Wednesday, January 23, 2008

‘Guru’ takes on the ‘Pirates’!

Imagine being thrown into a shark infested ocean without any semblance of an effective defence. Sharks that are mean & powerful, & show no mercy. What would be your chances of survival? Might we suggest the obvious – absolutely zilch!!!

Allow us to introduce the sharks in this feature – Disney, AishwariyaFox, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal & Warner Bros. Together, one would agree that they are a very potent force in the Hollywood film fraternity, and yes, they are known to exploit their power quite ruthlessly. Imagine being an adversary in their territory, and then consider your chances of making it. You already know the answer.

That’s the kind of predicament UFO Moviez, a venture of Raaja Kanwar (son of the legendary O.P. Kanwar, Chairman, Apollo Tyres), would find itself in, if it tried to pitch its MPEG-4 based content digitisation technology into American movie market. Using their dominance in the market, these Hollywood sharks are ensuring that all cinema houses in the US, in fact, across the world, must have their digital projection technology confirm to the DCI standard (which they have helped develop & hence vehemently support), to be able to exhibit their movies.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative


Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Sky is the roof...

Which one is worse of the two? Is it better to be malnourished or homeless. Well ask the more cursed one among the two and he would prefer to be without food and bear the hungerPoverty but not be perennially traumatized for lack of a roof above the head. From natural calamities to social torture, all these are part of the life for homeless kids.

For the millions of roofless kids, life is all about finding left -over food in garbage bins, & sleeping on roads in chilling winters. They are not only vulnerable to deadly diseases & infections but also get trapped in flesh & organ trades. During last 10 years, more than 6 million children have been made homeless due to wars, re-locations, conflicts & political turmoils. Millions have been forced to leave Uganda due to cult like rebellions that are famous for abducting & brutalising children. Sometimes poverty & sometimes family denunciation leave these young kids at mercy of no one. Almost all Asian & African countries have millions of children earning their daily breads themselves & sleeping on streets under the dark horrifying sky.

In the world of booming infrastructure & glass palaces, providing shelter to these caste away is still a dream. Who will heal their world??

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

GE lights up expectations…

General Electric Co. stands testimony to the fact that its quarterly earnings are in sync with the Wall Street expectations (a surge of 9.6%). This is due to the strong demand for jet engines, gas turbines & other heavy equipment – making another record to take the share prices to a five-year high. Growing stronger as days pass – that’s what seems to be the tagline with GE currently as it has taken a decision to sell off the loss-making sub prime lending unit, WMC Mortgage. In another communication however, GE and Abbott Laboratories Inc. revealed that they have terminated an anticipated $8 billion deal to buy two Abbott businesses due to deal related disagreements.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative