COVER FEATURE
"We offer our customers a
unique combination of excellent design, highest quality and flexibility
at attractive and very competitive prices."
-- Solange Olszewska
Chief Executive Officer,
Solaris Bus & Coach, Poland.
Solange Olszewska was born on January 4, 1951 in Warsaw. Olszewska studied Dentistry at
Warsaw Medical University, Poland. Living in Berlin since 1982, she was a
lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at the Free University of Berlin between 1986 and 1994. Her career changed direction in February 1995,
when she joined Solaris Bus & Coach, becoming CEO in 2008. Apart from her work for the company,
Olszewska actively supports academic and social projects, and charities. Solange Olszewska is married to Krzysztof Olszewski, the founder of Solaris Bus & Coach. They have
two children, Malgorzata and Jan.
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LEADERSHIP
Monitoring and Managing Success : Avoiding the CEO `self-destruct'
option
-- Dr. Michael Walton
Failure to manage personal success can breed arrogance, disdain for others and plant the seeds for a
CEO's ultimate failure. CEOs and senior executives are vulnerable to destroying themselves through excessive
self-belief, misbehavior, `organizational delusion' and hubris. Senior executives dependent on colleagues
for accurate and honest data may inadvertently promote working patterns which block the very feedback they
need to survive and succeed. Illustrated by consulting experiences, this article brings out the susceptibility of
senior executives for self-destruction. Four `lifelines' are proposed to help executives survive.
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Succession Planning for Family Business Continuity
-- Dhananjay Singh
Succession planning is the most significant issue that faces a family business and is critical to ensure
successful transition from one generation to the next. This article examines the advantages and disadvantages of a
well laid out succession plan and the role it plays in the growth of the family firm. It also illustrates how the
next generation of management can be selected for their role and what can be done to prepare them to take
the helm.
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CORPORATE STRATEGY
Corporate Philanthropy as a New Business Model : A Case Study on ITC
-- Prof. Tapal Dulababu
There is a cycle of relationship between the society and business, in which the society sustains the business
and business should sustain the society. Business owners have vehemently pushed aside philanthropy to the
margin to such an extent that philanthropy and business are viewed as two different activities pursuing two
discrete goals. Capitalism leaves no space for social spend and it propounds that the rat race for surplus in
business, guides the society for its ultimate good and anything contrary would harm the society. This case study
analyzes whether corporate philanthropy can be a new business model for ITC.
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INTERVIEW
Academia-Industry Interface
-- Jamal Khan , Dr. Wayne Soverall
The interview was conducted by
Dilip
Dasgupta,
Consulting Editor, Global CEO,
Director, ISFS, Hyderabad.
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CASE STUDY
Acer Creating New Growth Platforms: Will it
Sustain Global PC Wars?
-- Syed Abdul Samad,
Joel Sarosh Thadamalla,
Vandana Dadhwal,
Seema Chaturvedi
In 2007, Acer emerged as the third largest PC vendor surpassing its Asian rival, Lenovo. Acer recorded
the highest growth among top five industry players. It had strategically strengthened its foothold in the
US and European markets by acquiring Gateway and Packard Bell. However, in the wake of
intense competition and commoditisation in the global PC industry, the market shares of global PC vendors
had become highly vulnerable. While Acer was getting ready to challenge Dell, the second largest PC maker
in the world, sustaining its very position as the third largest PC maker in the world raised questions in
the industry.
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SHORT BOOK REVIEW
Effective Negotiation: Perspectives and Processes
-- Editor : SN Mookherjee
BOOK REVIEW
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid : Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
-- Author: CK Prahalad
Reviewed by Dr. Rajesh K Pillania
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits is all about escaping from poverty. The author in his book elucidates how multinational companies and entrepreneurs can help and empower
the poor, by serving them with best innovations while yielding profits.
© 2005 Pearson Education Inc. All Rights Reserved. IUP holds the copyright for the review.
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