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- 24 Oct 2019
- Video
Anu Aga
Anu Aga, former Chair of the engineering and energy company Thermax in India, describes the difficult decision to reconstitute the company’s Board of Directors and her belief in the need to keep the roles of... View Details
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Anu Aga
Anu Aga, former head of Thermax, an engineering and energy company in India, describes her decision to hire a consultant company in response to operational losses at the company, and of the skepticism she faced... View Details
- 24 Oct 2019
- Video
Anu Aga
Anu Aga, former head of Thermax, an engineering and energy company in India, discusses how, shortly after her husband died, the board made her head of Thermax, despite her reluctance. She speculates on why they... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- Video
Anu Aga
Anu Aga, former head of Thermax, an engineering and energy company in India, describes the challenges of going back to work after taking time off in order to care for family.
View Details- 16 Feb 2022
- Video
Seema Aziz
Seema Aziz, founder of Sefam, the first high quality fabric manufacturer in Pakistan, describes the beginning of her company's commitment to creating high-quality, 100% cotton cloth, with excellent dyes and... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- Video
Jaithirth Rao
Jerry Rao, serial entrepreneur and founder of the India-based Value and Budget Housing Corporation, describes his company's innovative strategies for building affordable housing and competing in India's real estate market. View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- Video
Jaithirth Rao
Jerry Rao, serial entrepreneur and founder of the India-based Value and Budget Housing Corporation, describes the impact of regulation on the construction industry in India, and the need for further change to enable the building of affordable housing. View Details
- 18 Nov 2019
- Video
Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej, Chair of the India-based diversified business group Godrej Group, describes the way... View Details
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Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej, head of the India-based consumer products Godrej Group, describes the organization’s strategy for coping with high levels of taxes before liberalization in 1991, including the tactic of selling... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi, the prominent Indian actress, discusses her transition from actress to activist, and why she persisted despite initial challenges.
View Details- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi, the prominent Indian actress, discusses her unconventional role as a lesbian in the film Fire, and explains why risks should be taken in parallel cinema.
View Details- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Ratan Naval Tata
Ratan Naval Tata, former Chair of Tata Group in India, assesses the base of the pyramid market and the need to respect the dignity of those consumers.
View Details- 04 Feb 2020
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Ratan Naval Tata
Ratan Naval Tata, former chair of the India-based diversified business group Tata Group, describes his company's acquisition of Jaguar/Land Rover in the UK and some of the challenges in convincing the employees... View Details
- February 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Korea Venture Investment Corporation
By: Paul A. Gompers and Billy Chan
Financial service sector Korea Venture Investment Corporation (KVIC) is the venture capital arm of the Korean government with a founding mission to build a domestic startup ecosystem that would be as competitive as Silicon Valley. KVIC manages a basket of... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Society; Investment; Venture Capital; Mission and Purpose; State Ownership; Financial Services Industry; Asia; South Korea
Gompers, Paul A., and Billy Chan. "Korea Venture Investment Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 224-022, February 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
companies and economies the world over. To look at one example, the Chinese are threatening in their President Trump response to increase tariffs on American-made cars. We’ve already seen that German car maker BMW, which exports its X-series from View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- March 2025
- Case
Niramai: An AI Solution to Save Lives
By: Rembrand Koning, Maria P. Roche and Kairavi Dey
Founded in 2017, Niramai developed Thermalytix, a breast cancer screening tool. Thermalytix used a high-resolution thermal sensing device and machine learning algorithms to analyze thermal images and detect tumors. Its patented solution leveraged big data analytics,... View Details
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Overview
Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course)
The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Energy Industry; Retail Industry; Mining Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
panels. Instead, the panels would need to come from Asia — a considerable challenge for an eighty-employee company based in suburban Boston. Sharpe’s response was equally direct. ET partnered with a company based in Singapore and shipped... View Details
- September 2019
- Case
Funding Sources for Science & Technology Start-ups in India
By: Tarun Khanna, Arjun Swarup and Rachna Tahilyani
India's start-up ecosystem is amongst the largest globally, with a variety of funding options from angel investors, venture capital and corporate venture capital to debt. Classic consumer focused start-ups which look to leverage technology have been able to raise... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Science; Information Technology; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; India; South Asia
Khanna, Tarun, Arjun Swarup, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Funding Sources for Science & Technology Start-ups in India." Harvard Business School Case 720-401, September 2019.