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| December 27, 2007 | | NDTV plans big for mobile TV
The CEO of NDTV Convergence is not only in a hurry to load the mobile screens with news, music, astrology, sports but also exclusive video content and mobile TV.
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| December 22, 2007 | | 'Power, a hindrance to India's growth'
The biggest constraint to achieve a higher growth rate in South Asia is infrastructure. Growth in the region could have been higher if more investment in infrastructure would have been made, says Patel.
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| December 21, 2007 | | 'India should formulate standards'
International Standards Organisation Secretary General Alan Bryden has visited India several times in the past, but his recent visit was extraordinary in the sense that he visited Bangalore -- the IT capital of India -- for the first time. He was vociferous enough to state that this signifies the start of an era where the ISO will be closely working with the Indian IT industry to formulate new standards in IT. Here are the excerpts of Bryden's interview with Business Standard
Benefits of Kingfisher-Deccan merger
It is the right time for the merger. People say worldwide aviation companies are incurring losses, says A K Ravi Nedungadi, president and CFO, UB Group.
Capt Gopinath on the future of Deccan
India's low-cost carrier king, Capt G R Gopinath, will be the vice-chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, the new airline entity to be created by the merger of Kingfisher with Deccan Aviation in the new financial year.
How Maruti plans to fight competition
I believe one of the reasons for Maruti's success has been its ability to strike a balance. We have borrowed the best in terms of Japanese technology, quality and work culture. At the same time, in our relationship with employees, partners and customers, we have been Indian to the core, says Shinzo Nakanishi.
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| December 19, 2007 | | 'There's room for deposit rates to dip'
We believe the retail banking still remains a great opportunity. It is a long-term story. The level of penetration of the retail credit in India is estimated around 10 per cent of GDP as against other Asian countries, where it is 30-40 per cent.
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| December 13, 2007 | | Nestle faces infrastructure problems in India
"I believe in driving big brands. It is very important to have focus in your approach towards placing new brands in a market. Just because we are present across 10-15 categories internationally doesn't mean we can roll out the products everywhere," says Martial Rolland, MD, Nestle India said.
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| December 10, 2007 | | 'Manufacturing is where wealth is created'
An interview with Anand Sharma, co-founder of TBM Consulting Group. Sharma is also the company's president and CEO. Recently he has co-authored the book The Antidote -- How to Transform Your Business for the Extreme Challenges of the 21st Century with Gary Hourselt, who is the TBM execeutive vice president.
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| December 07, 2007 | | India: SAP's innovation hub
We have centres of gravity so that local decision-making can happen. We thought of making India a very effective piece of our overall development strategy, and it had been very successful.
E*TRADE to come to India early next year
We are planning to introduce brand the E*TRADE in India in the first half of 2008. There is huge scope for internet trading in the country because of the growing internet penetration, large population of net savvy professionals and fast growth of business process outsourcing.
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| December 03, 2007 | | 'Indian consumers are smarter, more price-savvy'
An interview with Andrew Denby, who took over as the CEO, Supermarkets, of the Aditya Birla Retail Ltd six months ago. Before joining the Aditya Birla group, he had worked for retail majors like Marks & Spencer, Dairy Farm, A S Watson, etc.
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| November 30, 2007 | | Tata Sky's trump card to success
We have had a very satisfying year with our target for ending 2007 with 1.5 million subscribers well on it way. In a business, where no one has any exclusive content to boast about, it is only customer service that differentiates us from competitors.
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| November 23, 2007 | | 'India handled the sub-prime crisis very well'
Indian entrepreneurs who made global acquisitions are bullish since they've achieved margin expansions which were even higher than what they'd originally anticipated, and global managements have accepted Indian shareholders very well.
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| November 21, 2007 | | 'Porsche will grow with new models'
On the sidelines of the opening of its Mumbai showroom, Deesch Papke, managing director, Porsche Middle East and Africa, spoke about the company's India plans to Business Standard.
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| November 20, 2007 | | 'Four or five new Blackberry models in 2008'
Gregory Wade, vice-president (customer accounts), RIM, spoke to Business Standard about how the company is planning to fight the challenges as rivals offer similar devices across price segments.
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| November 15, 2007 | | 'India a more exciting market than China'
Francis Mcauley, international director, Debenhams, a chain of department stores based in the UK, was recently in Delhi for the opening of the first Debenhams store in India. He speaks to Business Standard about the company's plans for the Indian market.
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| November 13, 2007 | | 'Create technology, the rest will follow'
To encourage innovation, IT industry body Nasscom and ICICI Knowledge Park are setting up a $25 million venture capital fund to help startups that are in the intellectual property space. The fund -- to be registered with market regulator Sebi -- will look after the brick-and-mortar costs of startups.
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| November 12, 2007 | | How TiE helps budding entrepreneurs
The focus at TiE, Hyderabad is to nurture and guide the next generation of business leaders. Our objective is to showcase the TiE-ISB Connect as the most preferred hub of all innovative entrepreneurial activity.
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| November 06, 2007 | | 'Competition from Google makes us agile'
In an interview, MSR India chief Dr P Anandan, says a company which is scared of competition, is dead.
UGC chairman on plans to improve higher education
One is to increase the intake capacities in the existing universities and colleges and the second, to increase the number of colleges and universities. But the real focus will be on increasing the enrolment of disadvantaged sections, like the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, minorities and even the poor
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| November 03, 2007 | | Murli Deora's action plan as oil nudges $100
With the rise of global crude oil prices - currently nudging $100 per barrel - the "losses" of the three government-owned oil marketing companies have gone up to a whopping Rs 240 crore (Rs 2.4 billion) per day.
'Timex to foray into jewellery'
As Timex Watches, we were being perceived as a watch brand only, whereas we do have other offerings in the luxury space and would soon be entering the jewellery segment.
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| November 01, 2007 | | The five keys to Wipro's success
At one time, the West's muktinationals ruled supreme. Now, the shining stars of India's Silicon Valley are shaking up the global IT business. A number of books have been written on the subject of late. Among them, Bangalore Tiger, which exposes the key principles of the IT giant Wipro's transnational business model, deserves special mention.
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| October 31, 2007 | | RBI to take care of excess liquidity: Reddy
This is on top of the Rs 200,000 crore (Rs 2000 billion) of market stabilisation schemes. I don't know whether to call it hawkish, dovish or neutral. No action is being taken now, except to partly take care of the overhang of liquidity.
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| October 30, 2007 | | Secret behind Acer's success
Acer is ranked fourth in India and third in the world in terms of PC shipments. It plans to position itself in the top three in India. Acer sponsors the FC Barcelona team.
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| October 27, 2007 | | Bank of India plans mutual funds foray
"We would love to go into areas such as mutual funds and a credit card subsidiary, depending upon how affluent we are in terms of capital resources," says TS Narayanasami, MD, Bank of India.
What Cisco plans to do in India
"Our strategy is pretty straight forward. Start with basic home networking products, offer VOIP to support triple play services, then build networked entertainment devices and services and perhaps add home monitoring and control over time. India is a key market for our consumer strategy," says Cisco chairman John Chambers.
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| October 25, 2007 | | Bharat Hotels has unique plans
The uniqueness will come from the extra comfort we will provide in our rooms, or free internet services in the hotels. Our two hotels in Goa and Srinagar have golf courses.
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| October 22, 2007 | | What Microsoft Research is working on
There are going to be developments that are going to make things a lot simpler in everyday life, says Rick Rishad, head, Microsoft Research.
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| October 18, 2007 | | 'Who benefited from the market crash?'
founder-president of the Investors' Grievances Forum Kirit Somaiya says the finance minister along with the market regulator Sebi were responsible for the market crash on October 17.
Great investing tips from Mark Mobius
Investors should be prepared to invest for the long-term. Stock prices are not only dependent on fundamentals but also on market sentiment.
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| October 15, 2007 | | Mobiles will drive the Internet
Mobile devices are getting more powerful, networks are becoming faster and we can see a lot more interesting services on them.
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| October 12, 2007 | | How Microsoft hires staff
I don't think we are difficult to please. But we know what we want. I would tell them to go beyond what they learn in their text books. If you look at software as a means to solving problems of people, then, you are thinking like a person who can work in a company like Microsoft.
StanChart CEO on the bank's plans in India
If you move the clock forward and look at the future of the bank, then India and China are going to be the two largest markets for us. And we have grown our revenues and profits very rapidly - 50 per cent in the first half of 2007.
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| October 05, 2007 | | 'Beginners need financial support from govt, banks'
First-generation entrepreneurs of micro and small enterprises are facing the problem of inadequate credit flow. H P Kumar, chairman and managing director, National Small Industries Corporation, tells Business Standard about the recent initiatives taken by the corporation to tackle it.
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| September 18, 2007 | | 'Low-cost cars are a global trend'
Even those who can afford an expensive car may prefer to buy a cheaper car and spend the extra money on a good vacation.
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| September 03, 2007 | | 'Nokia will promote industry-specific tools'
Mary McDowell, executive vice-president and general manager (enterprise solutions), Nokia, is not ready to rest on her laurels, yet. In the second quarter of 2007, Nokia's enterprise solutions unit recorded an operating profit of Euro99 million.
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