Employees First, Customers Second (Part 3)

By guest author Vineet Nayar [The miniseries from Vineet Nayar’s book Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down continues with an excerpt from the third stage of the EFCS process: Inverting the Organizational Pyramid. Nayar is the vice chairman and CEO of HCL Technologies. His book is available from Harvard Business Press; on Amazon, Powell’s Books,

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Gary Cohen On Just Ask Leadership (Part 2)

By guest author Gary Cohen [The first part of Gary’s post focused on improving vision, one of the five categories of Just Ask Leadership. This second and final installment is about ensuring accountability. To learn more about the rest of Gary’s approach – build unity and cooperation, create better decisions, and motivate to action –

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Gary Cohen On Just Ask Leadership (Part 1)

By guest author Gary Cohen [The end of the year is a time for people and businesses to reflect on the past twelve months and think about goals for the future and changes that need to be made. With, among other problems, the financial crisis, the BP oil spill, and, for many U.S. companies, record

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Financial Crisis & Short-Selling

I am not an expert on financial markets. To the extent I write about stocks and markets, I stick to what I know and understand: technology, products, business, and strategy. However, I have often wondered what good does short-selling bring about as a financial tool.

Infineon: Industrial and Automotive business

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author We recently evaluated Infineon’s financials and the negative impact Qimonda has had on it. While it is facing difficulties offloading its Qimonda stake, the German chipmaker has done well in its two business segments. Let us take a quick look at the Industrial and Automotive business in this part.

Vision India 2020: MIT India

Twelve years ago, in 2008, it was clear that the labor arbitrage–based IT services industry that had made India a player in the global technology market was facing a threat. The key issue was supply-demand equilibrium. India’s engineering education system simply could not keep up with the demand for talent.

An Open Letter to IIT Students

I received an email last week from Anuj Dayal, a Junior Year Undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur. Anuj asks the question: “What’s next for India? What should we, IIT students, do?” (You can see the message in its entirety below.)

Intel Wins By Staying “Inside” the Box

By Michael Kanazawa, Guest Author We all hear that you need to think outside of the box to develop breakthrough strategies. In Intel’s case, the winning strategy is more likely to stay “Inside” the box and to stay focused.