and Challenges -- Editor: Sumathi Reddy
9. Governing Global Derivatives: Challenges and Risks-- Author: Chiara Oldani Reviewed by Paolo Savona
E-Business (July '09)
1. Paid Search : The Reasons Behind the Growth of Paid Search and what it Can Do for You
2. The Technology-Embedded Marketing -- Karuna K
3. Security Implications of E-Banking In the Indo-Canadian Context -- Dr. Jayant Kumar and Hitesh Bhatia
4. District of Columbia : Harnessing the Power of Information and Communication Technology to Enable Good Governance Debapratim -- Purkayastha and Syeda Maseeha Qume
5. Indian IT Industry and HR Perspectives -- Editor: G P Sudhakar Reviewed by G P Mrudhula
Marketing Masterming(June '09)
1. International Marketing : Features and Facets -- R Harish and Akshita Verma
2. Cost-Effective Marketing Through SMS and Internet -- Mohit A Parekh
3. Factors That Would Facilitate a Continued Retail Boom in India -- Y Ramakrishna
4. Next-Generation Retailing : An Empirical Study Using Factor Analysis -- C V Krishna
5. Organized Retail Business : Opportunity or Threat? -- Cherish Mathew
6. Acquiring Professional Selling Skills : Need of the Hour -- Ashok Kurtkoti, Sandeep Prabhu, Surbhi Jain
7. Leisure Time Spending Pattern in Coimbatore District -- P N Raghunathan
8. Brand Hollywood vs. Brand Bollywood -- Lekha Ravi and Sai Geetha C
9. Online Marketing in the Hospitality Industry -- R Venkatesh
10. Celebrity Branding & Brand Endorsements : An Insight -- Reviewed by Payal Deol Author: Kisholoy Roy
HRM Review(June '09)
1. Dealing with Organizational Uncertainty -- Ritwik Mishra
2. The Phook Theory-- Maj Gen (Retd.) Surjit Singh
3. © 2009 Maj Gen (Retd.) Surjit Singh. All Rights Reserved.
4. The Many Dimensions of HR Metrics : What Gets Measured, Gets Done -- S Murali
5. An Intuitive Approach to Measuring HR -- Vivekanand
6. Managing Anger and the Freedom to Choose Our Responses : The Secretary is the Problem, Not Me! -- Bahaudin G Mujtaba
7. Results-Only Work Environment : A Mirage or a Distant Dream -- C Naga Pavan
8. Corporate Fun Dilutes Work Pressure-- Vissapragada Srinivas
9. Have you Landed in your `Dream Job'?-- Tanushri Banerjee
10. Management of One's `Inner Self' : How Crucial it is for One's Success or Failure? -- BV Ramana
11. Learning Style Preferences for Individuals : Matching Teaching Styles with Learning Styles -- Venkataswamy Pampari
12. Leap Ahead to Bridge the Gap : New-Age Avatars for Productivity -- S Chandrasekar
13. Balancing the See-Saw of Work and Life-- Vikas Shrotriya
14. Video Resumes : The Digitalized Resumes of the Future-- V Rajini
15. Leadership Failure : Lack of Understanding in the Leader-Follower Relationship Results in Labor Disputes, Job Dissatisfaction and Low Productivity -- Jay Dewhurst
MBA Review(June '09)

1. Nusli Wadia: Corporate Warrior -- MP Vishali
2. Accreditation More Than a Branding Tool -- Manishankar Chakraborty
3. Shrink to Grow Strategies in Turbulent Times -- Samta Jain
4. Gold ETFs Glitter All the Way -- Amit Singh Sisodiya
5. Distance Education Its Impact on India -- Manabjyoti Choudhury
6. MBA The Winner's Choice -- Vissapragada Srinivas
7. Economic Turmoil -- Savanam Chandra Sekhar
8. Incivility in the Workplace -- Saswati Nanda and Vivekanand
9. Fear of the Pink Slip Making You Pale? -- Bhawna Bhardwaj
10. Personal and Professional Conflicts -- P Shyamala and Dr. S David Amirtha Rajan
11. Legal Competency Growing Necessity of Managers -- Indranil Banerjee
12. Labor of Love A Catalyst Called Peer Inspiration -- BVS Prasad
13. Global Brain Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World -- Authors: Satish Nambisan and Mohanbir Sawhney
Reviewed by PV Murali Krishna and G Radha Krishna
Case Folio (June '09)
1. Reliance ADAG Forays into Online Retail Business
2. Oticon A/S: Spaghetti Organization and Beyond -- Shinjini Basu and Debapratim Purkayastha
3. Rolls-Royce: A Manufacturer at Your Service -- V Namratha Prasad and S S George
4. The Fall of Bear Stearns -- Harish A and Vivek Gupta
The Analyst (June '09)

1. India's Balance of Payments : Troubled Times- T Jyotsna
2. BRIC Economies : Losing Ground- Arvind Sonmale
3. Browser War : Enter Version 2.0- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Ramana Pemmaraju
4. Tapping the Tide : Future Power?- Y Bala Bharathi and G P Mrudhula
5. Indian MSMEs : Beating Slowdown Blues- Dinesh Rai, IAS
6. Alternative Energy : Betting on Biofuels- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Ramana Pemmaraju
7. Credit Policy 2009-10 : A Watershed- N Kamakodi and S Sundar
8. US Municipal Bonds : Defaulting on Debt- N Janardhan Rao
9. Gilt Funds : Losing Glitter?- Y Bala Bharathi
10. Entry of Foreign Banks : Shelved, For Now- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De
11. Brazilian Banks : Stronger Despite Downturn- N Janardhan Rao
12. GSK-Pfizer Joint Venture : Big Pharma's New Bet- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela
13. Sharp's Global Production Model : Can It Deliver?- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela
14. Global Economy : Green Shoots in Sight- P K Banerjea
15. Tech Mahindra-Satyam Deal : Tough Tasks Ahead- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De
16. US' PPIP : Sure Hit or Damp Squib? - T Jyotsna
17. Investing in Gold : The Midas Touch- R Venkatesan Iyengar
18. Pride and Prejudice : Elegant Symphony- Dr. Nirmala PG
19. LTTE : A Lesson for Leaders- grk
Prabandhan: Indian Journal Of Management May-June 2009
1. Corporate Governance with Conscience - A Gateway For Economic Prosperity- Dr.Kulbhushan Chandel & Dr.Raj Kumar
2. Lessons In Corporate Governance From the Satyam Saga-
3. Strategies of Nirma To Become Goliath
4. Collaborative Innovation: A New Dimension To Innovation
5. Consumer Protection in India (With Special Reference to Andhra Pradesh)
6. Empirical Study on Operational Efficiency in Retail Stores in Chandigarh Tricity
7. Globalization-Challenges Faced By Women Entrepreneurs

Sunday, May 10, 2009

MBA JOURNAL ISSUES FEB 09 - MAY 09

GLOBAL CEO
FEB-2009
• The Right Fit - Wayne Turk
• "Be an industry leader in value creation, servicing packaging needs and creating a greener future." - Bushen L Raina
• IT Services in HR Outsourcing: Issues, Trends and Perspectives - Dr. G C Nag and Anisha Mishra
• Managing Virtual Teams: A New Challenge for Managers - Manishankar Chakraborty
• Ecological Footprint : Time to Reverse Global Trends - Srikanta Kumar Padhi
• Strategic Philanthropy: A Shift in Approach - Sumati Reddy
• Social Enterprise: For Profit, For Cause - S Jaya Krishna and Dr. R Padmaja
• Alcatel-Lucent: Can the New: Leadership Turn it Around?- Doris John and P Florence Nightingale
MARCH-2009
• On the Shoulders of Giants : Lindblom on Decision Making-- Timothy L Wilson
• "We pride ourselves on our ability to collaborate and to bring key partners together - in the government, industry, and academia." - - Stephen Lund
• Strategic is IT Investment in Construction Industry? : A UK Perspective -- Eric Choen Weng LOU
• International Negotiation Strategies -- Sumati Reddy
• Global Meltdown : Looking Beyond the Financial Prism -- Venkata Subramanian
• Recruitment : The Emerging Challenges -- Indranil Banerjee
• Vodafone : Sarin Signing Off in Style -- P S Sarath Chandra
• Global Financial Crisis : Impact and Strategies -- Sumeet Gupta
• The Motorola Split : Heralding a New Approach? -- Doris John and P Florence Nightingale
APRIL-2009
• ESOP : The Best Days Are Gone?-- Diganta Chakrabarti and Srabasti Chatterjee
• "Aricent co-creates the world's most innovative communication products and services."-- Sudip Nandy
• Change Management in a Changing World-- Wayne Turk
• Business Ethics : A New World Order-- Aruna Desai
• Leadership : A Tool for Organizational Effectiveness-- Itishree Mohanty
• Vodafone-Hutch Deal : Opening a Pandora's Box-- S Sarath Chandra
• Era of Corporate Governance : Necessity for Survival-- Challa Madhavi
• Subprime Crisis : Impacts and Implications-- Prof. Pankaj Madhani
• Carbon Credits Bazaar: Opportunities and Challenges for India -- Doris John and Punithavathi Srikant
MAY-2009
• Conflict Management-- Wayne Turk
• Survival Strategies During a Recession-- Jaya Krishna S and Dr. R Padmaja
• Emergence of Conglomerates-- K Suresh
• Subprime Crisis and Ethics-- Prof. PK Banerjea
• "Digicel's goal is to deliver the best coverage, the best customer care and the best value to each and every one of its customers." -- Colm Delves
• Can Yahoo!'s New CEO Reinvigorate the Company? -- Doris John and P Florence Nightingale
• Competing With The Best: Strategic Management of Indian Companies in a Globalizing Arena-- Author: Rajnish Karki Summarized by Dr. B V Cadambi

E-Business

Feb-09

  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective IT Governance

· WiMax: The World is Watching --V Prashant

· Moving Towards Integrated Supply Chain Management --Neha V Nair

· Internet and E-Business: Benefits and Challenges for the Indian Economy --Amol Ranadive

· Malicious Code --Rick Blum

· The Hutchison Essar Acquisition Vodafone's Foray into an Emerging Market --Debapratim Purkayastha and Adapa Srinivasa Rao

· E-Voting: Perspectives and Experiences -- Editors: Jaya Krishna S and Naveen Kumar

March-09

· "Google's rise has been phenomenal." -- Hemant K Bhargava

· Supply Chain Globalization:Global Strategies That Go Beyond the Basics -- Mirko Martich, Sean Monahan, Sumit Chandra

· 3G Technology in India: Big Push for Telecom -- V Prashant

· Worldwide Growth of E-Commerce -- Katherine T Smith

· SOA Governance and CentraSite: Ensuring SOA success with effective, automated control Throughout the lifecycle -- Franco Castaldini

· Blu-Ray and HD-DVD: The End Game -- S S George and Sachin Govind

· Social Networking Trends and Experiences-- Editor: K.Sangeetha Reviewed by T Sreelatha

APRIL-09

· IT Disaster : It's Not a Matter of If - It's a Matter of When -- Gil Brodnitz Gary A Curtis and Robert Emmel

· Prominent Frameworks in Application Managed Services -- Veerendra P Em

· Google : A Decade of Dominance -- Sanjoy De

· Indian Computer Hardware Industry -- T Jyotsna

  • Yahoo! Auctions in Japan-- P Indu and Sachin Govind

· Knowledge Integration : Concepts, Frameworks and Applications Editors: Vishakha Munshi and Ravi Kumar Jain B Reviewed by T Sreelatha

MAY-09

· SEO is the most popular service among our customers." -- Milind Mody

· Simplify or Drown: Fighting the Rising Tide of Telecom Complexity -- Mark Higgins, Vanessa Moore and Soon Ghee Chua

· Building the Business Case for Server Virtualization -- Rob Lawrence

· Moving towards Superior Customer Service Using E-CRM -- Neha Vivek Nair

· Security Risk: Problem Gateway in E-Banking -- Sumeet Gupta

· Apple Inc.'s iPhone: Can iPhone Maintain Its Initial Momentum? -- Debapratim Purkayastha and Hadiya Faheem

· Ethnography and the Internet: An Exploration -- Editors: Mannar Indira Srinivasan and Dr. Rohit Raj Mathur, Reviewed by G P Mrudhula

Marketing Mastermind

FEB-09

· Products May Die; Brands Don't! - - K Jayashri Shetty

· Branding and Its Relevance in Indian Retail Brokerages - - K Venkitesh

· Empowering Retail through RFID Technology - - Bharathi S Gopal

· Creating a Productive Sales Force - - Subhasis Ray

· Reminescences of a Sales Veteran - - Rajan Mani and Mohandas J Menon

· Marketing : Modern Practices - - Kaushik Mukerjee

· Pricing Decisions - - Vikas Shrotriya

· Kerala Tourism : At a Glance! - - Smitha Das

· Apple : The Most Admired Brand - - Florence Nightingale and Doris John

MARCH-09

· Back to the Hoary Past!: Tradition and Culture in Modern Marketing -- Suresh Garimella

· Celebrity Endorsements on Indian Television: An Overview -- Meenal Dhotre and Sarang Bhola

· Product Placement in Films -- R Harish

· Social Media Marketing: A Buzz on the Internet -- Syamala Devi Challa

· Marketing Food Products to Children -- Amitabha Ghose

· Surrogate Advertising in India: A Never Ending Dilemma -- B Balaji Satya Narayanan

· Life Insurance Advertising in India: Recent Trends -- Kisholoy Roy

· Advertisement Strategy of Banks: Need for Radical Change to Restore Customer Confidence -- S N Ghosal

· Communication Sells!: Lessons from Airtel's `Big Idea' -- Bedabal Ray

· Issues and Challenges in Rural Advertising and Promotion in India -- Anuradha

· Big TV's Take-Off on Digital TV's Teaser Ad Is it Ethical? -- Sandhya E and Anu K

· Corporate Branding Perspectives and Experiences -- Consulting Editor: R J Devi , Reviewed by S Murali

APRIL-09

· The `Magic Mirror' in Fashion Retailing : Trial Room of the Future -- Pooja S Kushwaha

· Bollywood Bonanza : The Multiplex Way -- Ashwini Sovani

  • Marketing of Non-Farm Rural Products in India : Problems and Solutions -- Deepak Khullar

· A Journey to the Interiors : Prospects for Rural Retailing in India -- Kaberi Bhattacharyya

· Customizing Distributor Margins : The Concept of Unit Rate -- Makarand Joshi

· Hindustan Unilever's Distribution Network as a Strategic Tool to Counter Competition -- Mohit A Parekh

· Factors Influencing the Performance of Frontline Sales Force -- Siddarth Baliga

· Brand Kingfisher : Creating a Lifestyle Brand -- Lekha Ravi

· The Indian Consumer : One Billion Myths - One Billion Realities-- Author: Alam Srinivas Reviewed by Shailendra Dasari

HRM Review

FEB-09

Career Anchors and Expatriation -- Jean-Luc Cerdin

Changing Careers: As Challenging and Painful as it Can be -- NR Aravamudhan

Golden Handshake: The Need of the Hour -- T Latha Chakravarthi

Hiring the Best Leaders…Even in the Non-profit World? -- Tim H Vanderpyl

Stress at Workplace: A Mounting Concern -- Smitha Das,Ghosh KB

Understanding Diversity in Today's Global Workforce and Strategies to Manage and Measure it -- Saumya Goyal,Amol Gupta

Measuring the ROI of HR Programs -- Dharmesh K Mishra

Evaluating A Training Development Program -- Itishree Mohanty

Emotional Intelligence: Lessons from The Bhagvad Gita -- Samta Jain, Namrata Mehta

Women Workers in the ITES Hub of Bangalore -- K Vidyavathi

MARCH-09

The Changing Trends of HRM: Proceed with Caution -- S Chandrasekar

Resurrection of the Indian Workforce -- Shruti Murthy

Innovative Human Resource Practices: Global Perspective -- Shalika Grace Phillips

Glass Ceiling: The Case of Razia Sultana -- Iti Roychowdhury

Unraveling the`Culture Shock': Challenges in M&As -- Seema S

Exit Interviews: Confessions by the Departing Employees-- Monalisha Bhattacharyya Kaushik

Dealing with Negaholics -- Vikas Shrotriya

The Impact of Equipoise on Corporate Leadership: Management Lessons from the Holy Gita -- M Bashyakar and Mohandas J Menon

KYP: An Important Tool for Organizational Development -- Manishankar Chakraborty

Employee Engagement Towards Retention: Insights from the Real World -- Frank Sunil Justus T and M Ramesh

Cross-Cultural Diversity and the Need for Expatriates Training -- Syeedun Nisa

Presenteeism: A Camouflaged Productivity Hamper -- L Gandhi, R Veena

APRIL-09

HRM @ Work in the Network Economy : An Assessment -- S Murali

Social Networking Sites : Are They an Elixir for all the Recruitment Woes? -- NR Aravamudhan

The People Make the Place : In Good Times and Bad -- Ronald J Burke

Reversing Employee Burnout : Rekindling Passion for Work -- Rashmi Joshi

Time Management for Managers : Focusing on One's Priorities -- Bahaudin G Mujtaba

Emotions with a Mind-- Bharti K Thakar

Qualitative Requirements for Employability-- Col. PSV Ramana

Performance Management for Organizational Success : Super Six Approach -- C Vasudevan

Branding : The HR Way -- Shubha Muralidhar

Employee Retention : A Major Concern to Organizations -- C Janaki

MBA Review

FEB-09

Specialization at B-Schools: A Reality or Another Management Fad? -- Bholanath Dutta

Generation Y: Reality Bites -- V Venkateswara Rao

Indian Job Market: Emerging Trends -- Vikas Shrotriya

Entrepreneurial Creativity and Career -- Vivekanand

Entrepreneurial Education and Learning -- Dr. M Gail Derrick, Dr. James G Coe and Dr. Paul B Carr

Gary Hamel: Most Influential Thinker on Strategy -- N Vijaya Lakshmi

What Makes a Good MBA Candidate? -- Neeta Baporikar

Working for Big Name Companies Promises and Pitfalls -- Bonnie Hagemann

Effectiveness of Placement Training -- Nagaraja K

Thinking Skills -- Sweta Banerjee

Pursuit of Young MBAs -- Vissapragada Srinivas

Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader -- Author: Robert J Thomas, Reviewed by AV Vedpuriswar

MARCH-09

Breaking the Glass Ceiling -- MP Vishali

Managing Slowdown -- Ninu Susan Abraham

Outsourcing Industry : Tough Times Ahead -- V Venkateswara Rao

Managing Faculty Crisis -- Vikas Shrotriya

Winning Job Interviews -- Smitha Das

Exit Interview : A Tool for Genuine Feedback -- D Suryachandrarao

The New Generation MBAs -- Vissapragada Srinivas

Mukund's Career Dilemma -- M Bashyakar, and Mohandas J Menon

Understanding Financial Engineering -- Neeta Baporikar

Multitasking : Key Parameter for Success -- BVS Prasad

The Power of Experiential Learning -- BV Cadambi

Go Kiss the World : Life Lessons for the Young Professional - - Author: Subroto Bagchi Reviewed by Subhasis Ray

APRIL-09

First Ever Indian-American Governor -- MP Vishali, Bobby Jindal

Entrepreneurial Skills : An Indispensable Asset -- Akinchan Buddhodev Sinha

Encouraging Entrepreneurship -- Siddhartha Sankar Dash, Priti Y Sharma and Ankit Desai

Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Bholanath Dutta

Entrepreneurship : Contemporary Issues -- Vikas Shrotriya

Social Entrepreneurship and B-Schools -- Vivekanand

eer Effects and Entrepreneurship -- Manisha Sharma

Women Entrepreneurship -- Neeta Baporikar

Indian Entrepreneurs : Growth and Challenges -- Bani Kochar

Economic Failure and Education -- James G, Coe and M Gail Derrick

Managing Change to Enhance Performance -- P Uma

You Call the Shots : Succeed Your Wayand Live with the Life You Wantwith the 19 Essential Secrets of Entrepreneurship -- Reviewed by Madhuri Keta Author: Cameron Johnson

CASE FOLIO

FEB-09

Future Group and Reliance ADAG Brace for the `Big' Fight

PepsiCo's Deal with the Indian Medical Association

Yahoo! Sells Kelkoo

Trying Times for the Indian IT and BPO Industries

Realities of Emerging Markets : Some Lessons from Unilever's Strategy for Lifebuoy & Sunsilk in India - Debapratim Purkayastha

Digital Rights Management - Sachin Govind, Pummy Chatterjee,Barnali Chakraborty

DHL's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives : The Disaster Management Program - Indu P and Vivek Gupta

MARCH-09

The Marks & Spencer - Reliance Retail Joint Venture

HCL's Acquisition of Axon

From Frivolous to Frugal : Recessionary Trend Forcing Changes in Consumer Behavior?

Blendtec's "Will It Blend?" : A Viral Marketing Campaign

Starbucks : Back to Basics-- Sachin Govind and S S George

Maturing Business Intelligence Provision at Volvo IT -- Stijn Viaene

Nokia's Chinese Operations -- Indu P and Debapratim Purkayastha

APRIL-09

Recruitment and Selection at Menlo Innovations

iRobot's Roomba : Bringing Robots into Homes -- V Namratha Prasad and S S George

Tesco's Experience in the Middle Kingdom-- Indu P and Sachin Govind

Coca-Cola's Water Sustainability Initiatives -- Hadiya Faheem and Debapratim Purkayastha

The Analyst

FEB-09

Emerging Markets : Return of the Bears -- Rakesh Gupta

China's Monetary Policy : Moderately Loose -- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Siba Prasad Pothal

World Trade : In Free Fall -- T Jyotsna

Overseas Acquisitions : A Dying Breed? -- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

Global Mobile Handset Makers : Dial S for Slowdown -- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Ratna V

The Christian Science Monitor : The Web Shift -- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela

Sports Economics : The UK Perspective -- Themis Kokolakakis

Indian Mutual Fund Industry : Facing Tough Times -- AN Sridhar

Russia : Boom to Gloom -- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

Hedge Funds : In Times of Downturn -- Sunil George Kuruvilla

Sports During Great Depression : History Lessons -- Mark Dyreson

Global Recession : All Work and No Sports? -- Simon Chadwick

The Economy of Sports : Are Sports Recession-Proof? -- David Legg

US Financial Tsunami : Hitting Asian Shores -- Y Bala Bharathi and GP Mrudhula

Consolidation : A Prerequisite to Survival -- Manoranjan Sharma

Reva : Powered to Vroom -- R Venkatesan Iyengar

Barack Obama : Journey to `Remake' America -- grk

MAR-09

US Financial Bailouts : Act II -- N Janardhan Rao with inputs from Ch Srinivas

OPEC : Losing Dominance? -- N Janardhan Rao and PS Sarath Chandra

Executive Compensation: Towards Better Transparency -- N Janardhan Rao and PS Sarath Chandra

Indian Retailing : The Private Label Offensive -- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Imrana Moghul

Rate Cuts : More on the Anvil -- T Jyotsna

German Bank Bailout : Running into Trouble? -- N Janardhan Rao and Siba Prasad Pothal

Citigroup : Colossal Financial Collapse -- N Janardhan Rao and V Ratna

Tatas : Facing Tough Times -- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

Nortel's Bankruptcy : Beginning of the End? -- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela

Naked Short Sales : The Naked Truth -- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Imrana Moghul

Indian IPO Market : Living to Fight Another Day -- R Venkatesan Iyengar

China's Trade : Crisis in Surplus -- T Jyotsna

DTH in India : Opportunity Beckons -- Y Bala Bharathi and GP Mrudhula

Power : Light at the End of the Tunnel -- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

Future of Computing : A Walk in the Clouds? -- Y Bala Bharathi and GP Mrudhula

John Updike : Confetti of Words -- GRK Murty

Darwin : Natural Selection of Business Traits - - grk

APRIL-09

Protectionism : Threat to Global Prosperity -- N Janardhan Rao and PS Sarath Chandra

Private Equity : Soured Dream?-- N Janardhan Rao and V Ratna

The Silicon Valley : Sowing the Seeds of Revival-- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

The US Sarbanes Oxley Act : Corporate Governance Lessons for India-- Andrew J Sherman and Kartikeya Tanna

The Euro : Testing Times-- T Jyotsna

US Treasury Bonds : Losing Luster?-- T Jyotsna

US Financial Crisis : Swedish Lessons-- N Janardhan Rao and PS Sarath Chandra

General Elections : Where Are We Heading?—grk

Domestic Airlines : Joy of Flying, No More!-- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela

Retailing : Battling Slowdown-- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela

Pfizer-Wyeth Deal : More Questions than Answers-- N Janardhan Rao and PS Sarath Chandra

Urban Poverty and Corporate Social Responsibility : Of Slumdogs and Millionaires-- R Venkatesan Iyengar

Coca-Cola : Sparkling Show-- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Ramana Pemmaraju

Toyota : The No. 1's Ordeals-- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

UBS : Reputation on the Line-- Y Bala Bharathi and G P Mrudhula

Global Financial Crisis : Passing the Parcel Game-- Sunil Poshakwale

Lessons from a Road Warrior-- Sanjoy De

Walden's Economy-- Dr. Nirmala PG

MAY-09

China's Forex Reserve : Dollar Woes- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Ramana Pemmaraju

Global Economy : In for a Deflationary Shock?- Heiner Flassbeck and Sonia Boffa

Geithner-Summers Plan : Setting a Bad Precedent?- Sunil Puliyakot

Private Equity : Boom Time Ahead?- Bundeep Singh Rangar

Passenger Carmakers : On a Bumpy Ride- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela

Indian Outsourcing Sector : Is the Party Over?- Y Bala Bharathi and G P Mrudhula

Mobile VAS : Content Is King- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Sudesh Gonela

Swiss Banking Secrecy : Beginning of the End?- N Janardhan Rao and PS Sarath Chandra

Great Expectations : A Slice of Life- Nirmala PG

Recession and Trade Protection : Solution Lies Elsewhere- Deepika M G

Indian Economy : Reeling Under the Global Slowdown- N Janardhan Rao

Japan's Trade : Fall from Grace- T Jyotsna

Quantitative Easing : Remedy of Last Resort- T Jyotsna

FCCB Buyback : Advantage India Inc.- T Jyotsna

Free Phone Manager : Will Google's New Bet Pay Off?- Amit Singh Sisodiya and Ramana Pemmaraju

Airtel : Tunes in to Success- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

Life Insurance Industry : Signs of Slowdown- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

New Pension System : Securing Sunset Years- N Janardhan Rao and V Ratna

US IPOs : Dead as a Doornail- Y Bala Bharathi and Sanjoy De

Capitalism Conundrum : The Good, the Bad and the Ugly- R Venkatesan Iyengar



Friday, February 13, 2009

MBA JOURNAL ISSUES: JAN-2009

EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE
VOL.XII , NO.1 JAN-09
THE MAKING OF A CEO
The Successful CEO : Getting to What Really Matters -- Dr. Justin Menkes
THE MAKING OF A CEO
The CEO as the Brand : Grow it to Glow -- Robert M Donnelly
THE MAKING OF A CEO
Mission-driven Leadership : For Your Own Good -- Pablo Cardona and Carlos Rey
THE MAKING OF A CEO
Manager, Leader, Entrepreneur : Three Key Contributions for the CEO
THE MAKING OF A CEO
How to become a new manager : Continuous Improvement -- Guido Stein
THE MAKING OF A CEO
What Effective CEOs Have Yet to Learn : Drucker's Advice -- Dr william M Klepper
INTERVIEW
The key requirement of a CEO is to be to quickly make sense of the competitive environment -- Margarethe F Wiersema, Ph D
INTERVIEW
Leadership is the activity of looking forward, understanding shifts in the environment -- Jay A Conger
INTERVIEW
Many boards pick CEOs who promise to use financial wizardry to boost the bottom line
-- James O'toole
INTERVIEW
EI enables people to use their emotions effectively.
-- Richard Boyatzis
CASE STUDY
Carlos Ghosn : As CEO of Nissan and Renault: Can He Rework the `Nissan Magic'? -- D Gayatri and T Phani Madhav
LEADERSHIP
Srestha : Shakespeare's Characters as Role models for Leaders

GLOBAL CEO

VOL.IX, NO.1 JAN-09

BUSINESS REPORTING

XBRL : Progressive Yet Challenging -- Dhandapani Alagiri and Sushuma G

COVER FEATURE

"Our vision is to be the premier establishment in the Middle East facilitating the acquisition of knowledge and skills." -- Dr. Ma'en Al Qatamin

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Adapting Valuation Approaches for Changing Business Models-- C G Srividya

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Managing Crisis : The Corporate Way -- A V Balakrishna and Jyothi Puvvada

DIVERSITY

Multicultural Organization : A Big Boon for All -- Manishankar Chakraborty

HR As Change Manager-- Indranil Banerjee

ONLINE BRANDS

Building e-Tail Brands-- Subhasis Ray

Mergers and Acquisitions : Mantra of New Markets -- Aruna Desai and C Madhavi

GREEN GROWTH

Environmental Sustainability : CEOs Can Make The Difference -- T Mohanakrishnan

OUTSOURCING

Outsourcing Relationship : A Strategic Approach to Core Competency -- Dr. S Manimaran and Hari Sundar G

CASE STUDY

Carrefour in China: Savoring the Success -- I B Saravanan

BOOK REVIEW

CEO of Me : Creating a Life That Works in the Flexible Job Age-- Authors: Ellen Ernst Kossek and Brenda A Lautsch Reviewed by R Subramanian

E-BUSINESS
VOL.X, NO1 JAN-09
INTERVIEW

"We're pretty unique." - Interview with Anne Barnard

The Coming of 4G : New Path to High Performance in the Emerging Digital Ecosystem - Asheesh Saksena, Miguel Myhrer and Shahid Ahmed

Managing Multiple Outsourcing Relationships : Best Practices for Keeping it Simple - Eric Simonson

E-Banking : Some Economic Implications - Jayant Kumar and Hitesh Bhatia

Security Measures for Advanced IT Networks - Butchi Babu Muvva

Dell Inc. : Moving Beyond Direct Sales Model - Debapratim Purkayastha and Syeda Ikrama

E-Governance Today - Editor : Sadagopan S Reviewed by T Suneetha

MARKETING MASTERMIND

VOL.IX, NO.1 JAN-09

MARKETING ENVIRONMENT

Bottom of the Pyramid : Opportunities for Marketers -- Shailendra Dasari

Sustainable Green Marketing : The New Imperative -- Bholanath Dutta

The Logic of Limited Editions-- Harish B

21st Century Teenagers : How they are Redefining the Marketing Landscape -- NR Aravamudhan

Teen Marketing : Current Scenario, Drawbacks and Concerns -- R Bhavani and V Prakash

National Roads and Motorists' Association : Serving Motorists Since 1920 -- Dhananjay Keskar

Brand London : An FDI Attraction -- Bharathi S Gopal and Kirti Nair

FMCGs : Tapping Rural Markets in India-- Subhash B

Advocacy Advertising : Generating Sales by Promoting an Opinion-- G P Mrudhula

HRM Review

VOL.IX, NO.1 JAN-09

COVER STORY

Post-Separation Process : The Role of HR- S Chandrasekar

WOMEN AT WORKPLACE

The Indian Corporate Women:Advantage India Inc. - Debashree Mukherjee

DELEGATION

The Art of Delegation - Vikas Shrotriya

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Eco-Etiquette - Padmashree Radhaswamy

RECRUITMENT

Recruitment : An Essential HR Activity - DSNV Prasad Rao

SOFT SKILLS

Successful Interviews : An Overview - Teenna Sawhney

COUNSELING

Go Beyond Counseling - Vijendra Kumar SK

DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

Managing Diversity in BPO Industry- Sonali Bhattacharya

OUTSOURCING

HR-BPO: An Introduction - Rina Pandey

OUTSOURCING

KPO : Is India Ready for the Next Revolution? - Suvadip Chakraborty

SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE

Spiritual Intelligence :The Ultimate Intelligence - Deepak Kau

WORKPLACE ISSUES

Be Vigilant and Avoid Frauds - CT George

EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS

Psychology of Emotions - Archana Dixit and Smriti Pathak

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Training and Development : An Essential Review - Manishankar Chakraborty


Hummingbird Suites- Vinod Thimmaya

Barack Obama : First African-American President of USA -- M P Vishali

Employment and Employability-- Bholanath Dutta

Summer Internship Program -- Vissapragada Srinivas

Global Meltdown and its Impact A Perspective -- Vikas Shrotriya

Business Ethics, Bank Failures and Government Bailouts -- K C Sharma

Talent War : Myth or Reality? -- Neeta Baporikar

Talent Management -- V Venkateswara Rao

Attrition -- Indranil Banerjee

Understanding Corporate Culture -- Vivekanand

Michael E Porter : Father of Modern Strategy -- N Vijaya Lakshmi

Business Intelligence -- Jyotiranjan Hota

Service-Learning : Gaining Momentum -- Venugopal Menon

Billions of Entrepreneurs : How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours -- M Hanumantha Rao

CASE FOLIO

VOL.IX, NO.1 JAN-09

BUSINESS UPDATES

Acer's Growth Strategies

Infosys Technologies Ltd.'s `Voice of Youth' Program

Reliance's Exit from Petroleum Retailing

CASE IN FOCUS

Shadow or Not? : A Business Intelligence Tale at KBC Bank-- Stijn Viaene, Steven De Hertogh, and Luc Lutin

MARKETING

Apple Inc.'s iPhone : Can iPhone Maintain Its Initial Momentum? -- Hadiya Faheem and Debapratim Purkayastha

BUSINESS ETHICS

Sustainability Initiatives at ITC Ltd. -- Barnali Chakraborty, Sachin Govind, and S S George

BUSINESS STRATEGY

B&Q's Strategies in China -- Ishani Chakraborty and Vivek Gupta