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- 2004
- Working Paper
Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership
By: Joel M. Podolny, Rakesh Khurana and Marya Hill-Popper
- September 2004 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Sapient Corporation
By: Rakesh Khurana and Joel Podolny
Describes the start-up, growth, organizational design, and operations over the first 10 years of a professional services firm. Focuses on the creative use of organizational purpose and values as an integral part of strategy and alignment of organizational activities. View Details
- February 2004 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard: Culture in Changing Times
By: Michael Beer, Rakesh Khurana and James Weber
HP had been a highly successful and respected company for decades. It was well known for its company culture and management practices--the HP way--which emphasized both profits and people. Changing markets, strong competitors, and the growth of its computer business,... View Details
- 2004
- Article
Sources of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets
By: Rakesh Khurana and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This article proposes two mechanisms that allow actors to obtain unearned advantages in labor markets. The first mechanism is consistent with collusive closure arguments. However, it questions the assumption that those who seek to benefit from collusive closure will... View Details
- October 2003
- Article
Bringing Individuals Back In: The Effects of Career Experience on New Firm Founding
By: Rakesh Khurana and Scott A. Shane
- August 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Board of Directors at The Coca-Cola Company, The
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
Provides a history of the board of directors of the Coca-Cola Co. through 2003. Describes the evolution in the board's membership, practices, and structure and the role it played in the company's governance. Questions are raised about the relationship between the board... View Details
- June 2003
- Teaching Note
Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Rakesh Khurana
Teaching Note for (9-402-009) and (9-402-046). View Details
Keywords: Turkey
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Sources of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets
By: Rakesh Khurana and Mikolaj J. Piskorski
- Article
How to Succeed at CEO Succession: Aligning Strategy and Succession
By: Rakesh Khurana and Jeff Cohn
- April 2003
- Article
Toward More Rational CEO Succession
By: Rakesh Khurana
Keywords: Management Succession
- December 6, 2002
- Article
Secrets of Succession
By: Rakesh Khurana and Nicholas G. Carr
Keywords: Management Succession
- November 2002 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Globalization of HBS, The
By: Tarun Khanna, Rakesh Khurana and David Lane
Sets the stage for a discussion on the globalization of the MBA degree and variations on the idea that Harvard Business School (HBS) can play a role in shaping business education around the world. Describes the forces leading to greater convergence around the MBA... View Details
- October 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Joe Smith's Closing Analysis (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Rakesh Khurana
Highlights giving and receiving feedback in an MBA classroom setting. View Details
- October 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Joe Smith's Closing Analysis (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Rakesh Khurana
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- October 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Joe Smith's Closing Analysis (C)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Rakesh Khurana
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- September 13, 2002
- Editorial
Good Charisma, Bad Business
By: Rakesh Khurana
Keywords: Business Ventures
- September 2002
- Teaching Note
Joe Smith's Closing Analysis (A,B,&C) (TN)
By: Rakesh Khurana and Lynda M. Applegate
Teaching Note for (9-803-046), (9-803-047), and (9-803-048). View Details
- 2002
- Book
Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
By: Rakesh Khurana
Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected... View Details