HP board flounders yet again with Meg as the CEO
I wonder what ails the HP board. In a kneejerk reaction they replaced their 11 month CEO – Leo Apothekar with ex EBay CEO and failed political candidate Meg Whitman. To understand the HP board’s...
View ArticleThe Indian B-school shakeout has begun
I wrote about the possible shakeout for B-schools which confer dubious MBA degrees on students here. During my recent month long break in India, I had the opportunity to visit a few business schools...
View ArticleThe trouble with the Indian MBA education
My earlier post on the shakeout of Business schools in India created a fair bit of controversy in a couple of online forums. I was drawn to a very interesting piece on What they don’t teach you at...
View ArticleThe feverish tablet adoption
It took 12 years to reach 50 million laptops, seven years to get to 50 million smartphones, but only two years to reach 50 million tablets....
View ArticleWhat does a teacher make?
Over the weekend a student of mine sent me this interesting email about what does a teacher make and compared me with Bonnie. I found this interesting enough to share. The dinner guests were sitting...
View ArticleAssessing Facebook’s performance
I have had requests to give my opinion on Facebook’s stock performance as the stock has fallen 50% since it’s IPO three months ago. Though I am no expert on corporate valuation and have no proven...
View ArticleSatya needs to make the strategic shifts at Microsoft
Microsoft announced the appointment of Satya Nadella as the CEO to succeed Steve Ballmer. It was a widely expected move as it was believed that only an insider will know the problems at Microsoft and...
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