India - Publications - Faculty & Research

2018
Working Paper

Information Provision and Innovation: Natural Experiment of Herbal Patent Prior Art Adoption at the United States and European Patent Offices

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna

We exploit a natural experiment to study how codifying information about prior innovation affects subsequent innovation. A codified database of traditional Indian herbal formulations was adopted by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Ethnicity; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China; India

Citation

Read Now

March 2010
Teaching Note

Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna and V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Note for [505078]. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Service Industry; Bangalore

Citation

Purchase

February 2009 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora

In October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of... View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Rights; Emerging Markets; Property; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; West Bengal

Citation

Educators

Purchase

December 2007 (Revised July 2010)
Case

Who Killed Bhavani Manjula? A Story of Microfinance in Andhra Pradesh (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee

Keywords: Microfinance; Complexity; Networks; Andhra Pradesh

Citation

Educators

Purchase

January 2007
Teaching Note

Inventec Corporation (TN)

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching note to 106016. View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China; India

Citation

Purchase

September 2006 (Revised November 2006)
Supplement

SUN Brewing (A) (CW)

The Khemka family of India--founders, managers, and majority owners of Russia-based SUN Brewing--faces a difficult decision in 1998. Following the ruble's massive devaluation in August 1998, the stock price of SUN brewing, which is publicly listed on the Luxemburg... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Emerging Markets; Family Business; Financing and Loans; Capital Markets; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry; India; Russia

Citation

Purchase

May 2005
Teaching Note

QUALCOMM, Inc. 2004 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note to (9-705-401). View Details

Keywords: China; India

Citation

Purchase

Article

Corporate Culture and Market Orientation: Comparing Indian and Japanese Firms

By: R. Deshpande and J. U. Farley

Keywords: Markets; Business Ventures; Culture; India; Japan

Citation

Find at Harvard

Article

Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970

By: G. Jones and Rachael Comunale

This article contributes to the literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin... View Details

Keywords: Political Risk; Emerging Market; Bribery; Business ＆ Government Relations; Turbulence; Violence; Risk and Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Crime and Corruption; Business and Government Relations; Business History; India; Latin America

Citation

Find at Harvard

19 Nov 2014
News

Building a better future for HBS students

Real estate developer Sid Yog (MBA 2004) is building communities and creating jobs on four continents while also supporting fellowships at HBS that enable the School to attract the most talented students from around the world. (Published November 2014) View Details

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

about how to be pragmatic in the face of pervasive corruption, so that one can have a long-term positive impact on a corrupt system, says Ramanna. A third case, I Paid a Bribe (Dot) Com, cowritten with Rachna Tahilyani, concerns an innovative website in View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

underscored the importance of employee engagement, contributing to the community, and creating sustainable environment strategies. Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela In this video report, Senior Lecturer John Macomber visits the Kumbh Mela in View Details

Profile

Suchita Prasad

that I came to HBS was to discover how to make an impact on people and organizations. To be able to achieve my goals, I needed to complement my human capital background with thorough business knowledge. Prior to HBS, I had worked with Unilever View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Manufacturing

Profile

Clemens Raemy

strength of HBS. You’re surrounded by smart people extremely willing to help you.” Nothing to lose HBS’s strength was reinforced during the India IXP Clemens joined. “We visited a school founded by an HBS alum and promised to help them... View Details

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

solutions in the form of software and hardware platforms, Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the United States, introduces a pilot project in India for testing a new platform that allows monitoring and demand... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

Financial Literacy, Financial Decisions, and the Demand for Financial Services: Evidence from India and Indonesia Authors:Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Abstract Why is demand for formal financial services low in emerging... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Honors & Awards - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan Porter Prize View Details

Profile

John Schupbach

India. "I chose India precisely because I knew so little about it," John says. It was a steep learning curve. John lived with an Indian family in New Delhi, next to a slum of nearly 25,000 people that represented "the most... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech

01 Jun 2016
News

Taking Care of Business

favorites” online and at the April finals on campus. Here, we check in with three previous NVC winners to find out what’s new. Krishna Mahesh (MBA 2005) became aware of the low quality (and low supply) of hospital beds in India when his... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

August 2001
Case

Pharmaceutical Industry and the AIDS Crisis in Developing Countries, The

Explores the controversy over the pricing of AIDS drugs in poor countries. This issue has received wide publicity due to two events: 1) a court case in South Africa that seeks to force drug companies to license their patents and 2) the announcement by the Indian... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry; South Africa; India

Citation

Educators

Purchase