by Rajiv Lal - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2008
News

India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

best antidote to poverty. Without growth, India will remain a poor rich nation.” Chidambaram said that India is still affected by the legacy of the “monstrous and rapacious structure” of previous Socialist governments, even though prime... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

29 Apr 2022
News

Clean Slate

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In the first of a weekly series of Skydeck episodes honoring recipients of the 2022 Alumni Achievement Award, finance veteran Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA 1982) talks about her... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

19 Oct 2023
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures

The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details

10 May 2022
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

Photographed by Susan Young and Alice Carfrae Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2022 recipients, listen to podcasts detailing their impact, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

book excerpt The Scale Of The Threat From Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? By Rajiv Lal, José B. Alvarez and Dan Greenberg After years against the ropes, many retailers are... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

01 Jan 2005
News

Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

of disobedience. "To lower my costs while improving the price and quality of my products, I needed economies of scale," he explains. "Ignoring a government regulation, I increased my volume by more than the permitted 25 percent of my... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

can tell them now. Most successes and failures in direct marketing are based on people, not rules. This book details what the best ones do and how they do it and shows what the worst ones do, as mistakes to avoid. 30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories edited... View Details

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, deliver customer benefits that are many times CMI's manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

Roslyn Braeman Payne (MBA 1970), president, Jackson Street Partners, San Francisco, California A well-known saying attributed to Confucius identifies the essence of life's journey: By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

States. Survive or Sink by Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA 1982) Rupa Kidwai underscores the role that citizens, industry, civil society, media, and the government need to play in collaboration with each other to... View Details

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