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Business Portfolio Tracker Business Headlines Specials Columns Guest Columnist Interviews Tutorials Message Board Stock Talk			Home > News > Columns > Guest Columnist Guest Columnists November 29, 2005 Tips on climbing the corporate ladder For employees and employers, from a Fortune 500 company chief. You a leader? Tough calls a must What an MBA does not teach you, however, is that, as a leader, tough calls and hard choices are necessary. With participative leadership, people are more committed to actions because they have participated in the decision-making process. Performance is the key mission The primary responsibilities of a company board must be strategy and performance monitoring. 5 lessons for IT pros from Team India Our community of young IT engineers could learn a few lessons from the new Team India. November 28, 2005 Manjunathan's murder: body blow to India The IIM alumnus was a soldier -- for conscience, for India. Shareholding in financial institutions RBI diktat on shareholding pattern of financial institutions. Why current account deficit is good for India The rising current account deficit is telling us that the economy is bang in the middle of an investment recovery. Indian tool industry gasping for oxygen The Indian machine tool industry needs a major revamp to stay alive. Aviation: A goldmine of opportunities With the opening up of the Indian aviation sector, there are opportunities for the taking. The changing face of scribes' meet Today, the most aggressive papers post hardnosed reporters to get a sentence or two out of ministers on the controversy of the day. Indian B-schools' biggest drawback Most MBA courses are too broadbased to effectively prepare their students for intense competition. November 26, 2005 Does economic performance matter in India? In western democracies, it is likely that economic performance matters a lot. Money, marriage and manager More and more women are earning higher disposable incomes and many of them are extremely financially sophisticated November 25, 2005 Rural India's lessons in micro finance Private sector players in the insurance sector are actively participating in bringing risk management tools to the poor Using law to neutralise nutty behaviour If human beings act rationally, as economics says, why do they learn economics then An appraisal of reforms in India Reforms have been very effective, and they deserve acknowledgement and support, especially from intellectuals November 24, 2005 Singapore takes a gamble The city-state's opening its shores to casino gambling to attract tourists, but can it match Macau and Hong Kong? Indian banks are really not that big The biggest Indian banks are no match to the world's or even China's top banks in terms of assets and capital base. They must consolidate to catch up with global competition November 23, 2005 6 steps to great success How to drive performance transformation. Railways shone while Lalu was away Lalu Prasad's agenda as the railway minister will be full. He will also have time to focus on the railways. But that, ironically, may not augur too well for the Indian Railways. Did you say agriculture isn't hot? Agriculture may turn out to be the most underappreciated driver of India's structural growth acceleration over the coming decade. November 22, 2005 A Swiss skunk Today the Swiss are probably the most famous for a formula they proposed during the Tokyo Round (1973-79), but now vehemently oppose, especially any possibility of it being extended to agriculture. Revive industrial employment or repent If we are serious about encouraging the rapid growth of good, non-agricultural jobs, then we have to reform our hugely dysfunctional labour laws, says Shankar Archarya. November 21, 2005 The virtue of VAT VAT is potentially the solution to the economy's inability to significantly increase its tax-GDP ratio Indian MNCs and the skewed tax policies Our tax policies encourage our own wannabe-MNCs to park their money overseas and make investments from there. China is a more willing learner While taking over foreign firms, the Chinese are willing to admit they lack international experience November 19, 2005 Where filing wrong information is no crime Sebi has misinterpreted its powers to rule that it cannot penalise a person for filing false information Where filing wrong information is no crime SEBI had to let the people go unpunished on the grounds that it had no power to take any penal consequences for filing false information. Housing boom: All's not bright By mid 2006, banks and housing finance institutions could actually be high-risk investments. November 18, 2005 2 ways to reduce your knowledge gap November 17, 2005 Re-engineering the 'dying city' It's amazing that Calcutta Port is reinventing Calcutta city without anyone really knowing or caring The Left's phoney wars Instead of stalking the call centres, even a small start in an Okhla would mark a giant step for labour rights. He coined the term 'knowledge worker' Peter Drucker, who died last week, invented the term more than 35 years ago. ELSS tax benefits: Only partial relief By offering this benefit to only investments in existing and new close-ended ELSS, the CBDT has done great harm to both investors and floaters of open-ended schemes in particular, and the equity market in general. Why RTI Act is an irritant for banks The RTI Act will make the playing field more unlevel for PSU banks. November 16, 2005 Infy's advice for a better Bangalore It is for the government to formulate a people-friendly policy and work it honestly The Net needs better governance The Internet is not broken but its governance requires preventive maintenance. The race for oil has just begun Losing out to a Chinese state-owned oil company in the Kazakh deal is not an unmitigated disaster for India. November 15, 2005 RTI Act: A goldmine for babus The Right to Information Act is a big opportunity for governments at the Centre and in the states to appoint their senior bureaucrats as information commissioners. Why you can't fathom your cellphone bill TRAI currently does not enforce this basic regulation on cellular operators to ensure all the post-paid consumers receive IBS by default as part of any plan chosen. China: Currency and the economy The case for revaluation is overstated since the Chinese undervaluation is less to blame for the US deficit as compared to the low level of domestic savings in the US November 14, 2005 Lamy can persuade obdurate France He is French and knows precisely how subsidy cuts might play out in France When will the rupee stop falling? A largish drop in foreign inflows could push interest rates above the economy's comfort zone. November 12, 2005 Tamil Nadu: Best place to do business The latest Economic Freedom indices of states show sharp ups and downs, and no evidence of convergence. US doubletalk on free trade What the West practises in these and other areas is neither free nor fair trade. Ending the banking subsidy The RBI is at last talking of ending the subsidy raj that benefits public sector banks and hurts crores of customers November 10, 2005 Why China, India differ on reforms agenda When the Chinese government can do it, what's holding back the Leftists in West Bengal? November 09, 2005 World Bank & its inept policies Maybe the bank should become a debating society. That would be less wasteful: of their ideas and our time. November 08, 2005 Why is the economy doing so well? Despite the politics, we are still getting some big things right WTO: How vital is India's stake? India's external trade stands to gain more from achieving domestic economic reform Telecom's Rs 10,000 cr problem According to the telecom regulator, Trai, the total levies paid by the sector this year will be around Rs 18,000 crore November 07, 2005 India's economic growth may falter After three successive years of good growth, the next year will be disappointing, but by no means tragic November 05, 2005 Political parties & India's skewed taxation system We have differential treatment of taxpayers, on the one hand, and the impossibility of effective and impartial inquiry, on the other. Is bribery a regressive tax? No, because it is mostly the rich who pay, under duress as well as voluntarily November 04, 2005 India's rising employee cost Party time for employees, but India Inc is worried November 03, 2005 Dispute resolution & India's body politic A well-designed facilitation system could be organised that plays to a burgeoning IT nation Will the Fed switch to inflation targeting? If Bernanke resorts to inflation targeting policies he might actually end up aggravating the mess that the American economy is in. November 02, 2005 Is India ready to face this challenge? The financial fundamentals have changed, and if the interest rate story is not to change in tandem, there will have to be some deft footwo November 01, 2005 Saturation threat in mobile services The mobile subscriber base will reach saturation at below the 100-million mark. What plagues international financial reporting Even the companies supporting IFRS are now finding the costs and complexities too onerous Can India sustain its economic growth? 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