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This library of video clips enables educators and others to search for relevant interview clips by subject, industry, country, or any combination of all three. Users can also search by name to find all clips from a specific interviewee. The clips may be downloaded for academic research, teaching, and other educational use. Any other use, including commercial reuse, web publishing, or other forms of redistribution, requires permission of Harvard Business School. These clips are now being used in a new series of Harvard Business School cases on emerging markets. The first two deal with corruption and innovation. Listen to our Cold Call podcast episode on the corruption case.
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Merrill J. Fernando
Merrill J. Fernando
Building Brands
Merrill Fernando, founder of Sri Lanka's largest and most global tea brand, Dilmah, discussed the importance of establishing local brands.Duration: 03:16
Abbas Akbarally
Abbas Akbarally
Diversification
Abbas Akbarally, the Chair of Akbar Brothers which is Sri Lanka’s and the world’s largest tea company, discusses why and how his firm began diversifying it’s portfolio by importing and selling cement.Duration: 01:26
Aban Pestonjee
Aban Pestonjee
Diversification
Aban Pestonjee, one of Sri Lanka's most prominent entrepreneurs and the founder of Abans Group, one of the country's largest business groups, discusses the early diversification from import and retail into a wider range of activities, including her son's championing of a McDonald's franchise business.Duration: 03:40
Abbas Akbarally
Abbas Akbarally
Government & Business
Abbas Akbarally, Chair of Akbar Brothers which is Sri Lanka’s and the world’s largest tea company, discusses the consequences of the Sri Lankan government’s nationalization of tea plantations in the 1970s.Duration: 03:40