Publications

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March 2013 (Revised August 2014)
Case

Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability

By: Lakshmi Iyer and David Lane

In 2013, a new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), took over responsibility for regulating capital markets and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia. OJK was scheduled to take over bank regulation and supervision from the central... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Policy; Bank Regulation; Financial Market Regulation; Corruption; Bureaucracy; Central Bank Independence; Indonesia; Crime and Corruption; Central Banking; Ethics; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Indonesia

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March 2009
Teaching Note

Public Purpose and Private Property (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Laura Alfaro and Lakshmi Iyer

Teaching Note for [709027] and [709029]. View Details

Keywords: Property; Government and Politics

2008
Working Paper

Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani

We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions.... View Details

Keywords: Governance Controls; Political Elections; Management Skills; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career; Societal Protocols; India

2008
Working Paper

Colonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition and Public Goods in India

By: Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer

2005
Working Paper

Land Titling and Rural Transition in Vietnam

By: Quy-Toan Do and Lakshmi Iyer

November 2010 (Revised February 2011)
Supplement

Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (B)

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India

September 2005
Article

History, Institutions and Economic Performance: the Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India

By: Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer

Keywords: History; Property; Performance; India

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29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

file-sharing remains largely unexplored in academic research. Are There Established Practices For Preventing Ip Theft In Other Countries? Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood Hollywood's earnings in India have largely been disappointing, in part due to piracy.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

December 2013 (Revised May 2015)
Supplement

Land Acquisition in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (C)

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Rachna Tahilyani

Keywords: India; Special Economic Zones; Land Markets; Land Politics; Industrial Development; Land Reform; Developing Markets; Developing Countries; Industrialization; Industrial Property; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Economics; Economy; Macroeconomics; Social Issues; India; Asia; South Asia

July 31, 2009
Other Article

India's Pockets of Prosperity?: Special Economic Zones Are Attractive on Paper, But They Pose Thorny Political Problems

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Semil Shah

February 2009 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora

In October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of... View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Rights; Emerging Markets; Property; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; West Bengal

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2007
Working Paper

Public Action for Public Goods

By: Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer and Rohini Somanathan

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14085 PublicationsPublic Action for Public... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

Conflict Author:Lakshmi Iyer Publication:In Reshaping Tomorrow: Is South Asia Ready for the Big Leap? Edited by Ejaz Ghani. Oxford University Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

August 2009 (Revised August 2010)
Teaching Note

Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (TN)

By: Lakshmi Iyer and John D. Macomber

Teaching Note for [710004]. View Details

Keywords: Wealth and Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; Asia

January 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Case

First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)

By: Ranjay Gulati, Akhil Iyer and Joel Malkin

Over a history of more than 240 years, the United States Marine Corps has forged a distinct culture and institutional identity centered on its “warrior ethos.” In the wars of American history, Marines fought with uncommon valor, rising to international prominence for... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Government Administration; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; United States

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