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BUSINESS TODAY: July 2001 to December
2001
 December
23, 2001
India's
Best Cities For Business
Since our last such survey in 1998, fortunes of India’s top cities
have swung wildly. How much and how exactly? The stories that follow tell
you all.
 December
9, 2001
Can Shoppers'
Stop Bounce Back?
Two bad years of goof-ups in expansion, buying, and ERP implementation
have pushed India's best-known retailer into the red. Although operational
glitches remain and some existing stores are underutilised, CEO B.S. Nagesh
is talking of more investment in another round of expansion. Is he stretching
the retail chain thin? Can Nagesh keep his promise of profits in 2003?
 November
25, 2001
Hey,
It Moved!
Just when everyone was writing off HLL as a company that couldn't
grow, it has surprised the markets with a non-so-easy 7 per cent increase
in sales. Chairman M.S. Banga says that focus will be the new growth mantra
at the FMCG giant. Has Banga finally got a handle on HLL's topline problem?
 November
11, 2001
HCL's
New Blueprint
In another three years, Shiv Nadar wants to make HCL Technologies
India’s top software company. To that end he’s beefing up the company’s
product offerings, services, solutions and IT-enabled services. Already,
he’s snapped up Deutsche Software, and there could be more acquisitions
in the offing. BT takes an inside-look at HCL T’s Strategy.
 October
28, 2001
Toyota
Revs Up
Barely two years after it entered the Indian market with a winning
multi-utility vehicle, the Japanese auto giant is talking of producing
a million vehicles by 2010 and dominating a third of the car market in
India. On the cards: a slew of launches, including a new sub-compact that
is expected to rake in the numbers. A BT exclusive.
 October
14, 2001
Jewels
Of India Inc.
For corporates, the past year has been anything but easy. First,
the internet bubble continued to burst, taking down with it telecom and
software stocks. Then, old economy companies—slammed by poor consumer
demand—found themselves staring into the abyss of a recession. The result:
The BT 500’s top 10 companies lost a staggering Rs 40,000 crore in market
value over 1999-2000. Was shareholder value lost? No doubt. Will shareholder
value be regained? No doubt, again.
 September
30, 2001
Amul's:
Ambitious Avatar
Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation, better known as Amul,
wants to whip its transnational competitors across a range of milk-based
products. And it is counting on its time-tested marketing strategem of
low pricing to do the trick. But can a co-operative of farmers overwhelm
the might of multinational marketing machines?
 September
16, 2001
Mobike
Wars: Bajaj Vs Hero Honda
Mobike market leader Hero Honda is troubled by old models and possible
conflicts with partner Honda, which is set to storm the Indian mobike
market by 2004. Number 2 Bajaj Auto, armed with a war-chest of Rs 2,500
crore, won’t find a better time to strike.
 September
2, 2001
The Credit
Trap
Caught in the grip of the buy-now-pay-later epidemic, an entire generation
of urban Indian consumers is floundering. With the slowdown set to become
a recession, and their jobs, or salaries, or both, under threat, they
are now a step closer to the edge.
 August
21, 2001
Building
The CEO Brand
Globalisation and new ways of doing business are forcing India Inc.
to look for a new brand that will sell to all—customers, partners and
shareholders—in India and abroad. And, across companies, the
search is leading not to the drawing board, but to the corner room of
the CEO.
 August
6, 2001
Surviving
The Slowdown
Smart companies aren’t fazed by the slowdown; they see in it an opportunity
to transform themselves with an eye on the future. From diversification
to financial reengineering, and organisational restructuring to acquiring
the competition, India’s finest are blazing a pioneer’s path through the
downturn.
 July 21,
2001
Frequent
Flyer
In eight years, Jet Airways has emerged as the most successful domestic
airline. Now, with a looming price war, imminent competition from an Indian
Airlines that could soon acquire a new master, and a soaring desire to
go global, can it stay on top?
 July 06,
2001
Lords
Of The Lab
By focusing on basic research, a clutch of avant-garde drug companies
is trying to create a new global presence for itself in a highly lucrative
niche. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has just sold its second molecule
to Novartis; a resurgent Ranbaxy recently unveiled two; and Torrent, Cadila,
Wockhardt, and Sun have molecular aspirations of their own. Their logic:
molecules don’t just make millions; they make multinationals.
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