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COVER
STORY
Dabur
foods - Growing naturally
-- Rajesh Kumar Singh, CFA,
Ever
since Amit Burman took over the charge as a CEO of Dabur Foods
in 1999, Dabur Foods has shown remarkable growth in a highly
competitive Indian fruit juice market. It is to Amit's credit
that today Dabur Foods' Real and Hommade brands are household
names and the company is leading in the Indian processed food
segment.
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STRATEGY
M&A:
The next decade When will the deal-making resume?
-- Ralph Adams
M&A
was a mantra of growth for many companies across many industries
in 1990s. companies viewed M&A as the cornerstone of their
growth strategies. But today, the M&A momentum has slowed
down. What does the next decade look like for M&A? The author
says there will be more activity when markets eventually recovers
and presents three waves of M&A activity and provides detail
about what these waves mean for companies.
© Deloitte & Touche (www.growth-insights.com). Reprinted with
permission.
STRATEGY
DreamWorks
SKG: Too much `dream', not enough `work'
-- Ravi Madapati
Steven
Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenber, the three
doyens of entertainment industry came together in early 1994
to start DreamWorks. Though DreamWorks has delivered many
high quality movies, it is facing rough weather due to various
reasons. The article examines the performances of the studio
and the liquidity crunch it is facing.
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INDUSTRY
IN FCOUS
Indian
auto ancillary industry - Can it be a growth engine?
-- AM Kannan
In
the last ten years, Indian auto ancillary industry witnessed
significant growth with the entrance of global auto majors
into an India market. Nevertheless, there are several key
issues which needs to be addressed to make the industry more
vibrant and thriving.
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CORPORATE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Corporate
social responsibility in Japan
-- Subhasis Ray
Japan,
the world's second largest economy is demonstrating a growing
interest in the field of CSR. Advanced and progressive Japanese
companies have begun to look beyond shareholders. They have
embarked on the CSR voyage with their characteristic thoroughness
and zeal for excellence. The article examines current trends
in CSR scenario based on four relevant dimensions: Reporting,
socially responsible investing (SRI), stakeholder dialogs
and support efforts.
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CLASSIC
Leadership
in living organizations
-- Peter M Senge
Thinking
of leadership as an expression of a living system requires
fundamental shifts. It requires a new definition and new metaphors,
that is, new language. It requires new principles and new
perspectives. But, interestingly, none of what is needed is
really new. In fact it is quite old. The foundations for understanding
leadership in a world of living organizations already exist,
recollections that predate the machine age and that we have
not yet entirely lost.
© 1999 Peter M Senge (www.solonline.org). The article was
earlier published in Leading Beyond the Walls, The Drucker
Foundation, 1999.
CEO
WATCH
Martha
Stewart
-- Kaushiki Dharba
Martha
Stewart, who turned the art of home-making and keeping into
a billion dollar businessMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.
(MSO), passed into a hard time when she was declared guilty
in a scandal. Her story calls for a rethinking of certain
basic notions in free-market economiesethics in business,
the role of government regulation, and more importantly the
perils and promises of personal branding.
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