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Indian Steel Industry At The Crossroads : A Strategic Perspective, Gautam Sinha, Satyajit Jena Sep 2002

Indian Steel Industry At The Crossroads : A Strategic Perspective, Gautam Sinha, Satyajit Jena

IIMB Management Review

In the post liberalisation era, the Indian steel industry is passing through an intensely turbulent transformation, belying the rosy forecasts of the early 90s. The international recession in steel is expected to persist for at least two more years, along with competition of a high order, posing a serious threat to the Indian steel industry. Gautam Sinha and Satyajit Jena attempt to link the intrinsic and extrinsic forces operating on the Indian steel industry in order to gain a holistic understanding of it. Using performance indices such as Debt-Equity Ratio, Return on Networth, Net Sales/ Total Assets and Net Profit/ …


Why Are Chinese Products Cheaper?, P R Karthik, Muthulingam Suresh Jun 2002

Why Are Chinese Products Cheaper?, P R Karthik, Muthulingam Suresh

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Chinese products of comparable quality, novel conception and low prices have been flooding the Indian market. The differential in price ranges from 20% to as high as 50%. ‘Dumping!’ has been the outcry by our businessmen, nurtured over five decades by the license raj, and many industry circles have been clamouring for protectionism. Conversely, companies are sourcing products for the Indian market from China and some like the Patel Group are proposing to shift their entire operations to China. One of the mainstays of the Chinese strategy of following a mass-production and mass-consumption formula, is to keep the profit margins …


Coping With Liberalisation : The Industry’S Response To New Competition By P S Palande, Response Books, New Delhi, 2000., Pradeep Banerjee Jun 2002

Coping With Liberalisation : The Industry’S Response To New Competition By P S Palande, Response Books, New Delhi, 2000., Pradeep Banerjee

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No abstract provided.


A Fourth Cellular Operator?, B Radhika, B G Shivakumar Mar 2002

A Fourth Cellular Operator?, B Radhika, B G Shivakumar

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The cellular industry in India is expected to mature in a few years. Being a third world market, the penetration levels of cell phones cannot be expected to exceed 10-15%. To achieve this penetration rate, services have to be made affordable to the masses and this can be achieved only through increased competition. As a measure of increasing the competition, the regulatory framework has permitted the entry of four players in a circle. Given that some of the existing players have not yet broken even, the question of the viability of four players comes up.


Competition In Indian Industries : A Strategic Perspectiveedited By N. Ravichandran, New Delhi: Vikas Publications,1999., Smriti Johri, Sanjyot Pethe Jun 2001

Competition In Indian Industries : A Strategic Perspectiveedited By N. Ravichandran, New Delhi: Vikas Publications,1999., Smriti Johri, Sanjyot Pethe

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Industry And Corporate Competitiveness : The Auto Parts Industry In China, Taiwan, South Korea, And India By L. Sridharan, New Delhi: Wheeler Publishing, 1999., L S Murty Jun 2001

Industry And Corporate Competitiveness : The Auto Parts Industry In China, Taiwan, South Korea, And India By L. Sridharan, New Delhi: Wheeler Publishing, 1999., L S Murty

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Indian Manufacturing – Where Are We Heading?, Janat Shah, D Krishna Sundar Jun 2001

Indian Manufacturing – Where Are We Heading?, Janat Shah, D Krishna Sundar

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Emerging Manufacturing Industry : A Financial Perspective, M S Narasimhan, L S Murty Jun 2001

Emerging Manufacturing Industry : A Financial Perspective, M S Narasimhan, L S Murty

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Indian Manufacturing : An Overview, C P Vivek Jun 2001

Indian Manufacturing : An Overview, C P Vivek

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Impact Of Technical Change On Operating Performance: Evidence From Indian Industry, S Chandrashekar Mar 1999

Impact Of Technical Change On Operating Performance: Evidence From Indian Industry, S Chandrashekar

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Child Labour: Is There A Competitive Advantage, Ramón A Ramos Arriagada, Cristina Castillo Gatica Mar 1999

Child Labour: Is There A Competitive Advantage, Ramón A Ramos Arriagada, Cristina Castillo Gatica

IIMB Management Review

The Indian experience with Outbound Programmes has clearly been a mixed one.With the initial euphoria passing over,managements are beginning to wonder if management development is getting to be more and more like branded potato chips - puffed up and pricey but the same old stuff inside. Indeed there is every possibility of the Outbound Programme going the way of all other bandwagons: into the clearance sale shelves of the management supermarket. Padaki and Venkatesh attempt to demystify Outbound Programmes (OP) and provide guidelines to organisations contemplating OP, on how to prepare for a worthwhile OP experience, what to look for …


Redefining The Role Of Public Sector Undertakings: The Case Of Iti, S S Motial Oct 1997

Redefining The Role Of Public Sector Undertakings: The Case Of Iti, S S Motial

IIMB Management Review

In keeping with the economic climate, the Government of India changed its long standing industrial policy in 1991, allowing the private sector into areas earlier reserved for public sector units. Telecom equipment manufacture was also thrown open to the private sector, thus ending the monopoly of the protected ITI, the country's oldest PSU. The company suffered heavy losses and in 1996-97, was declared potentially sick. However, rigorous turn-around strategies brought ITI back on its feet by the end of fiscal 1997. Along with an account of ITI's valiant fight back, a new role for PSUs in the changed environment is …


India’S Software Industry: By Richard Heeks, New Delhi: Sage Publications,1997., V Balakrishnan Oct 1997

India’S Software Industry: By Richard Heeks, New Delhi: Sage Publications,1997., V Balakrishnan

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Corporate Governance In India: Disciplining The Dominant Shareholde, Jayanth Rama Varma Oct 1997

Corporate Governance In India: Disciplining The Dominant Shareholde, Jayanth Rama Varma

IIMB Management Review

Corporate governance problems in India are very different from that of, say, the US or the UK where the issue is essentially that of disciplining the management who have ceased to be effectively accountable to their owners. The problem of the Indian corporate sector is that of disciplining the dominant shareholder and protecting the minority shareholders. The role of two such disciplining forces - the regulator and the capital market has been discussed.


Technological Upgradation Policies Of The Steel Industry And Impact Of The Steel Industry In The Indian Economy, K K Saxena, Binayak Rath Dec 1990

Technological Upgradation Policies Of The Steel Industry And Impact Of The Steel Industry In The Indian Economy, K K Saxena, Binayak Rath

IIMB Management Review

In India, the iron and steel industry in general occupies an important Position among the manufacturing industries. The priorities attached to this sector can be explained from the Second Five Year Plan document which mentioned that the expansion of iron and steel industry has obviously the highest priority than other industries because the tempo of progress of the economy. Hence, Second Plan onwards the industry has made a rapid stride in our economy. A number of Integrated Steel Plants (ISPs) in the public sector have been set up to boost up production. Today these ISPs contribute a significant portion of …


In Search Of Productivity By G. K. Suri & R. C. Mongra, New Delhi: National Productivity Council, 1989., T S Nagabhusana Dec 1990

In Search Of Productivity By G. K. Suri & R. C. Mongra, New Delhi: National Productivity Council, 1989., T S Nagabhusana

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.


Bivoltine Sericulture Programme In Karnataka: A Pilot Study, S Satish Jul 1987

Bivoltine Sericulture Programme In Karnataka: A Pilot Study, S Satish

IIMB Management Review

Karnataka ranks first among the states producing raw sllk in India. Entire silk production in Karnataka is of mulberry silk, a produce of the insect Bombyx mori, accounting for about 83 per cent of the country’s mulberry silk production. Sericulture is practised in about 12,300 villages spread over 14 districts. The cocoon rearing was earlier confined to the districts of Mysore, Mandya, Bangalore, Kolar and Tumkur - referred to as old areas. Now it has spread to other districts providing sustenance to about 5.31 lakh families’.


Management Of Personnel In Small Business, B R Patil Jul 1986

Management Of Personnel In Small Business, B R Patil

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.