Bijay's Blog

Being Ethical Being ethical and a businessman are altogether paradoxical. Business is synonymous to growth, only an opportunist person can lead the entire organisation for the fulfillment of the single point objective, boosting up revenue. This is altogether a non-criminal act of prudent business management that may not necessarily be absolutely ethical. When business competitors leave no stone unturned for ensuring each others failure expecting ethical practices is abnormal.  Personally I am a big fan of Ratan Tata, the former head of the oldest and largest business empire in India, the Tata Group. The elite list in fact a minuscule archive of gentleman- businessman that I personally adore and admire. Be that be Narayan Murthy of Infy or Mr.Bose, the name i.e. identical to unparalleled acoustic products. Well I never proclaimed, the business practices followed by these organisations just mentioned are completely principled or these gentlemen are completely unaware of the ma...

Do not Disturb “Greed is good” ~ Wall Street. Three words that are arguably the finest epitaph for the era of excess that began in the 1980s, excessive greed  compounded   even further and finally culminated in the most serious economic crisis in 2008 impairing the whole economy. “Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources” - Aristotle. We have the new nomenclature as coined famously by British media "Casino Banking" quite evidently instrumental for high growth across business verticals, multiplying money over a century now. Greed probably closely echoes the inherent driving spirit of the industry. However the exposure is now unlimited and stakes are quite high, financial crisis are driving the economy to nothing but a double deep recession. The unraveling facts yet to appear in public domain might potentially bring in new surprises in the crises laden economy. “How much is enough” ~Money Never Sleeps, sums up the im...

Right Investment Currency as a medium of exchange may go well beyond its popular definition of notes and coins. The bullion and real estate are best investment avenues as per conventional perception besides casino banking products. But so far as the the literal meaning is concerned all possible mediums of exchanges are currencies. As per economics, the intrinsic value of any currency always depreciates if not invested properly. Nevertheless, right investment always protects the future. The technology itself, a high denomination currency if not invested timely, could secure legends to fall. The pioneers of the respective product segments Nokia and Kodak are already case studies in business schools. Mere reluctance to adopt right technology on time could engineer dramatic change in market dynamics. Besides, investment in research (not limited to technology) is key to sustained growth and a secured future. Time is most important form of abstract currency because "Time i...