by Lakshmi Ramarajan - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

Science. The paper was authored by Stefan Dimitriadis, a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School; Matthew Lee, an assistant professor of strategy at INSEAD; Lakshmi... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

middle class, and the fact that India's film industry sold 3.2 billion tickets in 2009. “Movie piracy in India is rampant—you can get one online the day after a release” Harvard Business School Associate Professor Lakshmi Iyer, a native... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

03 Jun 2016
Video

Hold Onto Your Complexity: Bringing Multiple Identities to Work

15 Mar 2010
HBS Case

Developing Asia’s Largest Slum

Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi is home to an estimated 700,000 people living on just 551 acres. Featured in the 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Dharavi embodies the characteristics of a slum as defined by the United... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

05 May 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

amendment meant to broaden the scope and accessibility of democracy called for the creation of directly elected local councils at the district, intermediate, and village levels, and mandated that one-third of all council seats be filled View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

06 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

to prevent them. "The main conclusion from this whole stream of research is that investing in poverty reduction strategies not only has direct economic benefits but also political benefits," says Lakshmi Iyer, a Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

Keywords: Re: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Consulting

05 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 5

Research on Multiple Identities: Toward an Intrapersonal Network Approach By: Ramarajan, Lakshmi Abstract—Psychologists, sociologists, and philosophers have long recognized that people have multiple identities-based on attributes such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Apr 2020
News

Three Things Lockdowns Have Exposed About Working and Parenting

08 May 2013
News

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

13 Feb 2015
News

A Beginner’s Guide to Managing a Remote Workforce

06 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

The Truth About Authentic Leaders

order to understand who they are. As my HBS colleague Lakshmi Ramarajan says, the process of learning, growing, and developing an integrated self is a process of construction and meaning–making. As leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

02 May 2014
News

Does Unusual Weather Cause More Crime?

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

requests out of concern for having to meet everyone’s demands. Sharing information allows employees who didn’t know they could have flexibility, gain it. Transparency can help increase fairness and reduce the burden on many employees who may not have known they could... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Oct 2014
News

Weather that makes you kill

08 Aug 2011
News

Economics Journal: Women in Local Politics Offer Biggest Benefit

01 Aug 2022
News

What Happens When Your Boss Sends You a Friend Request?

30 Mar 2020
News

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2018
News

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