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 | Skills shortages as a growth risk |
| | The other notable issue is the relative supply-crunch and neglect of skills in a few segments that were relatively dormant for years and have come alive suddenly. 23.06.07 |
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 | The consensus on CEO compensation |
| | Of the Ten Point Social Charter that the Prime Minister commended to India Inc recently, a debate was mustered on one-half of a point, crowding out the rest. 09.06.07 |
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 | Hubris as a cause of corporate collapse |
| | At Enron, hubris became evident in many ways, including the way the CEO talked of “eating their lunch” when faced with competition, in naming products and in creating special purpose vehicles called Jedi and Chewco. 26.05.07 |
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 | Directors’ compensation as rent payment |
| | When the market gets distorted by competition for talent or irrational largesse, compensation could go beyond the economic value of output—or of the truly added competitive advantage. Theoretically, that becomes ‘rent’ 12.05.07 |
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