Indian - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2017
News

Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

Grow-Trees sends an e-card and plants and maintains trees in India in honor of special occasions (or to offset your carbon footprint). In six years, Grow-Trees has reforested more than 4,000 acres of land in eight Indian states. 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

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

interest because of recent attention on Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs in the United States and elsewhere. As I write in my essay in the Handbook, and have explored in other work with my HBS colleague Tarun Khanna, the history of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Class Profile | MBA

Multi-Dimensional Reporting American Indian or Alaska Native — 4 (1%) Asian American 153 (25%) 173 (29%) Black or African American 49 (8%) 61 (10%) Hispanic or Latino 59 (10%) 59 (10%) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders — 1 (0.2%)... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

graduation. Bill Clinton, move over. « Back to the top of the page Rockin' Round the Clock — Rajil Kapoor by James E. Aisner In a popular Boston nightspot, more than a thousand people (including a large contingent of HBS students) are moving to the thumping beat of a... View Details

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

production methods. But the payoffs have not been nearly as dramatic for service industries applying lean principles. HBS professor David Upton and doctoral student Bradley Staats look at the experience of Indian software services... View Details

27 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Opportunity Abounds

natural resource: human capital. I found that most Indians are incredibly entrepreneurial, much more than in the West, where a large number of people are needed to work in large corporations for other people. For comparison, India has... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Mar 2005
News

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

06 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 6

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/409038-PDF-ENG Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy? Harvard Business School Case 710-008 An abstract is unavailable. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710008-PDF-ENG... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

that, which is virtually impossible, according to Jayant Sinha, Member of the Indian Parliament. This discussion underscored the tension between optimism and foreboding that characterizes our current situation. Climate Policy Prof. Gunnar... View Details

26 May 2016
News

Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999

Telecom 1992 Launches Bharti Cellular 1999 Completes OPM Program 2002 Bharti Airtel lists on Indian bourses through IPO 2004 Airtel becomes India’s largest mobile operator 2006 Launches Satya Bharti School Program to educate India’s rural... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Profile

Joseph Blair

customer interviews.” In retrospect, Joe says, “I’m impressed by how quickly the Indian economy is developing. You could look down a city block, and on one end, there’s a run-down building with a thatched roof – but on other end, there’s... View Details

04 Jan 2016
News

Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation

dialogue. “I’ve been involved in an organization called Young Presidents Organization, or YPO, for international CEOs. Shortly after September 11, a few of us said, ‘This is crazy! We have members on opposite sides of all these conflicts. We have Israeli members and... View Details

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John Schupbach

India. "I chose India precisely because I knew so little about it," John says. It was a steep learning curve. John lived with an Indian family in New Delhi, next to a slum of nearly 25,000 people that represented "the most... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech

15 Apr 2014
News

Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

conservation. It has helped to establish the world's largest marine reserve in the Indian Ocean, while it also forged partnerships with Harvard Medical School and EPFL to drive innovative life science research. Earlier this year, the... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

attack new markets, it is the shift in the mindset of employees that can prove most difficult.” Creativity is doubtless a significant force in the Indian fashion business, the focus of research by HBS assistant professor Mukti Khaire.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

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 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

Profile

Sarah Zia

inter-section Indian dance competition. The dances are open to all students in the section, and the performers represent diverse backgrounds. I choreographed the performance for Section J, and it was one of my first times leading such a... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal

Angeles River. “It’s been polluted and paved, but it’s why the Gabrielino Indians and Mexican Pobladores—who founded Los Angeles—chose the location they did. Now, in a fascinating turn of events, we are restoring the waterfront with parks... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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