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Abhay Saboo

together India, China, Indonesia and the US," he says. Immediately after graduation, that may mean management roles with leading Indian companies such as Tata or Reliance. Later, Abhay hopes to create his own business and has... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

Indian stock market was booming, and investors had grown accustomed to outsized returns. Then the bottom fell out. The financial crisis spawned in the United States reverberated around the globe during the summer and fall of 2008, and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Mar 2013
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Alumni News | Bookshelf

SILVERTHORNE Book Briefs Living with American Indian Art: The Hirschfield Collection by Alan Hirschfield (MBA 1959) with Terry Winchell (Gibbs Smith) Hirschfield built what is said to be "among the greatest private collections of Plains... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration; Ramana Nanda, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration; Abhiman Da, of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; and Arti Grover and Ejaz Ghani, both of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

Christopher Chapman, Anthony Hopwood and Michael Shields. Elsevier, 2008 Abstract This chapter surveys the history, evolution, and current status of accounting systems and practices in India. Tracing the roots of Indian accounting systems... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 25

(A) Case. Rivka Belzer reflects on the results and actions taken during the 12 months following her first six months on the job. Purchase this supplement:http://hbr.org/search/813044-PDF-ENG The Indian Removal Act and the 'Trail of Tears'... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2007
News

Got Global?

for example, how Pakistan and India picked key business leaders to negotiate a reduction in dangerously escalating border hostilities between the two countries back in 2002. The Pakistani team had four HBS alums — including Shirazi — while the View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

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David Kang

example of the power of international perspectives, David refers to a case that compared the way two Indian states are managed by the larger central authority. "That led to a conversation about how the European Union handles its... View Details

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

of their home regions. Using a unique dataset of Chinese and Indian herbal patents filed in the United States, we find that an increase in the supply of first-generation ethnic migrant inventors increases the rate of codification of... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

natural and human resources, poverty nonetheless prevails — some 350 million Indians live on less than one dollar a day. “The government of India faces the challenge of leveraging huge natural and human resources to ensure rapid economic... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2018
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Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

be brought in.” Her advice: “Sometimes leading is creating and communicating the vision, inspiring people, and then getting out of the way.” What I’m Reading Leader: Insights from Indian Mythology by Devdutt Pattanaik “This book helped me... View Details

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Mariama Keita

cocoa. One of the cases she has found especially relevant involved an Indian company that helps farmers understand worldwide commodities pricing. "Greater information gave them greater power," Mariama says. "The farmers... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

and the smarts more shallow as they were passed down the line and across the world—but some value was always transmitted. You Don't Always Need To Be An Expert To Be A Knowledge Coach In 1967, a young graduate of Bombay's Indian Institute... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

01 Mar 2005
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Time to Trek

Indian and to do business in India,” says Wimmer. “I don’t think you can be a successful business leader and not have some perspective on what is happening in the rest of the world.” The 100-person group toured companies such as Reliance... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

boot camp, asking participants to break into pairs and have a conversation about the Indian wedding industry. “Everyone in India has experience with the wedding industry,” Koning says. “It’s a giant market and growing fast.” Before the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

crash course in understanding what it takes to make EVs viable, scalable, and deeply relevant in the uniquely Indian context. Ather ScooterOur first stop was Ather Scooter, where we toured their Tamil Nadu factory, home to both battery... View Details

27 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant

public and private sectors alike. In Mumbai, we visited big conglomerates like Tata Power, JSW Steel, and Hindustan Unilever - companies that are deeply embedded in the Indian economy and have a large role to play in leading the green... View Details

05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

high-volume, low-cost telecom model that they had pioneered for the Indian masses in Africa. But when they began to integrate the companies, Bharti's executives discovered a slew of unexpected challenges, including cultural differences... View Details