Hi Vince,

I was not aware of the "Power Play" book tour.  I'll check it out.

As to the article with the Baylor professor, I think it's a great idea.  I'd 
like the University Affairs team to get involved.  If a visit is required, 
interviews, etc., they should coordinate.  That way, I think we'll have the 
greatest opportunity to leverage the relationship.

Mark
----- Forwarded by Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron on 10/10/2000 02:23 PM -----

	Vince J Kaminski@ECT
	10/09/2000 09:08 AM
		 
		 To: Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron@ENRON
		 cc: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT
		 Subject: Enron in India

Mark,

Two points. 

1. You probably know about it already.  ABHAY MEHTA, the author of "Power 
Play", is on a
tour of the United States. Please, take a look at the information about a 
meeting last Sunday 
at Stanford University. The web site address is  given below. My wife went to
the presentation and told me it was quite critical about Enron. About 40 
people attended.

2. I was approached by John Martin, a professor of finance at Baylor, to 
write jointly an
academic paper on Enron for a financial journal. He wanted to work on an 
article on EBS.
I have suggested a different topic: Enron - Case Study of a Company 
Reinventing Itself.

I made a few points to John:

a. Enron's evolution did not just happen  by accident.
It was a result of implementation of a far-reaching
strategy developed by the management.

b. In the process of its evolution Enron changed its environment. I came up 
with a term
"proactive evolution", as opposed to "reactive evolution."

c. The strategy included many elements, including emphasis on the quality
of human resources, changing corporate attitudes to risk taking and employee
empowerment.

d. There are very few companies that match Enron's experience and 
accomplishemnts.

The paper could become a standard reading at the MBA courses on corporate 
strategy
and would help greatly our recruiting efforts. 


Writing the paper would require interviews with Ken, Jeff and a few other key 
players. 
Let me know what you thing about it. John is really excited about this paper.

Vince


---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 10/09/2000 
08:07 AM ---------------------------


VKaminski@aol.com on 10/07/2000 05:29:41 PM
To: vkamins@enron.com
cc:  
Subject: Enron


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