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- February 2003
- Supplement
Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management
Presents an interview with Silvio Napoli regarding cultural aspects of an Italian manager in a Swiss company opening an Indian subsidiary. Issues range from personal and family adjustment to management style, corporate culture, and differences in national...
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Business Subsidiaries;
Nationality;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Characteristics;
Business Startups;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Italy;
Switzerland;
India
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-806, February 2003.
- 30 Jul 2010
- News
India Still Finding its Way, Says HBS Dean
- December 2006 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
J. R. D. Tata
By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
J.R.D Tata, Chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata & Sons, played a significant role in building India's economic infrastructure. Under his guidance, Tata & Sons built locomotives, steel refineries, airlines, chemical plants, and technology-based enterprises....
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Development Economics;
Working Conditions;
Leadership;
Infrastructure;
Personal Development and Career;
Business and Government Relations;
India
Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Mark Benson. "J. R. D. Tata." Harvard Business School Case 407-061, December 2006. (Revised April 2014.)
- Research Summary
Entrepreneurship, Value-construction, and Market-creation
Changing Landscapes: Creating a Market for Modern Indian Art
In this project on the creation and consolidation of a market for modern and contemporary Indian art, Mukti and her co-author Daniel Wadhwani study the role of entrepreneurs and incumbent firms... View Details
- March 2016 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Fair & Lovely vs. Dark is Beautiful
By: Rohit Deshpande and Saloni Chaturvedi
Women of Worth (WOW) is an organization that seeks to empower women through training and workshops. The organization has also fought against discrimination based on the color of a person's skin through its “Dark is Beautiful” campaign—endorsed by well-known...
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Deshpande, Rohit, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Fair & Lovely vs. Dark is Beautiful." Harvard Business School Case 516-079, March 2016. (Revised August 2022.)
- February 2005 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever's Project Shakti--Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Rohithari Rajan
With liberalization of India's economy and the opening up of markets to foreign multinationals such as Procter & Gamble, the Indian subsidiary of Unilever--Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL)--was under pressure to grow revenues and profits. HLL had a long and stellar record of...
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Keywords:
Economy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Subsidiaries;
Revenue;
Profit;
Market Participation;
Programs;
Rural Scope;
Poverty;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
India
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Rohithari Rajan. "Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever's Project Shakti--Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer." Harvard Business School Case 505-056, February 2005. (Revised June 2007.)
- July 2013 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time
By: Srikant Datar and Saloni Chaturvedi
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Organizations;
Financial Condition;
Health Care and Treatment;
Diversity;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Health Industry;
India;
Asia
Datar, Srikant, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time." Harvard Business School Case 114-007, July 2013. (Revised May 2024.)
- 08 Jan 2020
- Video
Dr. Yusuf Hamied
Dr. Yusuf Hamied, Chair of the pioneering Indian generic drugs company Cipla, explains his objection to the patent monopolies of Western multinational companies, to whom he believes India should not be at the...
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- 28 Oct 2015
- News
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
- December 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Rafael M. Di Tella and Prabakar (PK) Kothandaraman
Shortly after Infosys was founded in 1981, its managers faced a major turning point when they made a decision to operate without giving in to the petty corruption rife in the Indian economy. Within just a few years, that decision had truly defined the company. Over the...
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Keywords:
History;
Management Style;
Moral Sensibility;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations;
Decisions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Situation or Environment;
Crime and Corruption;
Business Strategy;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
India
Abdelal, Rawi E., Rafael M. Di Tella, and Prabakar (PK) Kothandaraman. "Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment." Harvard Business School Case 707-030, December 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- February 2017 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Akshaya Patra: Impact at Scale
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
Akshaya Patra, an Indian NGO, had set an ambitious goal of serving 5 million free meals daily to India's schoolchildren. Founded in 2000, Akshaya Patra had thus far opened 25 high-capacity kitchens in 10 different States to provide a midday meal to nearly 1.65 million...
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Keywords:
Scaling;
Public-private Partnership;
Operational Excellence;
Nonprofit Scaling;
Social Impact;
Social Enterprise;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Performance Effectiveness;
Nonprofit Organizations;
India
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sarah Appleby. "Akshaya Patra: Impact at Scale." Harvard Business School Case 517-028, February 2017. (Revised September 2017.)
- 09 Mar 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scaling and Succession
- 28 Jul 2021
- Video
Aroon Purie
Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India Today, discusses the relationship between the Indian government and the media, the importance of the freedom of press, and the duty of journalists to report accurate source-based stories.
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- November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Amul and India's National Dairy Development Board
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder
Amul Dairy has been a successful change maker in India's dairy system. How does it move from this success to the new challenges facing the Indian food system--is it an appropriate model?
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Leading Change;
Success;
Cooperative Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Food and Beverage Industry;
India
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Srinivas Sunder. "Amul and India's National Dairy Development Board." Harvard Business School Case 599-060, November 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- January 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers (A)
By: Srikant M. Datar, Anjali Raina and Namrata Arora
Set in 2008, the case details Tech Mahindra, an information technology (IT) company within the Mahindra Group, an Indian multi-industry company with a diverse stable of businesses including automotives, farm equipment, and financial services, and its decision to...
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Datar, Srikant M., Anjali Raina, and Namrata Arora. "Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-049, January 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
- 20 Jul 2016
- News
How Amazon Adapted Its Business Model to India
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Rahul Bajaj
Rahul Bajaj, who was Chair of the diversified Bajaj Group, criticizes the Indian government's Companies Act in 2013 which mandated that large companies had to spend 2 per cent of their pre-tax profits on...
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- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Dr. Prathap C. Reddy
Prathap C. Reddy, founder of India-based Apollo Hospitals, describes his early challenges of dealing with Indian government policies that discouraged setting up of private hospitals. He discusses the political...
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- 07 Sep 2010
- News
India's Online Auction Pioneers
- 16 Jun 2020
- Video
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal, the legendary Indian film maker and pioneer of parallel cinema in the country, discusses the need to contest conventional patriarchal representations of women in movies, as an essential step to...
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