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