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Latest posts by Vijeth ShettyInspired from an Obituary printed in the London Times.....Adapted to India's reality !! Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, or which caste he belonged to, since his birth records were long ago lo...
Posted on 12 January 2015 | 3:32 pm
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"Strategy is now an commodity. The Difference between organizations if now Execution" ~ D ShivKumar (approx words NOT verbatim) As you may or may not be aware, PepsiCo got a new CEO 30 weeks back in D Shivkumar. In one of my privileged interactions with him, he was stressing on the importance of exe...
Posted on 16 July 2014 | 9:35 am
Read postRecently its been all over the news that F1's journey in India would come to an abrupt end. I have been expecting this from the first time I saw Indian Grand Prix on TV. It was missing the essential Indian tadka to the entire F1 experience - Potholes ! Driving on Indian roads presents a unique unsur...
Posted on 7 August 2013 | 1:10 am
Read postThe ISB application for 2013-14 (Class of 2015) is now live. Most people ask me what is a good GMAT score to get through to ISB. I tell them ANY score. The range at ISB is from 640 to 800. And among those rejected the range is ZERO to 800. Huh ? Confused eh? To put it simply, it doesn't matter much...
Posted on 12 May 2013 | 7:34 am
Read postOne of the biggest misunderstanding that quite a number of people have is that ISB is an exec-MBA. This stems from mainly its 1-year model which is similar to Exec-MBAs. But that is where the similarity ends !! MBA education has several models - 1 year 15-18 months 2 years. B-schools in USA/India ha...
Posted on 1 May 2013 | 7:16 pm
Read postPeople often ask themselves - more so in ISB than other B-schools in India - Whats the RoI of my MBA education ? Was it worth it? There are several ways in which this can be computed or derived. In this post I am only exploring some of the ways in which you can look at the same. I am ignoring emotiv...
Posted on 28 April 2013 | 7:53 am
Read postStrategy ImplementationProf pointed out that the country manager for detergent reports directly to the Europe Product Category president and Europe Geography president. There remained a row of product category VP's in between unaccounted for. Student : Why do we need the VP's ??** Class ROTFL *** Pr...
Posted on 25 October 2009 | 9:01 am
Read postMarketing ResearchProf: Will the data regarding beer sales across 3 years be useful as secondary data for soft drink companies? Student: Yes. As they can predict the sales of cold drinks that go with beer. [Pause as the prof considers this insight] Prof: Well, no one actually mixes Pepsi with beer.
Posted on 19 October 2009 | 9:34 pm
Read postSection AGlobal Eco class is on and the Prof is explaining about alpha, factor of productivity and a student asks why alpha doesn't change and after a long discussion between the prof and the student, the student is has discovered something. Student: Sir, but alpha will change if there is a genetic...
Posted on 16 June 2009 | 6:47 pm
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