Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy?

Posted: 31 Aug 2010

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Tarun Khanna

Harvard University - Strategy Unit

Aldo Musacchio

Brandeis University- International Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research

Rachna Tahilyani

Harvard Business School, India Research Center

Date Written: October 1, 2009

Abstract

The main objective of the case is to discuss the political constraints that managers of state-owned enterprises face when trying to do reforms or major turnarounds. Indian Democracy offers an interesting setting to study the relationship between electoral politics and managerial performance in the largest state-owned company in the world: Indian Railways.

Suggested Citation

Khanna, Tarun and Musacchio, Aldo and Tahilyani, Rachna, Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy? (October 1, 2009). HBS Case No. 710-008, Harvard Business School BGIE Unit, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1668686

Tarun Khanna

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Rachna Tahilyani

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