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  • April 1977 (Revised February 1979)
  • Case

Sri Lanka (A)

By: Bruce R. Scott
Keywords: Sri Lanka
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  • July 1981
  • Case

Sri Lanka (B)

By: Amar Bhide and Bruce R. Scott
Keywords: Sri Lanka
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  • 28 Aug 2018

HBS MBA Program Chat in Sri Lanka

Join an information session about the Harvard MBA Program. This event will be hosted by a current student of Harvard Business School. Topics to be covered include the academic experience, Harvard community, and alumni network. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:45... View Details
  • March 1981
  • Case

State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)

By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Forestry Industry; Sri Lanka
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  • August 1981 (Revised March 1987)
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State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)

By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Forestry Industry; Sri Lanka
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  • March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
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Nayana Mawilmada: Transforming Urban Development in Sri Lanka

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
In February 2018, Nayana Mawilmada (Nayana), investment head for the Sri Lankan government’s ambitious $40 billion Megapolis project, must weigh an attractive job offer to move from the public sector to the private sector. A massive government project aimed at... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Making; Public Sector; Experience and Expertise; Strategic Planning; Work-Life Balance; Transportation; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence; Personal Development and Career; Real Estate Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; South Asia; Sri Lanka; Boston; Virginia; United States
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  • April 1990
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State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Forest Products Industry; Forestry Industry; Sri Lanka
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  • June 1990
  • Teaching Note

State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
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  • 1996
  • Other Unpublished Work

Policy Issues on Promoting Backward Linkages from the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka

By: C. Fritz Foley and Saman Kelegama
Keywords: Government and Politics; Networks; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sri Lanka
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  • August 1999
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Impediments to Promoting Backward Linkages from the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka

By: Saman Kelegama and C. Fritz Foley
Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sri Lanka
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  • January 2019 (Revised January 2022)
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Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Sri Lanka: A Pearl or a Teardrop on the Belt and Road?

By: Meg Rithmire and Yihao Li
In 2015, a surprise presidential election result seemed to imperil Chinese investments in Sri Lanka, which were associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative to build global infrastructure. In the previous decade, China had undertaken two major projects in the... View Details
Keywords: Belt And Road Initiative; Investment; Infrastructure; China; Sri Lanka
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  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

City of Dreams

crippling civil conflict: Sri Lanka is at a pivotal moment in its history, he says, a moment that represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do no less than help shape his country’s future. He turns back... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 05 May 2022
  • News

Capture New Value from Your Existing Tech Infrastructure

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Capture New Value from Your Existing Tech Infrastructure

By: Stefan Thomke and Anthony Rodrigo
When senior managers think about how to respond to the threats and opportunities of technological change, they often dream of the same thing: If they just could start a new company or division that isn’t held back by conventional thinking or outdated business models.... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Technology; Ecosystem; Incubators; Technological Innovation; Telecommunications Industry; South Asia; Malaysia
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  • 05 Feb 2020
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Abbas Akbarally

Abbas Akbarally, Chair of Akbar Brothers which is Sri Lanka’s and the world’s largest tea company, discusses the consequences of the Sri Lankan government’s nationalization of tea plantations in the... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2019
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Merrill J. Fernando

Merrill Fernando, founder of Sri Lanka's largest and most global tea brand, Dilmah, discussed the importance of establishing local brands.
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  • 21 Aug 2019
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Aban Pestonjee

Aban Pestonjee, one of Sri Lanka's most prominent entrepreneurs and the founder of Abans Group, one of the country's largest business groups, discusses the early diversification from import and retail into a... View Details
  • 05 Feb 2020
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Abbas Akbarally

Abbas Akbarally, the Chair of Akbar Brothers which is Sri Lanka’s and the world’s largest tea company, discusses why and how his firm began diversifying it’s portfolio by importing and selling cement.
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  • Web

Interviews - Creating Emerging Markets

don’t want them to just live and die with us.” Download Transcript Sri Lanka Abbas Akbarally Chairman, Akbar Brothers (Tea; Diversified) “The main thing is integrity, honesty; and once the banks know that... View Details
  • Web

Executive Education - Global

around the technique and science of innovation." Diane Karusisi Chief Executive Officer Bank of Kigali, Rwanda, Africa "Within the first few days of the program, I realized I had already changed my views regarding how to approach challenges." Kasturi Wilson Managing... View Details