This case describes the ethical approach to business of Suresh Hundre, an entrepreneur based in the southern Indian city of Belgaum. In the early part of his career, Hundre does take short-cuts to obtain business advantage but realizes that this approach is neither professionally nor personally...

This case study examines corruption from the perspective of a firm. It documents the history of Alacrity Housing Chennai from the time it was set up in 1981 to 2002. During this period the company, under the leadership of Amol Karnad, became very well known for its ethical practices (for...

We study three private hospital organizations in India that were set up to deliver affordable high quality services to the poor. Their distinctive feature is that they have successfully balanced two apparently contradictory logics: financial (doing well) and social (doing good) through business...

Organizations and managers in the for-profit private sector have traditionally attracted the greatest attention from management scholars and the media. In recent times, with countries all over the world moving towards more market based economies, managerial issues in state owned enterprises...

Alacrity Housing Chennai is a two-part case that shows Amol Karnad's ethical and innovative approach to launching and operating a construction business in Chennai, Southern India. Part B of the case shows Alacrity's business downturn and the precarious situation that it faces in 2002. The...

Alacrity Housing Chennai is a two-part case that shows Amol Karnad's ethical and innovative approach to launching and operating a construction business in Chennai, Southern India. Part A of the case traces his first business ventures from 1978 to 1994, when 20 of Alacrity's top managers have...

We study three private hospital organizations in India that were set up to deliver affordable high quality, services to the poor. Their distinctive feature is that they have successfully balanced two apparently contradictory logics: financial (doing well) and social (doing good) through business...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the potential for management development in non‐governmental organization (NGO)‐private sector partnerships. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is an in‐depth case study of a program run by the British subsidiary of a large European...