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    CHLOROPHYLLWhen going gets

    tough

    lume - 1 Issue

    11 December 2010

    Basel II - Is itreally what IndianBanks needed??Credit- Deposit

    RatioAirtelRebranding

    Change is about to COME !11!

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    From Editors Desk

    Dear Readers,

    A Warm regards to you all at the advent of this winter season from team

    Domination. As we are approaching the year end it just seems like yesterday

    when we connected with you as a team Domination for the first time. It is a

    pleasure to come out with the December edition with yet more intriguing

    questions which together we could analyze and try to reason with them.

    In search of standards to select relevant projects for financing, "Basel-II"

    comes to serve the purpose to parameterize Risk of a project, but is it really

    what Indian Banks need? Find out answers in our article on Basel-II.

    Going further, we have "Credit Deposit Ratio Analysis; a comparative

    study of various Indian states to help give a better understanding of the potential

    of the financial demographics of these states.

    A yet another re-branding strategy this time of "Airtel" has been scrutinized

    in this edition. So was it really required? And what rationale does it hold?

    Watch out for "Airtel Rebranding: Was it needed?

    The creative section "Chlorophyll" gives you food for thought and adds a

    fresh perspective with the write-up "When Going Gets Tough! which reflectsthe deep insight of the writer.

    Put your knowledge to test with our ever interesting quiz section "Qutopia"

    where we coax your brains to keep thinking and keep learning. Also, do look out

    for the winners of the last edition.

    So, as it is Christmas season, it is the time to enjoy, and make merry but do

    not forget to do your bit of charity. Till the time we meet again the next year

    "Merry Christmas" Every one!

    With luck and regards on behalf of team "DOM-i-Nat10n.

    Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee

    Animesh AgrawalEditor DoMination

    (Department of Management Studies, IIT-Roorkee.)

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    Table of Contents

    7

    Airtel Rebranding

    Rishi Arora

    DoMS, IIT-Roorkee

    9

    Creative SectionIts wise to learn, Its GOD like to create

    Chlorophyll-Fresh Green Creativity, right fromthe roots of DOMS through the

    leaves of this newsletter

    11

    Qutopia - 11

    Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee

    When going gets tough..Harsh Singh

    Credit Deposit Ratio

    4

    DoMS, IIT-Roorkee

    Divye Garg & Charu Singla

    1

    DoMS, IIT-Roorkee

    Basel II- Is it really what IndianBanks needed??

    Deep Pathak & Mayank Jain

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    Deep & Mayank -

    DoMS, IIT-Roorkee

    Basel IIIs it really what Indian banks

    needed????Prior to 1992, Indian banks were subject to aregime of strict control enforced by the RBI. A

    process of financial liberalization was initiated

    in1992 to make the banking system profitable,

    efficient, and resilient the year 1998 saw a

    second phase of reforms in the banking

    industry marked by the introduction of several

    prudential measures and the first set o

    comprehensive guidelines for risk

    management. When the whole world was

    suffering from economic crisis the Indian

    banking system was not affected much by the

    recession due to number of measures taken by

    RBI which contributed to strengthening the

    resilience in the Indian banking system, These

    included prudential regulations for limiting the

    exposure of the banking system to sensitive

    sectors and appropriately rebalancing the risk

    weights of different assets. Latest development

    in the Indian Banking industry includes theimplementation of Basel II norms, and

    preparation of draft of Basel III which

    includes a move towards better risk

    management practices. Basel II framework

    rests on the following three mutually-

    reinforcing pillars:-

    Pillar 1: Minimum Capital Requirements

    It involves calculation of the total minimum

    capital requirements for credit, market andoperational risk.

    After calculating Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3

    capital and various risks, capital adequacy

    ratio is calculated as-

    Pillar 2: Supervisory Review Process (SRP):-

    It envisages the establishment of suitable risk

    management systems in banks and their

    review by the supervisory authority.

    Pillar 3: Market Discipline: - It seeks to

    achieve increased transparency through

    expanded disclosure requirements for banks.

    Methods Adopted by Indian Banks:

    For calculation ofcredit risk in Indian banks

    is using Standardized approach. While Banks

    use both standardized model and the internal

    risk management framework based model for

    calculation ofmarket risk capital charge. And

    as per the standardized approach for the

    operational risk management, RBI has

    divided banks by its business lines to

    determine the amount of cash it must have to

    protect itself against operational risk.

    Historically Basel brought a lot of changes in

    the Risk management policies of RBI. The

    Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) in the

    country even experienced a noticeable drop in

    their non-performing assets (NPAs) from 8.2

    % to 2.9% of net bank credits (NBCs).But

    there are a lot of things that put a Question

    mark on the RBIs decision to implement

    Basel II. Some the major criticisms of RBI are:

    1. Implementation of Basel 2- The major

    concern with process adopted by RBI for

    implementation of Basel II in India is its over-

    emphasis on financial stability as a goal in

    itself. This goal goes contrary to credit

    distributional norms and growth potentials of

    the Indian economy. The Capital requirements

    as per Basel II are too high for Indian banks as

    Indian banks unlike their foreign counterpartsare not much involved in speculative activities.

    Tier 1 + Tier 2

    + Tier 3 Capital

    (Capital Funds)

    Capital Adequacy Ratio = RWA for Credit

    Risk +

    (12.5 X capital chargefor Market & Operational risk)

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    This increased capital requirement will make

    bank more risk averse to credit dispension

    2. Credit Crunch for SME- Banking sector is

    undergoing restructuring with the Basel norms

    and its implications will not limited to the

    reduced Nonperforming Assets. It will have

    strong bearing on the distribution of bank

    credit. With priority sector mandate and focus

    of the bank on risk weighted assets the loans

    to small sector Industry will suffer .This would

    be indeed a concern because employment

    generated by the organized sector of the

    manufacturing industry is only 14 per cent

    compared with 86 per cent by the unorganized

    sector of which small and medium enterprises

    remain the major component.

    3. Timeline for Basel 2 -Another concern is

    the short time frame with in which Basel 2was implemented. Much of this so- called risk-

    aversion with regards to credit dispensation

    can also be attributed to quick adoption of

    Basel - approved credit risk adjusted ratios for

    capital.

    4. Poor Infrastructure- Though the Basel II

    norms are implemented, India adopted the

    standardized Approach for credit risk, basic

    indicator approach for operational risk basedon the degree of sophistication, cost o

    implementation and compliance in Indian

    banking system. Adoption of the advance

    approaches like, internal rating based approach

    for credit risk and Advanced Measurement

    Approach for operational risk would have

    helped bank to maintain low capital. But there

    are constraints faced by domestic banks in

    terms of availability of historical data, required

    skill-sets and technological adoption so theydo not meet the minimum requirement

    specified in the Basel framework to migrate to

    advance approach. Thus Basel 2 was

    implemented in India before the banks were

    ready for it and as a result they have to keep

    extra capital charge.

    5. Possibility of consolidation in the banking

    industry- Third concern is Basel norms might

    lead to systemic risk and subsequent

    consolidation in the banking industry. Since

    Capital requirement in advance approaches of

    risk measurement is lower, many large banks

    are keen to implement advance approaches.

    Cost of implementation of advance approaches

    in large banks would be compensated by

    resulting reduction in capital but for smaller

    banks this cost would not be compensated. As

    a result larger banks would be able to pass

    benefits of reduction in regulatory capital.

    Thus due to arbitrage opportunity the low riskassets would be attracted towards larger banks

    and smaller banks would be left with high risk

    assets. This adverse selection presents intrinsic

    systemic risk in times of economic downturn.

    6. Negative impact in growth of PSB- To

    meet the capital adequacy norms of Basel II

    the public sector banks needed avenues to

    raise capital. RBI facilitated capital raising

    options by enabling the issuance of severalinstruments by banks viz. perpetual debt

    instruments, Perpetual non-cumulative

    preference, redeemable cumulative preference

    share and hybrid debt instrument . Now with

    the changes in the norms way tier 1 capital is

    calculated PSB would require directing a lot of

    capital for adequacy which implies less credit

    dispension. Also Basel norms impacts the

    growth of the banks thus to the goal of

    financial inclusion.

    Contd..

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    needed????

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    7. Credit Risk Measurement The

    Standardized Approach for credit risk

    measurement depends upon on the external

    credit rating agencies but, the rating

    infrastructure in India is poor. Also credit

    rating agencies in India rates the instruments

    and not the issuing entities. The risk weighting

    scheme under Standardized Approach also

    creates some incentive for some of the bank

    clients to remain unrated since such entities

    receive a lower risk weight of 100 per cent

    vis--vis 150 per cent risk weight for a lowest

    rated client. This might specially be the case if

    the unrated client expects a poor rating.

    Contd..

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    Credit Deposit Ratio

    -Divye & Charu

    DoMS, IIT-Roorke

    Comparative analysis of four States of India Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtraand Tamil Nadu

    Banks are important financial institutions of a

    nation. A bank acts as a financial intermediary

    that accepts deposits and channels those

    deposits into lending activities, either directly

    or through capital markets. A bank connects

    customers with capital deficits to customers

    with capital surpluses.

    Deposits are of three types namely (i) Saving

    (ii) Current and (iii) Term deposits. Savings

    deposit is the money saved and deposited by

    individuals or businessmen. On the other hand,

    current deposits are primarily made by people

    for business purposes. A term deposit is a

    deposit for a fixed term with maturity ranging

    anywhere from a month to few years.

    Loans given by banks are of two types

    namely: - (i) Long Term and (ii) Short Term.

    Long term loans are generally given toindustries at high interest rates for a long

    duration whereas short term loans are

    normally given to farmers, traders, individuals

    at low interest rates for a shorter duration.

    What is CDR?

    The Credit Deposit (CD) ratio is the

    proportion of loan-assets created by banks

    from the deposits received. Mathematically,

    Credit Deposit Ratio can be written as:-

    Implications

    Higher the ratio, higher the loan-assets created

    from deposits i.e. higher CD ratio which

    reveals the efficiency with which the

    commercial and financial intermediaries are

    tapping savings from the available sources and

    channelizing these to various productive

    activities of the economy. Corollary, low

    credit deposit ratio indicates the low

    productive activities of the economy. Credit

    Deposit ratio is also a strong indicator of

    source of investment and pattern of financing

    in a given state. For example, higher saving

    deposits in comparison to current deposit

    would indicate that the area under discussion

    has few business organizations. Likewise,

    higher institutional current deposit vs. lower

    firm current deposit would indicate that there

    is big industry in that state. A sector-wise

    break-up of credit deposit ratio can help a

    person, sitting remotely, to make his decision

    for desired investment and a proper balance in

    CD ratio is essential to regulate the finance in

    that State.

    A high credit-deposit ratio could also imply a

    rise in interest rates. Example: Consider Bank

    Y which has deposits worth Rs. 100 crores and

    a credit-deposit ratio of 70 per cent. Thatmeans Bank Y has used deposits worth Rs. 70

    crores to create loan-assets. Only Rs. 30 crores

    is available for other investments.

    Now, the Indian government is the largest

    borrower in the domestic credit market. The

    government borrows by issuing securities (G-

    secs) through auctions held by the RBI. Banks,

    thus, lend to the government by investing in

    these G-secs. And Bank Y has only Rs. 30crores to invest in G-secs.

    If more banks like Y have lesser money to

    invest in G-secs, the government then has two

    options to meet its expenditure. Either, it can

    raise yields to make investment by banks in G-

    secs attractive. Otherwise, force the RBI to

    take the securities into its books. But both the

    options have a tendency to push up interest

    rates in the economy.

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    Credit Deposit RatioComparative analysis of four States of India Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtra

    and Tamil Nadu

    Yields on G-secs serve as a benchmark for

    interest rates on other debt instruments. A rise

    in the former, thus, pushes up interest rates on

    the latter

    Moreover, if RBI takes G-secs into its books,

    it releases fresh money into the system and i

    the money so released is large, then too much

    money will chase too few goods in the

    economy resulting in higher inflation levels.This would prompt investors to demand higher

    returns on debt instruments. Hence, higher

    interest rates result.

    Comparative Analysis

    A comparison of the four states reveals that

    the Tamil Nadu has the maximum credit

    Deposit ratio while Bihar has minimum credit

    deposit ratio. Punjab is very close to national

    average while Maharashtra being the financialhub of the nation is performing well in terms

    of credit deposit ratio. Bihars credit deposit

    ratio is way below the regulatory requirement

    given by RBI policy under which the

    commercial banks must maintain a 60% credit

    deposit ratio in the rural and semi urban region

    of the state.

    Bihar is one of the states in India having very

    low credit deposit ratio. The reasons for lowcredit deposit ratio in Bihar are very low

    number of bank branches in the state, the

    credit disbursement in Bihar is mainly to

    agriculture sector and Individuals, The

    deposits which are made in banks are savings

    deposits rather than term deposits. On the

    positive side, both credit and deposit amount

    has increased over the last 10 years which can

    lead to improvement of credit deposit ratio in

    the future years to come.

    In Punjab, major credit disbursement is to

    industries and agriculture which improves the

    credit amount for the state. The major deposits

    in the banks are term deposits through which

    banks can give out long term credit. The

    number of bank branches per lakh population

    in the state is also very high. The reason for

    low credit deposit ratio in Punjab as compared

    to states like Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu is

    due to low CD ratio in rural (51%) and semiurban (48%). The CD ratios in both the

    regions are well below the statutory

    requirement of 60%. Industrial credit must

    pick up in these regions to improve the overall

    CD ratio.

    Maharashtra is the financial backbone of the

    country. The amount of credit and deposits

    which is done in the state is highest out of all

    the other three states i.e. Bihar, Punjab andTamil Nadu. The reason for slightly low CD

    ratio as compared to Tamil Nadu is due to the

    sanctioned credit for the state being utilised in

    other states. Banks must utilise the credit

    within the states to improve CD ratio as per

    utilisation which is very low at about 79%.

    Tamil Nadu is the state having highest CD

    ratio (more than 100%) among all the states in

    India which shows that Tamil Nadu has morecredit amount than deposit. Both deposit and

    credit amount have increased over the last 10

    years in the state with credit amount increasing

    at much faster rate as compared to deposit

    amount. The reason for such high credit

    deposit ratio is due to major credit being

    disbursed to industrial sector in all the regions

    i.e. rural, semi-urban, urban and metropolitan

    which leads to high credit amount in the state.

    Also, credit sanctioned in other states is being

    utilised in Tamil Nadu.

    Contd..

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    Credit Deposit Ratio

    The deposits are also term deposits which help

    banks to give out long term credit for

    industrial projects and thereby earning high

    interest rates on the loans.

    Rapid industrialization, modernization o

    agriculture and improvement of social,

    physical and financial infrastructure are keys

    to ensure faster growth which can lead toimprovement of credit deposit ratio in states

    like Bihar and Punjab. Improvement in credit

    ratio cannot be done in a short period of time

    but it will require a long term effort to

    improve. CD ratio is dependent upon

    infrastructural development and linkages and

    both of them will require a long term effort.

    Credit can be easily dispensed in agriculture

    sector as compared to industry since

    agriculture sector has the potential to absorbmore credit and is more developed than

    industry. But without the development o

    credit system in industrial sector, credit

    deposit ratio cannot improve in states having

    low CD ratio.

    There is a need to divert from agricultural

    activities to investments & tertiary sectors. It is

    important that all efforts are made by the bank

    for creating an appropriate recovery and

    lending climate. The bank has not only to fill

    the credit gaps but also to provide after-service

    complementary to credit availability that

    would encourage entrepreneurial initiatives.

    Banks should start specialized branches to

    increase credit disbursement to existing

    industrial outlets. These branches should also

    promote establishment of new industries in the

    region by identifying viable units of capable

    entrepreneurs in the states. While heavy

    industries can absorb a substantial amount ocredit, there is sufficient scope for the

    development of tiny as well as indigenous

    industries in Bihar and Punjab, which have a

    large employment potential. It is possible to

    accelerate the development of tiny, village and

    cottage and such of the small scale industries

    which do not require a substantial quantity of

    investment or money, although the absorptive

    capacity of such industries in term of per unit

    credit requirement may not be large, yetaggregate of their credit requirements would

    be substantial in view of the large number of

    such industries. Apart from their employment

    potential, such industries also help increase

    production for domestic markets and create

    market linkages in Bihar and Punjab.

    Alternative Implications

    In the end, credit deposit ratio can sometimesbe a misleading parameter to measure the

    growth of the country. Sometimes, a region

    having low CD ratio can have very high

    growth level e.g. Kerala, where the state has

    prospered in spite of low CD ratio (due to

    large deposit amount from NRIs). Also, the

    credit deposit ratio does not give information

    about the credit risk i.e. the information about

    the non performing assets of the bank. In some

    regions, banks have poor credit history where

    people do not pay back their loans and

    regularly default, so, in these cases banks are

    reluctant to give out credit to people and that is

    not shown by CD ratio. Credit deposit ratio

    does not give information about the usage of

    credit, whether, it is being used for productive

    purpose or not. Shortage of labour, political

    disturbances are other factors that CD Ratio is

    not able to depict. Higher CDR may always be

    not a good indicator since it carries certain

    risks - for recovery, inflationary pressures, etc.

    Contd..

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    Comparative analysis of four States of India Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtraand Tamil Nadu

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    Re-branding

    "The brand needs to speak to different

    countries... think internationally. The brand has

    to connect with the youth in the geographies that

    we are in." - Sunil Mittal

    Airtel has rebranded its logo to a white

    coloured curvy model along with a reddish

    background. On top of it, the brand is using

    its media strength to advertise the change it

    has brought especially with the introduction

    of 3G. Recently we have seen Videocon

    being rebranded to a greener model.

    However, the question is did Airtel really

    need the change?

    There are two different views on it. One set

    of people welcome the move as a switch

    towards its increasing global presence while

    the other set dislike this act and see it asunnecessary. Amazingly, the latter set

    includes general public, students and

    budding marketers as well.

    Think tanks who liked and welcomed this

    rebranding exercise also give solid reasons

    for its potential success. They are of the

    view that the move by the

    telecom giant is not a single logo chang

    or jingle change, rather it is a change i

    the whole positioning of the company

    the minds of its consumers and othe

    stakeholders and thats what rebrandin

    stands for. Airtel is going global. It ha

    presence in 19 countries in both Asia an

    Africa. It acquired Warid in Bangladesand Zain Telecom in Africa in past past

    months. So, there is a need for a single

    powerful and unified face of the compan

    to stand to its customers.

    As explained by the company, the ne

    logo is modern, vibrant and friendly an

    signals their resolution to be accessible t

    the customers while maintaining their cor

    brand elements (e.g. red colour). Thchange from uppercase A to lowercas

    a signals humility. Also, the famous Airt

    jingle created by A. R. Rehman has bee

    changed as well. It has become a techn

    mix kind of sound with the old core tune a

    the background. This would help th

    company to connect with the youth whic

    is the biggest customer group in th

    countries in which Airtel operates. Th

    tagline has shifted from Express Yourse

    to Dil Jo Chahe Pass Laye which aga

    shows an attempt to increase accessibilit

    of the brand. The new advertiseme

    shows setup in some European count

    again hinting on the fact that Airtel is

    global brand.

    Airtel Rebranding: Was it needed?-Rishi Arora

    DoMS, IIT-Roorkee

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    The opinions standing against this wholeexercise have their logic too. Firstly, therebranding is done whenever a brand is notperforming according to the expectationsand is too old to connect to the people. Thiswas the need of Videocon which rebrandeditself few months ago but this was not in thecase of Airtel. It is a leading brand which is

    very popular among its customer base.

    So why rebrand? Secondly, the cost of thisexercise is estimated to be around Rs. 300crores. This is a hell of a lot of money if yousee it as a marketing expenditure andcompare it to that of the other companies.Thirdly, the new Airtel logo is seen as a copyof the new Videocon logo and the font isseen as copied from Vodafone logo by thegeneral public. True or not, it still creates a

    negative image in the minds of consumers.

    There are some other counter points on thiscampaign as well. The company has madethe a lowercase and gives humility as areason for it. Now if majority of thepopulation in Africa and Asia dont knowEnglish, then how can they comprehendhumility? Do you really think there wouldsomeone in interior Karnataka in India or onthe outskirts of Chittagong or in some small

    village in Africa who would go for a mobilephone connection, look at the Airtel symboland think Hmm!! Now theres a brand withhumility if there was ever one!! I think Ishould buy it!! Are you kidding me??

    says the marketing blog of IIM CalcuttAlso, Airtels new positioning again focuson making consumers to connect to eaother.

    Now every other telecom company dothe act of connecting. How is Airdifferentiating itself from others? If we kecriticism apart and look to the execution the rebranding campaign, it was superb. one or two days of announcing the nelogo on TV and in print, the compachanged all its old logos from streets ashops. Whole trains (Delhi-BangaloRajdhani) were painted red in Airtecolors. For two days, homepages of Timof India and Yahoo were overtaken fadvertising. Every effort was made so ththere is no contradiction between the o

    logo and the new logo among tcustomers.

    In this early situation, one cannot commeon the necessity of this rebrandibecause it has not started reaping its fruiThe campaign will end sometime January. Also, the annual fiscresults/quarter results would comsomewhere in April or May when the effeof this rebranding will be somewhat visib

    on Airtels international markets.

    This rebranding campaign can creawonders and can write its own history bat the same time, it can crash like a planbeing flown without any directions by CaLaunch Pad. What happens to it is whremains to be seen.

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    Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee

    -Fresh Green Creativity, right from the roots of DOMS

    through the leaves of this newsletter

    When Going Gets ToughFailiure stares me like a hawk,

    Difficulty stands like a rock,

    I am in shock,

    So much that I just cant talk,

    Try, but fail to reach the dock,

    Life is not a cakewalk

    Seems that my future is locked,

    To avoid failiure, new plans I chalk,

    But fail

    And wait for misfortune to knock,9

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    But then.Echoes my heart with firm conviction,Your fear of failiure is just an illusion,Even mountains are moved with true determination,Love can be won by intense passion,

    Only if you move in your soul s directionUnfallible commitment can win over nations,Impossible can be achieved by imagination,So shed all your deviations,And dont be swayed by temporary emotions,

    So when strikes crisis, keep your feet moving,Coz when going gets tough, TOUGH gets going.

    - Harsh Singh

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    1) In 1948, this head of India's largest business conglomerate launched

    Air India International as India's first international airline. Name this

    Bharat Ratna Awardee who also has the distinction of being India's

    first pilot.

    2) A recent Hollywood movie by the name 'The Social Network' is based

    on the life of the founder of a social networking site which has

    revenue of over US $800 million. Name this Harvard dropoutAmerican entrepreneur.

    3) In economics, an oligopolistic market structure (dominated by a small

    number of sellers), the market players use this theory to model their

    behavior in taking strategic decisions. Which theory is this, which also

    has wide-ranging application in other fields as well such as biology,political science, computer science and philosophy?

    4) As Pioneer of the co-operative movement in India, this diary co-

    operative organization has revenue of over Rs 67.11 Billion and was

    founded in 1946. Name this largest exporter of dairy products in the

    country.

    5) This Theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and captured inhis book by the same name published in 2007 which explains the

    disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, and rare events

    that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science,

    finance and technology. Examples of such events are Internet, the

    personal computer, the September 11 attack etc. Name this theory.

    6) What connects the following terms?

    Dogs: Cash Cows: Stars: Question Mark

    -Rajneesh and Anirudh

    DoMS, IIT-Roorkee

    Its Exquizite, Kills your Quriosity and adds to your Quizdom. Need we say more?

    Qutopia A Utopia of the best Biz Quiz Tidbits to wreck your brains! Mail in youranswers to [email protected]. The winner will have their names published inthe next issue. Answers in the next issue ofDoMination.

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    1. In the field of mergers and acquisitions, this is devised as a kind of defensive tactic used by

    corporations board of directors against a takeover and it typically involves a scheme

    whereby shareholders will have the right to buy more shares at a discount, if one

    shareholder buys a certain percentage of the company's shares. What is this tactic against

    hostile takeover better known as?

    2. This is the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a hostile takeover and

    thereby forcing the target firm to buy those shares back at a premium in order to suspend

    the takeover. What is the name given to this practice?

    3. In 2006, a leading technology company acquired this San Bruno, California based company

    specializing in a video sharing website on which users could upload, share and view videos.

    The deal was worth $1.65 billion. Name both the companies involved?

    4. In the largest takeover deal by an Indian company, Tata Steel acquired the Corus Group in

    an all cash deal totaling to $12.04 Billion in early 2007. The Tata Steel bid was challenged bythe Brazilian steel maker CSN (Companhia Siderrgica Nacional) with a counter bid. In the

    auction process that followed taking nine rounds to find the winner, what was the final

    offer in pence per share that Tata Steel offered to clinch the deal?

    5. As Lehman Brother filed for the largest bankruptcy in the history of United States in

    September 2008, this Japanese based major industrial and financial conglomerate agreed to

    buy the Lehman Brothers Holdings's investment banking and equities unit in Asia-pacific

    and Europe. What is the name of this financial holding company?

    6. Wells Fargo acquired this bank turned financial-service Company in an all stock deal of$15.1 billion in 2008. This company was also ranked among the top 50 in the Fortune

    Global 500 list before going defunct in the financial crisis of 2008. Name the Company?

    The Answers of Qutopia-10 were:

    1) A shareholder rights plan popularly known as a poison pill

    2) Greenmail or greenmailing. The term is a neologism derived from "blackmail" and

    "greenback".

    3) The leading technology company is Google which in October 2006 acquired YouTube.

    4) The final offer by Tata Steel to acquire Corus Group was 608 pence per share which was 5

    pence more than CSN which offered 603 pence per share.

    5) Nomura Holdings, the financial holding company which is a part of the Nomura Group.

    6) Wachovia which has now merged with Wells Fargo.

    Winners are:

    Anuj Gandhi (Executive, Transportation Systems Group, BHEL)

    Arnab Basu (DOMSIITR 2007-09)

    Harish Nagwani (AMA, Ahmedabad)

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