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BUSINESS TODAY: March 1999 to July
1999
 July 7,1999
The Indianisation Of The Transnational
Not by the templates of globalisation,
nor by the principle of one-world-one-market can transnationals triumph
in India. To win over the country's 1 billion customers, transnationals
must understand just how global, and how Indian they must be, reveals
a BT study of the 17,'000 foreign companies that have crossed the country's
borders after liberalisation.
 July
22,1999
The Total Quality Gurus
Two
prophets from Japan Inc., Yoshikazu Tsuda and Sueo Yamaguchi, are teaching
corporate India how to become world-class. Scores of CEO's are leaving
their egos and old practices in cold-storage to learn about quality from
scratch. BT presents a learner's guide to the temperamental teachers,
and their unique lessons in corporate transformation.
 June 7,1999
Fathers, Sons & CEO's
The age of professionalism is dawning upon
India's family businesses. Defying the convention which dictates that
fathers pass on the managerial batons to their children, a few pioneering
patriarchs are picking professionals as their successors for the CEO's
post. And using ingenuous methods and mechanisms to leave it to the professional
managers. A succession strategy guide.
 June 22,
1999
How To Develop The Best New Products
Take Part A. Look for the socket under
Part B. Fix it there. Et voila! You have a new product. The parts don't
fit? Let's try again: take Part A....That was in the past. Today, your
blueprints are linked firmly to your bottomline. BT unravels the secrets
of new product development, gleaned from the companies that are setting
global standards.
 May 7,1999
The Uncertainty Of The Recovery
Just as first glimmers of an industrial revival were becoming
visible, they're being jeopardised by the fall of the A.B. Vajpayee Administration
and the return of political uncertainty. A reality-check.
 May 22, 1999
NIDHIS: The Nightmare Has Begun
India's oldest form of finance company is at the centre of a
financial mega scam. Forced to abandon their ways of doing business, many
nidhis are going bankrupt while their unscrupulous promoters are disappearing
with the investor's money. Beware!
 Apr 7,1999
Managing The Millennium MBA
You may have hired the biggest brains from the best B-schools
this year too. But you won't be able to retain them until even next year
- unless you know how MBAs tick.
 April 22, 1999
Clustering For Competitiveness
Two clusters of 17 hand-picked automotive companies are engaged
in a pioneering experiment in collaborative learning. A CEO's handbook.
 Mar 7,1999
"I Have Finished Off Lobbying"
From brickbats and demands for rollbacks to bouquets and a surging Sensex,
it's been a complete transformation between Budgets for Union Finance
Minister Yashwant Sinha.
 Mar 22, 1999
Net Profits: The E-conomics of E-biz
There's bound to be money in the market place. But you must have
the right revenue stream and the right business model for the net.
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