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Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko

For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States

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14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

leverage and financial fragility for emerging market firms following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Corporate debt vulnerability indicators during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) attributed to corporate financial roots provide a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region, covering eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces located around the lakes and waterways that have given this region its name, is what economic developers call a 'macro region'. It is an area of intensive economic interaction... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Regional Policy; Great Lakes; Economic Development; Industry Clusters; Economy; Canada; United States

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16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

health of the enterprise rather than near-term returns to its shareholders. Their model would refocus companies’ attention to innovation, strategic renewal, and investment in the future. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52623 Digital... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2007
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Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

company's future. The good news is that in today's hypercompetitive global economy, certain countries offer distinctive advantages to help your business but you need to choose wisely. Understanding the competitive View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Hypergrowth

Today's fast-moving, highly dynamic global economy presents significant challenges to leaders committed to delivering exceptional market value. The right insights and tools are key to successfully navigating... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

consequences of a range of alternative policies. 2015 Book Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective By: Rebecca Henderson , Ranjay Gulati and Michael Tushman The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling—reducing our... View Details

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

Working PapersGlobal Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This paper considers the risk management problem of an investor who holds a diversified portfolio of global... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.

lineup changes. Clubs announce lineups of 22 players a few days before a game, and gamblers closely follow these announcements. When the league announces a player injury, betting odds can swing widely, the researchers say. “You can see the View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Sports

01 Dec 2023
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A More Accommodating Approach

best aligns with where they live, a move that has increased enrollment in GMP because of the improved work, life, and learning balance. “GMP helped me immensely. Because of the global diversity of the executives attending the program, I... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

and how to sustain competitive advantage. How to generate superior value for customers by designing the optimum configuration of the product mix and functional activities. How to balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic... View Details

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By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

dynamic groups, don't learn naturally. I outline the factors that prevent them from doing so, such as interpersonal fear, irrational beliefs about failure, groupthink, problematic power dynamics, and information hoarding. With Teaming,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

Elevate your leadership skills to drive organizational success and effectively implement transformative change. 7 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by August 14 $1,850 Certificate New Dynamic Teaming Professor Amy Edmondson Acquire the tools,... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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The Exchange: Help Wanted

Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

17 Jun 2011
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KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

so big this has a huge impact on the rest of the global food system. What happens in China, what Chinese people eat, impacts what you and I pay for food." What happened in China with Yum! Brands, and with KFC in particular, had a lot... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

different industry and executive context: Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader (2013). The book focuses on CEO leadership in the global economy and the fast-changing IT-enabled pace of business. We extended... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

DSMC holds as a consistent pattern in a dynamic equilibrium. Given DSMC, clusters of firms making different complementary goods, including open platforms with surrounding ecosystems, can survive and compete effectively against integrated... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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