Notable quotes from my chosen articles for EXP3 (names are linked to respective articles)
> "It is thanks to Tata that this massive country had its first weaving mill, its first hydraulic power and steel plant, its first college -- and its first luxury hotel. The company thus became both a symbol and reflection of the country"
> "Ratan Tata leads the business in keeping with his family's values: modest, community oriented, extremely reclusive."
> "Corus offers us a good springboard for entry into the European market. It enables us to achieve a global scale." (Ratan Tata)
> "And even if I don't see the deal symbolically -- maybe it shows that an Indian company now not only wants to play an important role in India, but also seeks to be a global player." (Ratan Tata)
> "It was only two or three years ago that we began realizing that we could no longer remain dependent on a single market -- that we could grow abroad through investment and acquisition...It would be great were we considered abroad as a globally operating company with a local touch -- that just happens to be owned by a group of Indians." (Ratan Tata)
> "They think globally. And those who take that approach also tend to come out ahead. I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally."
Article: "We Indians Have to Struggle to Catch Up: Interview with Indian Industry Mogul Ratan Tata" (interview conudcted by Padma Rao & Thomas Tuma, published April 9, 2007 by Speigel Online)
> "As a result of her entrepreneurship, she is now richer than virtually any other woman anywhere in the world"
> "Now, with the paper industry shifting to China, where labor and land are cheaper, Zhang and Nine Dragons are vowing to take on the world's global paper giants"
> "My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry."
Article: "China's 'Queen of Trash' finds riches in waste paper" (by David Barboza, published January 15, 2007 by the International Herald Tribune: Business Section)
> "Carlos Slim is Mexico's Mr. Monopoly."
> "Mr. Slim has accumulated so much power that he is considered untouchable in his native land, a force as great as the state itself."
> "Mr. Slim's rise says a lot about Mexico's deepest problems, including the gap between rich and poor…During the past two years, Mr. Slim has made about $27 million a day, while a fifth of the country gets by on less than $2 a day."
> "It is surprising how big companies have captured the Mexican state. This is a risk to our democracy"
> "Unless Mr. Calderón (Mexico’s President) extracts big concessions from the mogul, they say, he may become too powerful to control."
> "Mr. Slim's strategy has been consistent over his long career: Buy companies on the cheap, whip them into shape, and ruthlessly drive competitors out of business."
> "Slim is very aggressive...Some of Mexico's business leaders say in private that they feel Mr. Slim has grown too greedy."
> "Mr. Slim's empire is so vast here now that doing business without him can be difficult."
Artcile: "The Secrets of the World's Richest Man: Merxico's Carlos Slim makes his billions the old-fashioned way: monopolies" (by David Luhnow, pulished August 4, 2007 by Wall Street Journal online)
