Hiding Outside the Balance Sheet

Hiding Outside the Balance Sheet

Last week at a management retreat someone asked why acquisition after acquisition had failed to deliver to expectations in spite of all the auditing and assessment that goes into them. All of us have read and heard about high profile acquisitions like that of Cadburys...
‘Brand Assets as Force Multipliers’

‘Brand Assets as Force Multipliers’

Managing Coimbatore’s invisible assets Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, January 28, 2011 “With nearly three fourths of an entrepreneur’s asset base lying outside his balance sheet, is he really performing to full potential? “ This was the primary question raised by...
Brands in the Boardroom

Brands in the Boardroom

“Why don’t we see a single Indian brand in the Business Week league table?” This question raised by an aspiring manager at the recently held ET in Campus seminar on ‘Brands in the Boardroom’ put the issue of understanding and managing DNA right in focus. Successful...