The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 26, 2006

EDITORIAL
Iniquitous enclaves
The perversity of incentives that create no externalities or economies of scale for the "hinterland" are the biggest defects of SEZs. More

ECONOMY
To achieve a turnaround in Bihar
Historical disadvantages, limited post-Independence development strategies, and the vivisection of the State, have crippled the public financial and economic structure of Bihar. More

PETROLEUM
HUBBERTSPEAK
Crude oil: Super-spike ahead?
With the gas reserves position still unclear, and the uncertainties associated with the infrastructure, such as dropping rig count and aging pipelines, it should not be surprising at all if there is a super-spike in the price of crude oil in the year s ahead. The real question is "how high and for how long," say N. SHANMUGANATHAN and SATISH KUMAR. More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Corporate culture calls for common code
Without a uniform belief structure, employee behaviour may be governed by varying values and individual idiosyncrasies. More

CONSUMERISM
PERSPECTIVE
`Deal'ing with the customer
Not too long ago, owning a house was considered a dream and telephone a status symbol. That has changed with the youngest country in the world, India's youth constituting 70 per cent of the population. Though a segment of this younger ... More

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