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Buddha and Software: Old Links and New: Opportunities for Cooperation Between China and India
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8036BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter examines connections forged between China and India over the last two thousand years and moves into the present to consider recent efforts to create commercial and political links between the two countries. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20
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Film Stars and Gurus: Soft Power in Bollywood and Beyond
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8037BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter looks at how soft power-which arises from the appeal of a country's cultural and political practices-has won global influence for India, through the popularity of its film industry, international expansion by individual companies, and the soaring presence of yoga in the West, among other things. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20
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Manna and Miasma: Meanderings Through the Chinese and Indian Financial Firmaments
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8049BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter illustrates how exchange does or does not occur in financial markets in China and India, profiling these countries' differing approaches to foreign investment and indigenous entrepreneurship. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20
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Fiat and Fairness: Why China Can Build Cities Overnight and India Cannot
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8050BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter considers differing attitudes to private property in China and India, and the effects of these attitudes on economic growth. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20
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Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent
Elkins, Caroline; Khanna, Tarun; Kim, Joyce J.Case HBS-321113-EEntrepreneurshipFive years after the company's founding, Andela, a company that built and trained remote engineering teams, became arguably Africa's greatest technology unicorn. By January 2019, Andela raised $100 million in Series D funding. As Andela looked to scale inStarting at €8.20
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Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network
Khanna, Tarun; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-721366-EEntrepreneurshipZipline established the world's largest logistics network in Rwanda and Ghana by delivering medical supplies to hospitals via automated drones. The company is now looking to expand in the U.S. and partnered with Walmart to expand into home delivery. Zipline must navigate the U.S. regulatory space while prioritizing its growth opportunities domestically and abroad.Starting at €8.20
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The Goli Vada Pav — Fast Food of India (A)
Sonia Mehrotra; S. Ramakrishna VelamuriCase IVEY-9B12M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyGoli Vada Pav Pvt. Limited (GVPPL) identified an opportunity to brand one of Mumbai’s favourite fast foods — the vada pav. GVPPL’s founders saw a huge opportunity in the Indian fast food industry, which was highly unorganized and largely serviced by small-time local vendors. There was a need in the market for a hygienic, branded product and Goli Vada Pav was created to fill this void. GVPPL broke the stereotype of unhygienic, manhandled vada pav....Starting at €8.20
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LifeSpring Hospitals: Delivering Affordable, High-quality Maternal Health Care in India
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Wei Zhang; Priya Anant; Monidipa MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B12M105-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case highlights the journey of an organization that was set up in Hyderabad, in southern India, to provide affordable maternal care services to women from low-income urban families. LifeSpring Hospitals grew from a single hospital into a chain of nine hospitals, all in Hyderabad, in only five years. The chief executive officer has spent this initial period trying out new methods, continuously fine-tuning the model and learning from this proc...Starting at €8.20
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CPT: The Constant Hunt for Entrepreneurial Opportunities
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B16M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter continuous business growth and taking advantage of new business opportunities, China Precision Technology Group transformed from a small producer of coils for television tuners to an enterprise with five different business sectors: consumer electronics, automobile parts, optical, health care, and stamping equipment. In 2014, on the company’s 24th anniversary, the company’s founder and chief executive officer was evaluating the achievements ...Starting at €8.20
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51.com: Rise to the Top via Spin-Off
Yan Gong; S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Liman ZhaoCase IVEY-9B16M078-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOnline social network service provider Five One Network Development Co. Ltd. (51.com) was founded in August 2005 and entered the online game industry in 2011, when browser games became popular in China. Although it continuously invested in developing online games, it had failed to reach its goal of becoming one of the top 10 companies in China. The online game industry had seen fierce competition and was finding it difficult to retain talented em...Starting at €8.20