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 (GLOCOLL) is an HBS course for faculty at business schools in emerging economies who are trained in interactive methods of teaching and learning.

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Building a Global Enterprise in India

March 5-9 2012
Mumbai, India
This program is designed for senior leaders who seek strategies to expand within and beyond this compelling market. Offered jointly by Harvard Business School and the India Research Center in Mumbai, the program marries on-the-ground, research-based knowledge of India with the global perspective of one of the world's leading business schools-a combination unavailable in any other executive education program.

Develop India — Real Estate Strategies for Growth

May 9-12 2012
Mumbai, India
Gain a deeper and broader understanding of the fundamental real estate, financing, and urban design issues that impact India's development. Offered jointly by Harvard Business School and the India Research Center in Mumbai, Develop India not only equips you with proven real estate strategies you will need to succeed in this evolving landscape, but provides the leadership training to help drive change within your organization.

Managing and Transforming Professional Service Firms — India

Jan 11-14 2012
Mumbai, India
This program provides firms with proven approaches for managing client expectations, developing staff, and formulating business strategies. Offered jointly by Harvard Business School and the India Research Center in Mumbai, executives will leave the program well positioned to capitalize on growth opportunities 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