To be precise

“We can’t teach management in our classrooms and then be incapable of running a self-sufficient institution ourselves”
Samir Kumar Barua, Director, IIM Ahmedabad, in Mint

“We have to give people a reason to come back to colas. We’ve got to romance them”
Indra Nooyi, Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo, in WSJ

“Some people say that we have stepped into the market too late. What is too late when the industry is set to triple every year?”
Arun Kapoor, Chief Executive, Reliance’ Big TV DTH, in Business Standard

“China is getting a little less competitive. (So) India is an obvious choice for us”
Arthur Chang, Vice-President (Global Sales), Alibaba.com, a Chinese e-commerce company, in BusinessWeek online

“The final answer came to me in this fashion: if I have never let gender come in the way of my career, why would I let age come in? The excitement of running various businesses finally made me make up my mind”
Kalpana Morparia, CEO (India), JP Morgan, on being offered her current post at a time when she was close to retirement from ICICI Bank, in The Economic Times