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May 2016 (Revised June 2017)
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India's Amul: Keeping Up with the Times

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Tarun Khanna, Namrata Arora and Tanya Bijlani

Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative founded in 1947—eight months before India's independence from British rule—and owned by over three million farmers in the state of Gujarat. It is India's largest food product marketing organization, selling 46 products, including... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Expansion; Dairy; India; Cooperatives; Milk; Leadership; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Competition; Marketing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; India

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01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

these riveting tales grew the idea for a column "voice," leading to the innovation of class secretaries. "Upon election, the Class Secretary accepts a long-term commitment to... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance

Get to better, more effective strategy.

In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In "Better, Simpler Strategy," Harvard... View Details

17 Apr 2014
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Striking a Balance

the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The course reshaped the direction of her education, leading her into a career that focused on the impact of information technology in business. For this reason, Silk... View Details

January 2017 (Revised January 2019)
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The Rise and Fall of Lehman Brothers

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott

With nearly $700 billion in assets, Lehman was the largest U.S. bankruptcy in history. In 2007, Lehman achieved record earnings of over $4 billion on revenues of $60 billion. By September 2008 the fourth largest investment bank in the world was bankrupt. How had a... View Details

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01 Oct 2014
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Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

"fail to consider or know how to recognize what is outside their industry that is impacting their business (such as) customers who are buying their goods but don't fit the target profile, or alternative (product) uses Focus has View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2018
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Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia

Associate Professor Meg Rithmire The dynamic relationship between a country’s political system and its business environment is a topic that intrigues Meg Rithmire, the F.... View Details

07 Sep 2016
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Why CEOs Need to Make a Better Case for Free Trade

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Lehman Brothers Gay and Lesbian Network, Lehman Employees of African Descent, the Latin American Council, and Women’s Initiatives Leading Lehman. Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business, created in 2006 as View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Building a Movement

and central to what they do. We have to be thinking about how we’re going to support our students and business leaders to do that. The EC course that Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985) and George Serafeim have developed, Reimagining Capitalism,... View Details

20 Aug 2019
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181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit

01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment

the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise, which focuses its teaching, research, and collaborative efforts on nonprofit organizations, other private social-purpose enterprises, and the role of business leadership in the social sector. In... View Details

05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”

again. April: When we think about these type of big structural social changes, we're often thinking about federal government action. Do you think there's also a place for the business community to View Details

01 Jun 2000
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A Canadian Hero

list of the most successful business leaders this country has ever produced," according to the Toronto Globe and Mail, is president and CEO of ONEX, a thriving public company he founded sixteen years ago.... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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A Capital Asset

to my office — and we’re still friends.” Since leaving the Department of State in 2000, Cohen stays busy and involved. She is the principal of BR Cohen & Associates, which provides logistical and technical advice to U.S. organizations... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

13 Feb 2020
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Honoring a Legend

venture capitalist for Greylock. In 1998, he left to run a portfolio company, iXL, which went public and grew to almost $500 million in revenue. After iXL, he joined Silverpop as its CEO, seeing it grow to nearly $100 million, becoming... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

challenging conditions, such as the following, are present: When cultures clash. Negotiators from diverse organizational, professional, or national cultures often bring clashing assumptions to the table. As Ming-Jer Chen, the former director of Wharton's View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

08 Mar 2013
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Andre Esteves to Speak Tomorrow at Latin American Conference at Harvard Business School

01 Dec 2004
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Finding a Balance

Do the rules of business change when a company’s product holds the power of life or death over its customers? That’s a question students must consider when discussing “Cipla,”... View Details

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

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