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Editorial

Volume 20, Number 3 Article by V Ravi Anshuman September, 2008

Editorial :

It is my pleasure to acquaint you with the articles and features of the September 2008 issue.

The management of financial risk has become an imperative for all organisations and integral to the management of risk is its measurement. Prof Malay Bhattacharyya's note critically assesses Value at Risk-VAR Models while a panel of eminent practitioners discusses the practical implications of financial risk management in organisations today, in our Round Table feature. Rounding off this feature are two papers a brokers' assessment of the derivatives markets in India and usage of foreign currency derivatives in India.

In this time's Interview Prof David S Gibbons the Founder Chairman of CASHPOR Microcredit a microfinance institution based in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India speaks to N Annapurna about the challenges of attaining the 'double bottom line' reaching the really poor and being financially viable. We also have papers making a case for multiple national cultures in India and 'green marketing' in Japan based on the recycling of products.

With this issue, we thank the outgoing members of the IMR Editorial Advisory Board and welcome the five new members: Prof Sunil Chopra, who is the IBM Distinguished Professor of Operations Management at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management; Prof Yahseng Huang, China Program Associate Professor in International Management and Prof S P Kothari, Deputy Dean and Gordon Y Billard Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management; Prof Raghuram G Rajan, Eric J Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; and Prof Mary Teagarden, Professor of Global Strategy, Thunderbird School of Management and Editor, Thunderbird International Business Review. We have a newly constituted Editorial Executive Committee comprising Prof Mukta Kulkarni, Prof Ishwar Murthy, Prof Regie George Pallathitta, Prof Chiranjib Sen, and Prof D V R Seshadri, all from IIMB. We look forward to reaching greater heights of accomplishment under the guidance of the new team.

Readers, I look forward to your feedback on this issue and any other matter of concern to IMR.

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