Who Blunders and How

The Dumb Side of the Corporate World
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-93-5328-579-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

Many big companies—famous brands, once loved and revered—often disappear into oblivion mainly due to their own follies. Look at the once invincible Kodak or the seemingly unfailing Premier Padmini cars. In the unforgiving world of modern business they failed to adapt, only to perish. Many businesses fail to address this basic truth.

Every business is tested for endurance and accomplishment but only a few extract strength and wisdom from their trying experiences. Even the infallible Nokia, BlackBerry, Woolworths and Lehman Brothers buckled. Companies such as Bethlehem Steel, Atari, Xerox, NCR, Mafatlal and Kingfisher Airlines once considered as the great ones to emulate, all failed to live up to their repute.

Instances of business blunders and bloopers are many. They could include compromising quality to cut costs, lack of professionalism in management, botched up mergers and acquisitions, customers being taken for granted, bad leadership, family squabbles, corporate fraud, unmanageable debts and numerous others.

This book will help you understand many famous, frequent and common mistakes committed by businesses over time. The lessons learnt should enable you to run your businesses with lesser hiccups and maximize stakeholder return.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banerjee, Robin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Quality Quivers and Quandary
Family Business Fallacy
Disputes Spell Doom
M&A Is a Mugs Game
Public Relations Faux Pas
When the Boss Bungles
Corporate Governance Ills
Skidding on Innovation
The Debt Trap
Mortal Mistakes
Mangled Business Models
Epilogue
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Banerjee, Robin
Robin Banerjee is the MD & CEO of Caprihans India Ltd. Earlier, he served in several multinational global corporations in senior leadership positions, including Hindustan Unilever (as General Manager), ArcelorMittal Germany (as Managing Director), Thomas Cook (Executive Director), Essar Steel (Executive Director) and Suzlon Energy (Gr CFO and member of the global Boards).

He is a Chartered Accountant (FCA), Cost Accountant (FCMA), Company Secretary (FCS) and M.Com.

He is the recipient of several business awards, including the Rotary International’s award for ‘Ethical Businessman of the year’. Robin is the Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Maharashtra, for Finance and Taxation Committee, and Co-Chairman Western Region for ESG Committee.

He is a member of the Board of Studies for Independent Directors, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. He is also in the Board of SME Chamber of India.

He serves as an independent director in several companies, including stock-exchange-listed ones.

He had earlier authored several books on indirect taxation, including Complete Treatise on Central Excise; Valuation and Modvat, which went into 10 editions.

He has also authored two bestselling business non-fiction books:

• Who Cheats and How (published in 2015) available in English, Hindi and Marathi languages

• Who Blunders and How (published in 2019)

Robin is a much sought-after key-note speaker. He is also a popular columnist. He is a member of the academic boards in several management institutions. A fitness freak, he loves to attend gym regularly.

His passion is to play badminton and table tennis, time permitting.