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- Sep 2021
- Lecture
Legacy of Violence and the British Empire
- May 2009 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Ralph Nader: When Purpose and Legacy Collide
By: Nitin Nohria and Umaimah Mendhro
This case tells the story of Ralph Nader's leadership, from his success as a crusader for consumer interests and active public participation in the political process to his controversial campaigns for the U.S. presidency.
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Keywords:
Values and Beliefs;
Government and Politics;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Reputation;
Public Opinion;
Public Administration Industry
Nohria, Nitin, and Umaimah Mendhro. "Ralph Nader: When Purpose and Legacy Collide." Harvard Business School Case 409-117, May 2009. (Revised November 2009.)
- January 2019 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy
By: Forest Reinhardt, Gunnar Trumbull and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
Founded in 1963 by Bhavarlal Jain (Bhau), who believed in “providing solutions for every problem,” Jain Irrigation in 2018 had a global footprint and $1.1 billion in revenue. Bhau had insisted that his business add value to farmers' lives and promote sustainable...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Mission and Purpose;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
India
Reinhardt, Forest, Gunnar Trumbull, and Mahima Rao-Kachroo. "Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 719-044, January 2019. (Revised July 2022.)
- June 2011
- Supplement
Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy (B)?
By: Aldo Musacchio, Tarun Khanna and Rachna Tahilyani
Supplement to case 710008.
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Musacchio, Aldo, Tarun Khanna, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy (B)?" Harvard Business School Supplement 711-083, June 2011.
- December 2003 (Revised November 2004)
- Teaching Note
Renewing Germany: Kohl's Legacy and Schroeder's Dilemma
By: Huw Pill
Teaching Note to (2-702-087).
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- June 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Renewing Germany: Kohl's Legacy and Schroder's Dilemma
By: Huw Pill, Michael Linse, Marie-Anne Popp and Ingrid Vogel
The German economy has long been seen as the locomotive of European (and, on occasion, global) growth. Germany appeared to weather the stagflation of the 1970s more successfully than many other economies, and reunification in 1990 appeared to present opportunities for...
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Pill, Huw, Michael Linse, Marie-Anne Popp, and Ingrid Vogel. "Renewing Germany: Kohl's Legacy and Schroder's Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 702-087, June 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- Oct 2021
- Other Presentation
Legacy of Violence and the End of Empire
- 2021
- Working Paper
Capitalism, Slavery, and the Legacy of Cesare Beccaria
The Milanese Marquis Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) dedicated his life first to theorizing a more just and equal society grounded in individual rights, anchored in secular political economy rather than in religious dogma, then to realizing this bold vision...
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Reinert, Sophus A. "Capitalism, Slavery, and the Legacy of Cesare Beccaria." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-034, December 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- 2002
- Chapter
Just a Peasant? Economy and Legacy in Vietnam
- 2022
- Book
Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind
By: Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna
Society tends to glorify the get-rich-quick entrepreneur who builds a company, takes it public and then (maybe) contributes to charity.
In Leadership to Last, Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna discuss the interviews they and other Harvard faculty have undertaken...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Corruption;
Gender;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Society;
India;
Pakistan;
Bangladesh;
Middle East;
Africa;
Latin America;
Philippines
Jones, Geoffrey, and Tarun Khanna. Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind. Gurgaon, India: Penguin Random House India, 2022.
- October, 2023
- Article
Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: Housing Market Impacts of Removing Legacy Pollutants
By: Alecia Cassidy, Robyn C. Meeks and Michale R. Moore
The Great Lakes and their tributaries make up the largest freshwater system on the planet, providing drinking water and recreational value to millions of people. Yet manufacturing plants left a legacy of toxic pollutants in the region, tarnishing it as part of the...
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Keywords:
Valuation Of Environmental Effects;
Housing Demand;
Water Pollution;
Water Quality;
Infrastructure;
Pollution;
Consumer Behavior
Cassidy, Alecia, Robyn C. Meeks, and Michale R. Moore. "Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: Housing Market Impacts of Removing Legacy Pollutants." Journal of Public Economics 226 (October, 2023).
- July 2002
- Case
Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (B)
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Lisa Lewis
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Peru
Rotemberg, Julio J., and Lisa Lewis. "Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (B)." Harvard Business School Case 703-004, July 2002.
- 2008
- Book
Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse
Salter, Malcolm S. Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse . Harvard University Press, 2008.
- July 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (A)
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Lisa Lewis
Considers the situation facing Alberto Fujimori as he takes office in 1990. Pays particular attention to Peru's long history of international borrowing, default, and renegotiation. This history suggests that the costs imposed by foreigners on Peru when it failed to...
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Rotemberg, Julio J., and Lisa Lewis. "Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (A)." Harvard Business School Case 703-001, July 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- September 2023 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Ghassan Nuqul and the Nuqul Group: Preserving a Father's Legacy
By: Christina R. Wing, Lauren Cohen and Alpana Thapar
The Nuqul Group was established in 1952 by Elia Nuqul, a Palestinian refugee who fled his hometown in 1948 with his family to Jordan. He overcame many hardships in his initial years there, but subsequently started a trading business that grew to become one of Jordan’s...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Family Ownership;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management Succession;
Jordan
Wing, Christina R., Lauren Cohen, and Alpana Thapar. "Ghassan Nuqul and the Nuqul Group: Preserving a Father's Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 624-030, September 2023. (Revised October 2023.)
- 2005
- Book
Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century:: Projects, Practices, Legacies
By: Caroline M. Elkins and Susan Pederson
Elkins, Caroline M., and Susan Pederson, eds. Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005.
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
employee—from office staff to managers—to become “at least a millionaire,” the authors say. “For Brown, there is clearly a factor of enduring legacy that comes with his team continuing to own the firm and keeping it as an active part of...
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- April 2003
- Teaching Note
Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (A) (TN)
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Teaching Note for (9-703-001).
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Keywords:
Peru
- Article
Anti-imperialism: The Leninist Legacy and the Fate of World Revolution
By: Jeremy Friedman and Peter Rutland
The most important of Lenin’s writings was, arguably, Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism. That work shifted the focus from workers’ struggles within one country to the dynamics of capitalism as a global system. The Leninist project thereby inextricably...
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Friedman, Jeremy, and Peter Rutland. "Anti-imperialism: The Leninist Legacy and the Fate of World Revolution." Special Issue on 1917–2017, The Russian Revolution a Hundred Years Later. Slavic Review 76, no. 3 (Fall 2017): 591–599.
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
stevanovicigor In 2016, the National Environmental Research Council (NERC), a quasi-governmental agency in the United Kingdom, decided it would be fun to let the public vote online to name the country’s newest research vessel. The agency was less pleased when it saw...
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