Power TalkPub Date : 2018-07-02DOI: 10.1142/9789813235137_0015
Anupam Mittal
{"title":"Union by Algorithms","authors":"Anupam Mittal","doi":"10.1142/9789813235137_0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235137_0015","url":null,"abstract":"The extent the internet has pervaded our lives cannot be more intimately witnessed than in the brainchild of Indian internet entrepreneur, Anupam Mittal. Shaadi.com claims to be the number one matrimonial website in the world, having brought together four million people in matrimony.","PeriodicalId":232904,"journal":{"name":"Power Talk","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122901238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Power TalkPub Date : 2018-07-02DOI: 10.1142/9789813235137_0008
T. Lo
{"title":"Pacing with the Best","authors":"T. Lo","doi":"10.1142/9789813235137_0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235137_0008","url":null,"abstract":"The Tour de France is not just a showcase of the human spirit — known to be one of the most gruelling races in the world, with 21 day-long stages, over more than 3,500 kilometres — it’s also a beauty parade where bike enthusiasts gather to gawk at the most sophisticated and advanced bicycles fresh off the factory floor.","PeriodicalId":232904,"journal":{"name":"Power Talk","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114244860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Power TalkPub Date : 2018-07-02DOI: 10.1142/9789813235137_0009
Kumar Mangalam Birla
{"title":"The Mettle to Take on the World","authors":"Kumar Mangalam Birla","doi":"10.1142/9789813235137_0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235137_0009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":232904,"journal":{"name":"Power Talk","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127948020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Power TalkPub Date : 2018-07-02DOI: 10.1142/9789813235137_0021
J. Cheah
{"title":"A Foundation for the Mind","authors":"J. Cheah","doi":"10.1142/9789813235137_0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235137_0021","url":null,"abstract":"Between academics and businessmen, Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah prefers the company of the former. He is inspired by their conversations and is thrilled when he hears complex concepts explained simply. It helps, too, he says, that they want nothing from him.","PeriodicalId":232904,"journal":{"name":"Power Talk","volume":"196 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133717230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Power TalkPub Date : 2018-07-02DOI: 10.1142/9789813235137_0002
Balbina Wong
{"title":"The Dowager of Chinese Luxury","authors":"Balbina Wong","doi":"10.1142/9789813235137_0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235137_0002","url":null,"abstract":"Ironically, the dowager of Chinese luxury is neither a Chinese national nor was she groomed in the lap of luxury. It was through sheer determination, vision, and fortuity that Balbina Wong broke through into a world unlike the one she entered at birth.","PeriodicalId":232904,"journal":{"name":"Power Talk","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123532626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Power TalkPub Date : 2018-07-02DOI: 10.1142/9789813235137_0006
Anand Mahindra
{"title":"Bollywood or Business?","authors":"Anand Mahindra","doi":"10.1142/9789813235137_0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235137_0006","url":null,"abstract":"Anand Mahindra was appointed to the top executive post in one of India’s leading industrial houses in 1997, some 16 years after he took on an obscure position as Executive Assistant to the Finance Director in one of the Group’s businesses, Mahindra Ugine Steel. Finding his fit in the conglomerate entailed breakthroughs and breakdowns. While he was celebrated as the man behind the iconic Indian sports utility vehicle, the Scorpio, he had also nearly lost his life for introducing unpopular measures in a plant.","PeriodicalId":232904,"journal":{"name":"Power Talk","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126589226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Power TalkPub Date : 2018-07-02DOI: 10.1142/9789813235137_0003
John L. Gokongwei
{"title":"Having His Cake and Eating It","authors":"John L. Gokongwei","doi":"10.1142/9789813235137_0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235137_0003","url":null,"abstract":"While many billionaires would like to be associated with their Bombardier or their Phantom as their signature mode of transport, the Philippines’ second richest man on the Forbes list in 2017, weighing in at US$5.8 billion, has chosen a bicycle as the symbol of his ride to fame and fortune. And if a bicycle represents simplicity, diligence, and candour, then it’s a befitting emblem for John Gokongwei Jr, the founder of JG Summit.","PeriodicalId":232904,"journal":{"name":"Power Talk","volume":"181 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131818201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}