Tempted by a Rs 28,000 crore market, Madura Garments has taken three of its grown-up brands into kids&rsquo; wear.

Child's play

Business Standard

What most of us need to know about succeeding in business, we learn after we graduate from business school. As a business leader, building, motivating and carrying a team are most important.

The winning attitude

The best practice can only be effective if it fits into the local setting. That&rsquo;s where the new private sector banks score over their foreign counterparts.

The local edge

The careers of 25 more Indian executives will witness a course correction as the Class of 2008 graduates from GE&rsquo;s Experienced Commercial Leadership Porgramme, or ECLP, which is completing five

'People must want to continuously develop'

THE WARREN BUFFETT WAY
Author: Robert G Hagstrom John Wiley &amp; Sons
Publisher: Rs 1,397
ISBN: 0471648116.
WHAT THE CEO WANTS YOU TO KNOW
Author: Ram Charan
Publisher: Random House
Price: Rs

The top 10 business bestsellers

THE COSMETICS market in India is valued at Rs 712 crore and is expected to reach Rs 1,514 crore by 2012.
THE MARKET CONSISTS of eye and facial makeup products, talcum powders, lipsticks and nail

KIT: The cosmetics market in India (2008)

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    Why was &ldquo;Dunnington&rdquo; in news recently?&nbsp;
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    What does &ldquo;R&rdquo; in Maruti Suzuki&rsquo;s small car Wagon R stand for?&nbsp;
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    What happened for the first time on August 5, 1891 at Hotel Hauffe in Leipzig, Germany?&nbsp;
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    What term was supposedly coined after a moth found its way into a computer called Mk1 at the Harvard University in 1945 and caused its malfunction?&nbsp;
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    Which country imposed a

The Strategist Quiz (#066)

    Who was offered the first salaried presidentship of the NYSE? This person declined the offer and went on to grow his Chicago-based firm that became a world renowned one.

Answers to last week's quiz (#065)

The competition to get a seat at the coveted Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is getting tougher with each passing year.

CAT applicants up 26% this year

As part of the Ministry of Human Resource Development&rsquo;s (MHRD&rsquo;s) focus on Intellectual Property (IP) education, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian Institutes of

IITs, IIMs focus on IP education

What I&rsquo;ve Liked
A brave new world of colour
Admittedly this is not the best TVC that I&rsquo;ve seen so far for colour televisions, but yes, it is by far better than most TVCs on air at the

Colours that convey

MADHUKAR SABNAVIS looks at the changing face of marketing.
Alex Hitchens, the relationship doctor in Hitch, opens the popular film by saying &lsquo;Basic principles. No matter what, no matter when,

Madhukar Sabnavis: From war to love

Bulk customers once waited outside VSNL offices with demand drafts to renew contracts. Privatised and renamed, the company is now chasing customers all over the globe.
When Narasimhan Srinath was the

Wiring up the world

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    What is common to the Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1990 and Athens 2004 Olympics from a brand sponsorship perspective?
    The torch relays were sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company&nbsp;
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    The secret formula for which drink is only known to the Mackinnon family of Scotland?
    Drambuie&nbsp;
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    What is the brand philosophy that is common to the brands Lush, Elixir, Cobalt and Rain?
    They are all sugar-free chewing gum flavours, part of the five gum

Answers to last week&#39;s quiz #057

Let me preface this column by saying that B-school education is extremely useful and important for people wanting to succeed at business in these competitive times. However, there are a number of

Learn to sell

    Link these models to a brand &mdash; Sprinter, Charger, Nitro, Viper and Avenger.

The Strategist Quiz #058

The 20th century belonged to the advanced economies, but the 21st, economists believe, will be driven by the emerging ones. China and India (or Chindia) will take lead as two of the world&rsquo;s

`India can surpass Chinese growth`

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Author: Peter F Drucker
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs 817&nbsp;
ISBN: 0060851139.
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
Author: C Rangarajan
Publisher: Tata

While it is clear the Indian pharmaceutical industry is headed for consolidation, it is not really prepared for it.
As a childhood game starts &mdash; &ldquo;Ready or not here it comes!&rdquo;

Ready for consolidation?

The men&rsquo;s t-shirts market in India is valued at Rs 3,200 crore, which is 6.9 per cent of the total men&rsquo;s wear market.
This market is expected to reach Rs 5,140 crore by 2012.
In terms of

KIT: The t-shirts market for men in India (2008)

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) graduates are often accused of ignoring politics and public affairs in pursuit of high-flying careers. However, students are beginning to reach out to the wider

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Child's play

The winning attitude

The local edge

'People must want to continuously develop'

The top 10 business bestsellers

KIT: The cosmetics market in India (2008)

The Strategist Quiz (#066)

Answers to last week's quiz (#065)

CAT applicants up 26% this year

IITs, IIMs focus on IP education

Colours that convey

Madhukar Sabnavis: From war to love

Wiring up the world

Answers to last week's quiz #057

Learn to sell

The Strategist Quiz #058

`India can surpass Chinese growth`

The top 10 business bestsellers

Ready for consolidation?

KIT: The t-shirts market for men in India (2008)