Enhancing Social Capital in South Asia

Since its formation, the India Research Center (IRC) has worked to enhance intellectual capital creation by working with academics and business leaders in South Asia.

The Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning (CPCL) is an HBS course for faculty at business schools in emerging economies who are trained in interactive methods of teaching and learning.

Executive Education
in India

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Past programs include:

Agribusiness Seminar - an Asian Offering

May 10-13, 2009, Mumbai, India

Addressing the perspective of every player in the industry, the School's pioneering Agribusiness Seminar: An Asian Offering, tackles the formidable issues that executives face as they strive to position their businesses amid present-day realities.

South Asia Real Estate Seminar

June 17-20, 2008, Hyderabad, India

The South Asia Real Estate Seminar brought together an elite group of accomplished real estate executives to share best practices, explore fresh perspectives, and gain valuable insights into strategies for capitalizing upon opportunities in the global real estate market. This new HBS Executive Education program provided the knowledge, frameworks, and tools needed to maximize the value of development projects in South Asia and beyond.

Building a Global Enterprise in India

February 10-15, 2008, Hyderabad, India

Tailored to the specific needs of companies operating in this market, Building a Global Enterprise in India focused on how to build, manage, and sustain enterprise growth. Drawing on a wide range of research by renowned HBS faculty, the program offered invaluable lessons for expanding the scale of a business in India - and beyond.

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Explicating Lean Principles by Examining Indian Software Services

Staats, Bradley R., and David M. Upton
July 2007

This paper examines the implementation of a lean operating system at an Indian software services firm. By studying the introduction and impact of lean management techniques in a nontraditional setting we are able to move beyond the artifacts and gain insight into the principles that may lead to improved performance in certain settings. In particular we find that the impact of the changes on problem solving, standardization of work, and coordination improve the way that the firm learns and its productivity. Using a detailed case study we document the internal firm processes that the lean principles influence and empirically show that firm operational performance has improved. Finally, we suggest that the lean initiative studied possesses qualities of a Trojan Horse change initiative-its outward manifestation accomplishes the short-term goal (entering the city gates / productivity) while its inner core leads to much more radical change (sacking of Troy / innovation).

Harvard Business School Working Paper 08-001, July 2007

Poverty, Social Divisions and Conflict in Nepal (pdf)

Quy-Toan Do, and Iyer, Lakshmi
April 2007

We conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent conflict in Nepal. We find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places with greater poverty and lower levels of economic development. Violence is higher in locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests. We find weaker evidence that caste divisions in society are correlated with the intensity of civil conflict, while linguistic diversity has little impact.

Harvard Business School Working Paper 07-065, April 2007

Accounting Standards and the Globalization of Indian Businesses

Miller, Gregory S., and V.G. Narayanan
November 2005

The Chartered Accountant (July 2005): 50-52