Ratan Tata: Leading the Tata Group into the 21st Century
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Case Details:
Case Code : BSTR284
Case Length : 19 Pages
Period : 1991-2008
Pub Date : 2008
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Tata Group
Industry : Diversified
Countries : India
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Introduction Contd...
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The Nano was not the only reason why Ratan Tata was in the
news. He was also instrumental in Tata Motors acquiring Jaguar and Land Rover7,
from Ford. And under his leadership, Tata Steel acquired the Anglo-Dutch steel
maker Corus8 in 2007.
The Corus deal, valued at $ 12 billion, was reported to be
the largest takeover of a foreign company by an Indian company.9
Ratan Tata took over the reins of the Tata Group from JRD Tata in 1991 (Refer
Exhibit II for information on JRD Tata and Exhibit III for the Pioneers of the
Tata Group).
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It was around this time that the Indian government had begun
to initiate a series of reforms to open up the economy.
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However, for the Tata Group companies, like for most other Indian companies, it
was a testing time as economic liberalization also increased the threat of
competition from multinational companies.10
Having operated in a protected environment for
decades, the Tata Group companies were not globally competitive. Also,
the Group lacked focus, being present in several unrelated businesses.
Ratan Tata was responsible for overseeing a transformation of the Tata
Group to prepare the conglomerate to face the pressures of
globalization... |
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