Tarun Khanna

Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor

Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. For almost three decades, he has studied entrepreneurship as a means to social and economic development in emerging markets. At HBS since 1993, after obtaining degrees from Princeton and Harvard, he has taught courses on strategy, international business and economic development to undergraduate and graduate students and senior executives.

A summary of his conceptual work on emerging markets appeared in his 2010 co-authored book, Winning in Emerging Markets. Comparative work on entrepreneurship in China and India appeared in two books based on his personal experiences: Billions in 2008 and a sequel in 2018, Trust. Recently, he co-edited two collections of essays, one a set of transcripts of original video interviews of iconic entrepreneurial leaders across emerging markets, Leadership to Last, the other most recently, Making Meritocracy, an inter-disciplinary exploration of the roots of meritocracy in China and India, with lessons for entrepreneurship and for much studied societal attributes like dynamism and inequality.

He was named the first director of Harvard’s university-wide Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute in the fall of 2010. The institute rapidly grew to engage over 150 faculty from across Harvard in projects embracing the pure sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, and spanning the region from Afghanistan to Myanmar. A centerpiece of the Institute’s strategy is a deep local presence, anchored through offices in New Delhi and Lahore. During the past decade, he also oversaw HBS activities across South Asia, anchored in Mumbai.

He currently teaches a popular university-wide elective course, Contemporary Developing Countries, where students work in multi-disciplinary teams to devise practical solutions to complex social problems. The course is part of Harvard’s undergraduate general education core curriculum, and is rare in that it also attracts graduate students from across the university, engaging ‘sophomores to surgeons.’ A free online version on the edX platform, Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, has been taken by about three quarters of a million students in over 200 countries.

In 2007, he was nominated Young Global Leader (under 40) by the World Economic Forum, in 2009, elected as a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, in 2016, recognized by the Academy of Management as Eminent Scholar for Lifetime Achievement in the field of International Management. Between 2015 and 2019, he was appointed to several national commissions by the Government of India, including to chair the effort to frame policies for entrepreneurship in India.

Outside HBS, he serves on numerous for-profit and not-for-profit boards in the US and India. In the past decade, this included AES, a Washington DC headquartered global power company, and India-based Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited (BFIL), one of the world’s largest firms dedicated to financial inclusion for the poor. Recently, he joined the board of inMobi, India’s first ‘unicorn,’ a global technology provider of enterprise platforms for marketers. He is a co-founder of several entrepreneurial ventures in the developing world, spanning India, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. In 2015, he co-founded Axilor, a vibrant incubator in Bangalore. From 2015 to 2022, he was a Trustee of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.

He lives in Newton, MA, with his wife, daughter and son.

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Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (GCE) is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurial approaches to the biggest challenges of our time. Grand Challenges are near-intractable, global problems that offer the tantalizing prospect that even a partial resolution will dramatically improve some facet of human existence. Success requires individual creativity to break down a problem into constituent manageable parts, coupled with imaginatively catalyzing collective action in society.

The challenges affect the entire world, though inevitably the burden often falls disproportionately on the fast-growing and populous emerging markets. Invariably, grand challenges require solutions that beggar the imagination, and that require an embrace of science, with all its excitement and uncertainty. To misquote Peter Thiel, “We wanted flying cars, let’s not be satisfied with 140 characters.”

The course is appropriate for would-be entrepreneurs, as well as those interested in the financing and curation of economic activity at the exciting edges of the knowledge frontier.

Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems

What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated food, deep-seated corruption – are part of the quotidian existence of the vast majority of five of the world’s seven billion people. Developing societies suffer from what we refer to as ‘institutional voids’ that make organized activities of all sorts difficult; think of the mundane but important physical infrastructure that allows us to get to work or school in the developed world, as well as our access to higher-order institutions such as the availability of information at our fingertips or the security of the rule of law. This course demonstrates that reflecting upon the nature of the developing world’s intractable problems through different lenses helps characterize candidate interventions to address them: the scientist’s hypothesis-driven and iterative experimentation, the artist’s imagined counterfactuals through putting oneself in others’ shoes literally and theatrically, and the planner’s top-down articulation of boundary conditions.

The course is divided into five modules: an introduction that reviews various approaches to development and explores the importance of understanding problem-contexts; three thematic modules, each taught by a leader in their respective fields, which introduce the entrepreneurial lenses of the artist, scientist, and planner; and a concluding module that applies lessons learnt throughout the semester to specific problem contexts. The case study discussions included in these modules will cover challenges and solutions in fields as diverse as health, education, technology, urban planning, and arts and the humanities.

In the course of the semester, all students will divide into teams that will each develop a business plan or grant proposal to tackle a chosen problem in a specific developing country/region.

Senior Executive Leadership Program –Middle East (SELPME)

Professor Tarun Khanna has been the faculty chair of the Senior Executive Leadership Program –Middle East (SELPME) since its launch in 2017. SELPME focuses on strategy, leadership, and innovation, in a global context. Each year this rigorous seven-week alumni-status granting program brings 60 senior business leaders together from the Gulf countries and beyond. Participants come from the public and private sector, representing a wide variety of industries and roles. This modular course is run half on the HBS campus and half in Dubai.

Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Online Course)

This business and management course takes an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding and solving complex social problems. You will learn about prior attempts to address these problems, identify points of opportunity for smart entrepreneurial efforts, and propose and develop your own creative solutions. The focus of this course is on individual agency—what can you do to address a defined problem? You will learn an awareness of the opportunities for entrepreneurship in fast-growing, emerging markets, an understanding of a conceptual framework for evaluating such opportunities, and an appreciation of the types problems that lend themselves to entrepreneurial solutions.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Management; Business or Company Management

He lives in Newton, MA, with his wife, daughter and son.

Featured Work

Making Meritocracy

Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present

How do societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their potential, and ensuring the selection of competent and capable leaders are central challenges for any society. These are not new concerns. Scholars, educators, and political and economic elites in China and India have been pondering them for centuries and continue to do so today, with enormously high stakes.

In Making Meritocracy, Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi have gathered over a dozen experts from a range of intellectual perspectives--political science, history, philosophy, anthropology, economics, and applied mathematics--to discuss how the two most populous societies in the world have addressed the issue of building meritocracy historically, philosophically, and in practice. They focus on how contemporary policy makers, educators, and private-sector practitioners seek to promote it today. Importantly, they also discuss Singapore, which is home to large Chinese and Indian populations and the most successful meritocracy in recent times. Both China and India look to it for lessons. Though the past, present, and future of meritocracy building in China and India have distinctive local inflections, their attempts to enhance their power, influence, and social well-being by prioritizing merit-based advancement offers rich lessons both for one another and for the rest of the world--including rich countries like the United States, which are currently witnessing broad-based attacks on the very idea of meritocracy.

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Leadership To Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind

Society tends to glorify the get-rich-quick entrepreneur—who builds a company, takes it public and then (maybe) contributes to charity.

In Leadership to Last, Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna interview iconic leaders in India who have demonstrated leadership to last. There are leaders from South Asia and other emerging markets as well to illustrate that the ideas Indian entrepreneurs speak about are echoed by their counterparts in the Global South. All these magnates—Ratan Tata, Anu Aga, Adi Godrej, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Devi Shetty and Rahul Bajaj, to name a few—have built, to general acclaim and acknowledgement, organizations that are seen as forward-looking and innovative. They subscribe to a code of ethics and contribute to the betterment of society. The authors demonstrate that this is a lot harder to achieve than unicorn status.

The authors corroborate how these stories are less about building a get-rich-quick organization and much more about triggering foundational and institutional change in society. These interviews, encapsulating the history of recent decades, eloquently lay out the opportunities and challenges of today and the future. The profiled leaders inspire awe by displaying audacity of intent, humility of demeanour and steadfastness of purpose.

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Trust

Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal system, and credible regulatory bodies--and even unofficial but respected sources of information such as Yelp and Consumer Reports--that have created a high level of what scholar and entrepreneur Tarun Khanna calls "ambient trust."

This is not the case in the developing world. But Khanna shows that rather than become casualties of mistrust, smart entrepreneurs can adopt the mindset that, like it or not, it's up to them to weave their own independent web of trust--with their employees, their partners, their clients, their customers, and society as a whole. This can be challenging, and it requires innovative approaches in places where the level of societal mistrust is so high that an official certification of quality simply arouses suspicion--and lowers sales! Using vivid examples from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and elsewhere, Khanna's stories show how entrepreneurs can build on existing customs and practices instead of trying to push against them. He highlights the role new technologies can play (but cautions that these are not panaceas) and explains how entrepreneurs can find dependable partners in national and local governments to create impact at scale.

As far back as the 18th century, Adam Smith recognized trust as what Khanna calls "the hidden engine of economic progress." "Frankness and openness conciliate confidence," Smith wrote. "We trust the man who seems willing to trust us." That kind of confidence is critical to entrepreneurial success, but in the developing world entrepreneurs have to establish it through their own efforts. As Khanna puts it, "The entrepreneur must not just create, she must create the conditions to create."

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When Technology Gets Ahead of Society

Winning in Emerging Markets: A Roadmap for Strategy and Execution

by Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu, with Richard Bullock, published by Harvard Business Press in April 2010

Most books thus far on emerging markets are either investing-oriented, or country - or market-specific, or descriptive. No book has definitively targeted the corporate strategists who need a practical framework and assessment tools for analyzing emerging markets, identifying new business opportunities, and planning strategy and execution. This book does just that. Rather than defining emerging markets by particular size or growth qualifications, Palepu and Khanna argue that the primary exploitable characteristic of these markets is their lack of developed infrastructures and institutions that might enable efficient business operations. Credit card systems, intellectual property adjudication, and data research firms are all market intermediaries taken for granted in advanced economies, for example, and operating without them poses specific challenges - as well as major opportunities. Building upon of the authors' series of popular HBR articles on the topic, the book gives managers a systematic framework for assessing the institutional context of any emerging market so that they can spot institutional voids, position themselves in the market, and finally build execution strategies that factor in an informed prognosis of that market's future. Translation available in Chinese.

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El Sistema

BRAC in 2014

The Rise and Fall of Nokia

Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours

By Tarun Khanna, published by HBS Press in January 2008, (Penguin Books in India and South Asia)

Translations available in Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish, Vietnamese.

Western concerns about the rise of China and India are raising alarms today, much as they were fifty years ago. China and India currently operate in the global economy as mirror images of each other—one favors multinationals over indigenous private companies, the other advantages its locals and shuns foreigners. In a book published by Harvard Business School Publishing, HBS Professor Tarun Khanna explores the likely evolution of the Chinese and Indian models and the implications for the world in four settings—China and the world, India and the world, Chinese and Indian mutual relations, and the view from the developed world. And just as hysteria and protectionism proved unwarranted half a century ago, Khanna argues that the rise of China and India is again an opportunity for profit and hope.

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Related Cases and Writing

Talent@Tencent

Rural Taobao: Alibaba's Expansion into Rural E-Commerce

Health City Cayman Islands

Kumbh Mela: India's Pop-up Mega-City

Aadhaar: India's 'Unique Identification' System

China + India: The Power of Two

When Technology Gets Ahead of Society

New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don't yet exist. Interestingly, businesspeople in emerging economies face similar challenges: The rules are unclear and infrastructure is lacking. In this article, the author suggests that tech pioneers would do well to heed a lesson he's gleaned from his research in the developing world: For long-term success, companies must invest in the surrounding ecosystem. The author presents examples of entrepreneurs who have done just that in China, Bangladesh, Africa, and Chile, benefiting the public as well as their own enterprises. He then describes how an Indian health care organization is tackling institutional voids as it expands into medical tourism in the Cayman Islands. An in-depth look at the nascent drone industry follows, with profiles of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry's growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and so forth. The argument is that when firms launching innovative products or services look beyond their self-interest and work to collectively build the institutional infrastructure, they--and society as a whole--are more likely to prosper.

Contextual Intelligence

I have come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices uniformly across geographies is a fool's errand. Best practices simply don't travel well across borders. That's because conditions not just of economic development but of institutional maturity, educational norms, language, and culture vary enormously from place to place. Students of managerial practice once thought that their technical knowledge of best manufacturing practices (to take one example) was sufficiently developed that processes simply needed to be tweaked to fit local conditions. More often, it turns out, they have to be reworked quite radically—not because the technology is wrong but because everything around it changes how it will work. There's nothing wrong with the tools we have at our disposal, but their application requires contextual intelligence: the ability to understand the limits of our knowledge and to adapt that knowledge to a context different from the one in which it was acquired. Until we can better develop and apply contextual intelligence, failure rates for cross-border businesses will remain high, what we learn from experiments unfolding around the world will remain limited, and the promise of healthy growth in all parts of the world will remain unfulfilled.

Can India Overtake China?

By Tarun Khanna and Yasheng Huang, Foreign Policy, July - August 2003

What’s the fastest route to economic development? Welcome foreign direct investment (FDI), says China, and most policy experts agree. But a comparison with long-time laggard India suggests that FDI is not the only path to prosperity. Indeed, India’s homegrown entrepreneurs may give it a long-term advantage over a China hamstrung by inefficient banks and capital markets.

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Books

Jones, Geoffrey, and Tarun Khanna. Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind. Gurgaon, India: Penguin Random House India, 2022. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Michael Szonyi, eds. Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2010. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2008. View Details

Journal Articles

Khanna, Tarun, Mary C. Beckerle, and Nabil Y. Sakkab. "Boards Need a New Approach to Technology." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 5 (September–October 2024): 128–137. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "One Aspirational Future for India’s Higher Education Sector." Special Issue on Advances & Challenges in International Higher Education edited by Wendy Fischman, Howard Gardner & William C. Kirby. Daedalus 153, no. 2 (Spring 2024): 149–166. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, Christos A. Makridis, and Kyle Schirmann. "Is Hybrid Work the Best of Both Worlds? Evidence from a Field Experiment." Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming). (Pre-published online February 9, 2024.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full." India Policy Forum 19 (2022): 1–53. View Details
Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Rembrand Koning, and Tarun Khanna. "Judging Foreign Startups." Strategic Management Journal 44, no. 9 (September 2023): 2195–2225. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj (Raj), Tarun Khanna, and Victoria Sevcenko. "Firm-Induced Migration Paths and Strategic Human-Capital Outcomes." Management Science 69, no. 1 (January 2023): 419–445. View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew, Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Alan MacCormack, and Brendan Rosseau. "Your Company Needs a Space Strategy. Now." Harvard Business Review (November–December 2022): 80–91. View Details
Patel, Vikram, Shubhangi Bhadada, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Arnab Mukherji, Tarun Khanna, and Gagandeep Kang. "A Historic Opportunity for Universal Health Coverage in India." Lancet 400, no. 10351 (August 13, 2022): 475–477. View Details
Cassiman, Bruno, Tarun Khanna, and Daniel A. Levinthal. "Strategy Through a Ghemawat Lens: Honoring and Building on the Contributions of Pankaj Ghemawat." Special Issue on Strategy Through a Ghemawat Lens: Honoring and Building on the Contributions of Pankaj Ghemawat. Strategy Science 7, no. 2 (June 2022): 71–74. View Details
Teodorescu, Mike Horia, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Tarun Khanna. "Role of Context in Knowledge Flows: Host Country versus Headquarters as Sources of MNC Subsidiary Knowledge Inheritance." Special Issue on Decade Celebration Special Issue II. Global Strategy Journal 12, no. 4 (November, 2022): 658–678. View Details
Shaikh, Ahmed, Abhishek Bhatia, Ghanshyam Yadav, Shashwat Hora, Chung Won, Mark Shankar, Aaron Heerboth, Prakash Vemulapalli, Paresh Navalkar, Kunal Oswal, Clay Heaton, Sujata Saunik, Tarun Khanna, and Satchit Balsari. "Applying Human-Centered Design Principles to Digital Syndromic Surveillance at a Mass Gathering in India: Viewpoint." Journal of Medical Internet Research 24, no. 1 (January 2022). View Details
Kleinman, Arthur, Hongtu Chen, Sue E. Levkoff, Ann Forsyth, David E. Bloom, Winnie Yip, Tarun Khanna, Conor J. Walsh, David Perry, Ellen W. Seely, Anne S. Kleinman, Yan Zhang, Yuan Wang, Jun Jing, Tianshu Pan, Ning An, Zhenggang Bai, Jiexiu Wang, Qing Liu, and Fawwaz Habbal. "Social Technology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Care for Older Adults." Art. 729149. Frontiers in Public Health 9 (2021). View Details
Murty, Rohan Narayana, Rajath B. Das, Scott Duke Kominers, Arjun Narayan, Suraj Srinivasan, Tarun Khanna, and Kartik Hosanagar. "Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 1, 2021). View Details
Balsari, Satchit, Caroline Buckee, and Tarun Khanna. "Which Covid-19 Data Can You Trust?" Harvard Business Review (website) (May 8, 2020). View Details
Aiyar, Yamini, Vijay Chandru, Mirai Chatterjee, Sapna Desai, Armida Fernandez, Atul Gupta, Gagandeep Kang, Tarun Khanna, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Nachiket Mor, Arnab Mukherji, Poonam Muttreja, Thelma Narayan, Bhushan Patwardhan, K. Sujatha Rao, Sharad Sharma, Devi Shetty, S. V. Subramanian, Leila E. Caleb Varkey, Sandhya Venkateswaran, and Vikram Patel. "India's Resurgence of COVID-19: Urgent Actions Needed." Lancet 397, no. 10291 (June 18, 2021). View Details
Patel, Vikram, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Gagandeep Kang, Pamela Das, and Tarun Khanna. "Reimagining India's Health System: A Lancet Citizens' Commission." Lancet 397, no. 10283 (April 17, 2021). (Comment.) View Details
Bhatia, Abhishek, Rahul Matthan, Tarun Khanna, and Satchit Balsari. "Regulatory Sandboxes: A Cure for mHealth Pilotitis?" Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 9 (September 2020). View Details
Zaman, Muhammad H., and Tarun Khanna. "The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016." Business History Review 95, no. 2 (Summer 2021): 249–274. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, and Christos A. Makridis. "Do Managers Matter? A Natural Experiment from 42 R&D Labs in India." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 36, no. 1 (March 2020): 47–83. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Karim R. Lakhani, Shubhangi Bhadada, Nabil Khan, Saba Kohli Davé, Rasim Alam, and Meena Hewett. "Crowdsourcing Memories: Mixed Methods Research by Cultural Insiders-Epistemological Outsiders." Academy of Management Perspectives 35, no. 3 (August 2021): 384–399. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Reflections on Comparing China and India." Chap. 1 in Routledge Handbook of China–India Relations, edited by Kanti Bajpai, Selina Ho, and Manjari Chatterjee Miller, 18–32. New York: Routledge, 2020. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Dan Wang, Natalie A. Carlson, and Tarun Khanna. "Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 11 (November 2019): 1705–1732. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Dan Wang, Natalie A. Carlson, and Tarun Khanna. "Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-064, January 2018. (Revised May 2019.) View Details
Gupta, Budhaditya, and Tarun Khanna. "A Recombination-Based Internationalization Model: Evidence from Narayana Health's Journey from India to the Cayman Islands." Organization Science 30, no. 2 (March–April 2019): 405–425. View Details
Balsari, Satchit, Alexander Fortenko MD, MPH, Joaquin A. Blaya PhD, Adrian Gropper MD, Malavika Jayaram LLM, Rahul Matthan LLM, Ram Sahasranam, Mark Shankar MD, Suptendra N. Sarbadhikari PhD, Barbara Bierer, Kenneth D. Mandl MD, Sanjay Mehendale MD, MPH, and Tarun Khanna. "Reimagining Health Data Exchange: An Application Programming Interface-Enabled Roadmap for India." Journal of Medical Internet Research 20, no. 7 (July 2018). View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "When Technology Gets Ahead of Society." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 4 (July–August 2018): 86–95. View Details
Balsari, S., P. Vemulapalli, M. Gofine, K. Oswal, R. Merchant, S. Saunik, G. Greenough, and T. Khanna. "A Retrospective Analysis of Hypertension Screening at a Mass Gathering in India: Implications for Non-communicable Disease Control Strategies." Journal of Human Hypertension 31, no. 11 (November 2017): 750–753. View Details
Gao, Cheng, Tiona Zuzul, Geoffrey Jones, and Tarun Khanna. "Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 11 (November 2017): 2147–2167. (Video Abstract.) View Details
Ma, Juan, and Tarun Khanna. "Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 8 (August 2016): 1547–1557. View Details
Song, Jaeyong, Kyungmook Lee, and Tarun Khanna. "Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition." California Management Review 58, no. 4 (Summer 2016): 118–140. View Details
Barnett, Ian, Tarun Khanna, and Jukka-Pekka Onnela. "Social and Spatial Clustering of People at Humanity's Largest Gathering." PLoS ONE 11, no. 6 (June 2016). View Details
Gupta, Budhaditya, Robert S. Huckman, and Tarun Khanna. "Task Shifting in Surgery: Lessons from an Indian Heart Hospital." Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation 3, no. 4 (December 2015): 245–250. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "A Case for Contextual Intelligence." Special Issue on Leveraging India: Strategies for Global Competitiveness. Management International Review 55, no. 2 (April 2015): 181–190. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Contextual Intelligence." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 9 (September 2014): 58–68. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Charting Dynamic Trajectories: Multinational Firms in India." Special Issue on Business, Networks, and the State in India. Business History Review 88, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 133–169. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Toward Resource Independence—Why State-Owned Entities Become Multinationals: An Empirical Study of India's Public R&D Laboratories." Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises edited by Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy. Journal of International Business Studies 45, no. 8 (October–November 2014): 943–960. View Details
Mingo, Santiago, and Tarun Khanna. "Industrial Policy and the Creation of New Industries: Evidence from Brazil's Bioethanol Industry." Industrial and Corporate Change 23, no. 5 (October 2014): 1229–1260. View Details
Iyer, Lakshmi, Tarun Khanna, and Ashutosh Varshney. "Caste and Entrepreneurship in India." Economic & Political Weekly 48, no. 6 (February 9, 2013): 52–60. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, James Geraghty, and Tarun Khanna. "A 'Core Periphery' Framework to Navigate Emerging Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational." Global Strategy Journal 2, no. 1 (February 2012): 71–87. View Details
Dhanaraj, Charles, and Tarun Khanna. "EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION: Transforming Mental Models on Emerging Markets." Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 4 (December 2011). View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Jaeyong Song, and Kyungmook Lee. "The Paradox of Samsung's Rise." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2011): 142–147. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Winning in Emerging Markets: Spotting and Responding to Institutional Voids." World Financial Review (May–June 2011): 18–20. View Details
Nanda, Ramana, and Tarun Khanna. "Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 19, no. 4 (Winter 2010): 991–1012. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Catherine Thomas. "Synchronicity and Firm Interlocks in an Emerging Market." Journal of Financial Economics 92, no. 2 (May 2009). View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Learning From Economic Experiments in China and India." Academy of Management Perspectives 23, no. 2 (May 2009): 36–43. View Details
Dastidar, Siddhartha G., Raymond Fisman, and Tarun Khanna. "Testing Limits to Policy Reversal: Evidence from Indian Privatizations." Journal of Financial Economics 89, no. 3 (September 2008). View Details
Abdelal, Rawi, Ayesha Khan, and Tarun Khanna. "Where Oil-Rich Nations Are Placing Their Bets." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 9 (September 2008): 119–128. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Why Cooperation Matters." International Herald Tribune (January 16, 2008). (Op-Ed.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "China + India: The Power of Two." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 12 (December 2007). View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Yishay Yafeh. "Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Paragons or Parasites?" Journal of Economic Literature 45, no. 2 (June 2007): 331–372. (Reprinted and adapted as Chapter 20 in The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups, edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln. Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management Series. Oxford University Press, July 2010.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 10 (October 2006). View Details
Jones, G., and Tarun Khanna. "Bringing History (Back) into International Business." Journal of International Business Studies 37, no. 4 (July 2006): 453–468. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Interorganizational Ties and Business Group Boundaries: Evidence from an Emerging Economy." Organization Science 17, no. 3 (May–June 2006): 333–352. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Joe Kogan, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Globalization and Similarities in Corporate Governance: A Cross-country Analysis." Review of Economics and Statistics 88, no. 1 (February 2006): 69–90. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Jayant Sinha. "Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets." Harvard Business Review 83, no. 6 (June 2005). View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Gregory Bigley, Thomas DAunno, and Peter Smith Ring. "Perspectives on How Governments Matter." Academy of Management Review 30, no. 2 (April 2005): 308–320. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Yishay Yafeh. "Business Groups and Risk Sharing Around the World." Journal of Business 78, no. 1 (January 2005): 301–340. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Globalization and Convergence in Corporate Governance: Evidence from Infosys and the Indian Software Industry." Journal of International Business Studies 35, no. 6 (November 2004): 484–507. View Details
Ricart, Joan Enric, Michael J. Enright, Pankaj Ghemawat, Stuart Hart, and Tarun Khanna. "New Frontiers in International Strategy." Journal of International Business Studies 35, no. 3 (May 2004). View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets." Journal of Accounting Research 42, no. 2 (May 2004). View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Raymond Fisman. "Facilitating Development: The Role of Business Groups." World Development 32, no. 4 (April 2004): 609–628. View Details
Huang, Yasheng, and Tarun Khanna. "Can India Overtake China?" Foreign Policy, no. 137 (July–August 2003): 74–81. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and J. Rivkin. "Estimating the Performance Effects of Business Groups in Emerging Markets." Strategic Management Journal 22, no. 1 (January 2001): 45–74. (Winner of Academy of Management. Business Policy and Strategy Division. Best Paper Award presented by Academy of Management.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Future of Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Long-Run Evidence from Chile." Academy of Management Journal 43, no. 3 (June 2000). View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Ranjay Gulati, and Nitin Nohria. "The Economic Modeling of Strategy Process: 'Clean Models' and 'Dirty Hands'." Strategic Management Journal 21, no. 7 (July 2000): 781–790. View Details
Khanna, T. "Business Groups and Social Welfare in Emerging Markets: Existing Evidence and Unanswered Questions." European Economic Review 44, nos. 4-6 (May 2000): 748–761. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Is Group Affiliation Profitable in Emerging Markets? An Analysis of Diversified Indian Business Groups." Journal of Finance 55, no. 2 (April 2000): 867–891. View Details
Anand, B., and T. Khanna. "The Structure of Licensing Contracts." Journal of Industrial Economics 48, no. 1 (March 2000): 103–35. (Formerly titled "Intellectual Property Rights and Contract Structure.") View Details
Anand, B., and T. Khanna. "Do Firms Learn to Create Value? The Case of Alliances." Strategic Management Journal 21, no. 3 (March 2000): 295–315. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business Review 77, no. 4 (July–August 1999): 125–134. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Policy Shocks, Market Intermediaries, and Corporate Strategy: Evidence from Chile and India." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 8, no. 2 (June 1999): 271–310. View Details
Khanna, T., and R. Fisman. "Is Trust a Historical Residue? Information Flows and Trust Levels." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 38, no. 1 (January 1999): 79–92. View Details
Khanna, T. "The Scope of Alliances." Organization Science 9, no. 3 (May–June 1998): 340–355. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Building Institutional Infrastructure." Brown Journal of World Affairs 5, no. 1 (winter–spring 1998). View Details
Ghemawat, P., and Tarun Khanna. "The Nature of Diversified Business Groups: A Research Design and Two Case Studies." Journal of Industrial Economics 46, no. 1 (March 1998): 35–61. View Details
Gulati, Ranjay, Tarun Khanna, and Nitin Nohria. "The Dynamics of Learning Alliances: Competition, Cooperation, and Relative Scope." Strategic Management Journal 19, no. 3 (March 1998). (A shorter version of this paper appeared in Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, 1994.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Why Focused Strategies May Be Wrong for Emerging Markets." Harvard Business Review 75, no. 4 (July–August 1997): 41–51. View Details
Khanna, T., and M. Iansiti. "Firm Asymmetries and Sequential R&D: Theory and Evidence from the Mainframe Computer Industry." Management Science 43, no. 4 (April 1997): 405–421. View Details
Khanna, T. "Racing Behavior: Technological Evolution in the High-end Computer Industry." Research Policy 24, no. 6 (November 1995). View Details
Iansiti, Marco, and T. Khanna. "Technological Evolution, System Architecture, and the Obsolescence of Firm Capabilities." Industrial and Corporate Change 4, no. 2 (1995): 333–61. View Details
Gulati, R., T. Khanna, and N. Nohria. "Unilateral Commitments and the Importance of Process in Alliances." MIT Sloan Management Review 35, no. 3 (spring 1994): 61–69. View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials

Khanna, Tarun, and Gizem Cihan Dincsoy. "Aramco: Navigating the Energy Transition." Harvard Business School Case 725-358, September 2024. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and George Gonzalez. "Zipline: Expanding the World's Largest Autonomous Drone Delivery Network." Harvard Business School Case 725-381, August 2024. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Vidhya Muthuram. "Tata Group in 2021: Pursuing Profits through Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 124-047, November 2023. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Radhika Kak. "Biocon Biologics, 2023." Harvard Business School Case 724-420, November 2023. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Felicia Belostecinic. "Newlab: Scaling an Innovation Engine." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 724-006, August 2023. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "India Stack: Digital Public Infrastructure for All." Harvard Business School Case 724-371, July 2023. (Revised May 2024.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Felicia Belostecinic. "Zipline: The World’s Largest Drone Delivery Network." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 724-364, July 2023. View Details
Elkins, Caroline M., Tarun Khanna, Vikram S. Gandhi, Karen G. Mills, and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "A Note on Contextual Intelligence." Harvard Business School Module Note 322-077, January 2022. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "BRAC: Working-from-Home in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Case 623-025, August 2022. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Allison M. Ciechanover, and Matt Higgins. "AES Corp: A Global Power Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 723-397, November 2022. (Revised January 2023.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and George Gonzalez. "NewLab: Scaling an Innovation Engine." Harvard Business School Case 723-364, August 2022. (Revised February 2023.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Sara Fleiss, and James Barnett. "FIELD Immersion 2022: San Antonio, Texas." Harvard Business School Background Note 722-450, June 2022. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Shu Lin, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Talent@Tencent." Harvard Business School Case 722-413, March 2022. View Details
Fabbe, Kristin, Tarun Khanna, Caroline M. Elkins, Zeke Gillman, Eleni Kyrkopoulou, and Thomaz Teodorovicz. "Babban Gona: Great Farm." Harvard Business School Case 722-027, November 2021. (Revised December 2022.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Caroline M. Elkins, and Joyce Kim. "Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 322-063, November 2021. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Caroline M. Elkins, and Joyce Kim. "iOpenEye: Theater and #MeToo in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 322-057, November 2021. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Green Hydrogen in Chile." Harvard Business School Case 722-361, October 2021. (Revised February 2022.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and James Barnett. "CrisisReady: Private Data for Public Good." Harvard Business School Case 722-362, October 2021. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Shreya Ramachandran. "BRAC in 2020." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 722-374, October 2021. View Details
Alcácer, Juan, and Tarun Khanna. "The Rise and Fall of Nokia (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 721-414, November 2020. View Details
Elkins, Caroline, Tarun Khanna, and Joyce J. Kim. "iOpenEye: Theater and #MeToo in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 321-111, January 2021. (Revised October 2021.) View Details
Elkins, Caroline M., Tarun Khanna, and Joyce J. Kim. "Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent." Harvard Business School Case 321-113, January 2021. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Shreya Ramachandran. "BRAC in 2020." Harvard Business School Case 721-416, November 2020. (Revised September 2021.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and George Gonzalez. "Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network." Harvard Business School Case 721-366, November 2020. (Revised March 2023.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Sid Misra, and Katherine Stebbins-Mccaffrey. "Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 721-409, October 2020. (Revised September 2021.) View Details
Elkins, Caroline M., Tarun Khanna, and Joyce J. Kim. "Bridge International Academies in 2020: Battling Headwinds to Solve Africa's Education Problems." Harvard Business School Supplement 521-048, November 2020. (Revised January 2021.) View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Super 30: Educating the Elite Poor." Harvard Business School Case 621-004, July 2020. View Details
Campbell, Dennis, Tarun Khanna, and Kerry Herman. "PDS: Ring-Fencing the Ranch." Harvard Business School Case 721-361, September 2020. (Revised November 2020.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Billy Chan. "Gogoro: From Electric Scooter to Energy Platform." Harvard Business School Case 721-379, August 2020. (Revised November 2020.) View Details
Koning, Rembrand, Andy Wu, Nataliya Langburd Wright, and Tarun Khanna. "MassChallenge." Harvard Business School Case 720-469, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Sid Misra. "Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century." Harvard Business School Case 720-451, May 2020. (Revised April 2024.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Arjun Swarup, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Funding Sources for Science & Technology Start-ups in India." Harvard Business School Case 720-401, September 2019. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Raffaella Sadun, and Susie L. Ma. "Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy." Harvard Business School Case 720-356, September 2019. (Revised August 2020.) View Details
Jones, Geoffrey, Tarun Khanna, Nataliya Langburd Wright, and Morgan Spencer. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 319-111, April 2019. (Revised June 2019.) View Details
Jones, Geoffrey, Tarun Khanna, Nataliya Langburd Wright, and Morgan Spencer. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Case 319-110, April 2019. (Revised July 2019.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jenn Chang. "El Sistema." Harvard Business School Case 719-502, March 2019. (Revised July 2019.) View Details
Jones, Geoffrey, Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langburd Wright. "Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 319-055, October 2018. (Revised February 2019.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Aadhaar: India's ‘Unique Identification’ System Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 719-808, July 2019. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Talent@Tencent." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-466, February 2019. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "BRAC in 2014." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-480, February 2019. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Ramana Nanda, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Mytrah Energy." Harvard Business School Case 818-021, February 2018. View Details
Jones, Geoffrey, Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langburd Wright. "Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Case 319-054, October 2018. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Ryan Allen, Adam Frost, and Wesley Koo. "Rural Taobao: Alibaba's Expansion into Rural E-Commerce." Harvard Business School Case 719-433, January 2019. (Revised October 2019.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Math Tools for Strategists." Harvard Business School Background Note 718-477, January 2018. View Details
Alcacer, Juan, Tarun Khanna, and Christine Snively. "The Rise and Fall of Nokia." Harvard Business School Case 714-428, January 2014. (Revised June 2020.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Fernanda Miguel. "El Sistema." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 718-476, January 2018. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Rohit Deshpandé, and Namrata Arora. "India's Amul: Keeping Up with the Times." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 517-105, February 2017. View Details
Deshpandé, Rohit, Tarun Khanna, Namrata Arora, and Tanya Bijlani. "India's Amul: Keeping Up with the Times." Harvard Business School Case 516-116, May 2016. (Revised June 2017.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Nancy Hua Dai, and Juan Ma. "Huaxia: Building a U.S.-Style Dairy in China." Harvard Business School Case 716-414, November 2015. (Revised November 2016.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Rachna Tahilyani, Reeti Roy, and Aldo Sesia. "BRAC in 2014." Harvard Business School Case 715-414, November 2014. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Budhaditya Gupta. "Health City Cayman Islands." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 715-420, September 2014. (Revised March 2016.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Elena Corsi, Emilie Billaud, and Kristina Maslauskaite. "Telenor: Banking Myanmar's Unbanked." Harvard Business School Case 714-503, June 2014. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Budhaditya Gupta. "Health City Cayman Islands." Harvard Business School Case 714-510, May 2014. (Revised March 2016.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, John Macomber, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Kumbh Mela: India's Pop-up Mega-City." Harvard Business School Case 214-023, August 2013. (Revised January 2019.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Aldo Musacchio. "Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 713-069, March 2013. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Anjali Raina. "Aadhaar: India's 'Unique Identification' System (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 713-481, March 2013. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Aldo Musacchio. "Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy? (TN) ." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 713-019, August 2012. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Phillip Andrews. "Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 712-408, August 2011. (Revised May 2012.) View Details
Bartlett, Christopher A., Tarun Khanna, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Genzyme's CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND." Harvard Business School Case 910-407, August 2009. (Revised April 2012.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Dennis A. Yao, Hillary Greene, and Amrita Chowdhury. "Jaipur Literature Festival — Beyond the Festival Template." Harvard Business School Case 712-401, November 2011. (Revised March 2014.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Tanya Bijlani. "Expansion at Narayana Hrudayalaya." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 712-801, September 2011. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Tanya Bijlani. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 712-802, September 2011. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Merlina Manocaran. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-078, June 2005. (Revised August 2011.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Tanya Bijlani. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 712-402, August 2011. (Revised May 2012.) View Details
Musacchio, Aldo, Tarun Khanna, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy (B)?" Harvard Business School Supplement 711-083, June 2011. View Details
"Winning in Emerging Markets (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 111-713, April 2011. (Revised May 2011.) View Details
Alcacer, Juan, Tarun Khanna, and Mary Furey. "Nokia: The Burning Platform." Harvard Business School Case 711-514, May 2011. (Revised May 2011.) View Details
Alcacer, Juan, Tarun Khanna, Mary Furey, and Rakeen Mabud. "Emerging Nokia?" Harvard Business School Case 710-429, April 2010. (Revised May 2011.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Aldo Musacchio, and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining." Harvard Business School Case 710-054, April 2010. (Revised October 2010.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Anjali Raina. "TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally." Harvard Business School Case 710-402, March 2010. (Revised September 2010.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. "Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank." Harvard Business School Case 709-401, September 2008. (Revised May 2010.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and David Lane. "METRO Cash & Carry in China, 2010." Harvard Business School Case 710-448, April 2010. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Claudine Deborah Madras. "Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 707-441, September 2006. (Revised March 2010.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell. "Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa (MCC) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 705-483, March 2005. (Revised March 2010.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 510-107, March 2010. View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Tarun Khanna, Jorge Tarzijan, and Jordan Mitchell. "Two Ways to Fly South: Lan Airlines and Southwest Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 707-414, November 2006. (Revised March 2010.) View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Tarun Khanna. "Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa (MCC)." Harvard Business School Case 702-457, February 2002. (Revised March 2010.) View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Tarun Khanna, Samuli Skurnik, and Jordan Mitchell. "Finland's S Group: Competing with a Cooperative Approach to Retail." Harvard Business School Case 709-409, August 2008. (Revised March 2010.) View Details
Musacchio, Aldo, Tarun Khanna, and Jenna Bernhardson. "In the Spotlight: The Market for Iron Ore." Harvard Business School Background Note 710-049, January 2010. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Christopher A. Bartlett. "Genzyme's CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND - video supplement." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 910-801, January 2010. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "METRO Cash & Carry in China, 2008." Harvard Business School Case 710-432, November 2009. View Details
Palepu, Krishna G., and Tarun Khanna. "Gabriel Rozman, Tata Consultancy Services Iberoamerica." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 110-705, November 2009. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Ayesha Khan. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-477, March 2008. (Revised October 2009.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Aldo Musacchio, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indian Railways: Building a Permanent Legacy?" Harvard Business School Case 710-008, August 2009. (Revised October 2009.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Sonali R. Bloom, and David E. Bloom. "Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll: The MTV Approach to Tackling HIV/AIDS." Harvard Business School Case 709-429, August 2008. (Revised September 2009.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Robyn C. Davis, and Stephanie R. Khurana. "Your Strategy—A Strategy Formulation Exercise for the General Management Program (GMP)." Harvard Business School Exercise 708-494, February 2008. (Revised February 2015.) View Details
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Tarun Khanna. "Tricon Restaurants International: Globalization Re-examined." Harvard Business School Case 700-030, August 1999. (Revised July 2009.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. "House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint." Harvard Business School Case 708-446, May 2008. (Revised June 2009.) View Details
Hill, Linda A., Tarun Khanna, and Emily Stecker. "Vineet Nayar at HCL Unstructure 2008." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 409-712, April 2009. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 709-490, March 2009. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Sonali R. Bloom, and David E. Bloom. "Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll: The MTV Approach to Tackling HIV/AIDS (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 709-454, March 2009. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 709-455, February 2009. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Linda A. Hill. "HCL Technologies (A) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 409-077, January 2009. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Santiago Mingo, and Jonathan West. "Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 709-460, January 2009. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and David Lane. "METRO Cash & Carry." Harvard Business School Case 707-505, December 2006. (Revised January 2009.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 709-453, November 2008. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank (Video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 709-807, November 2008. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Zain (MTC) Pre-class (Video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 709-803, November 2008. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Zain (MTC) Post-class (Video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 709-805, November 2008. View Details
"Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 705-509, June 2005. (Revised September 2008.) View Details
Hill, Linda A., Tarun Khanna, and Emily Stecker. "HCL Technologies (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-004, August 2007. (Revised July 2008.) View Details
Hill, Linda A., Tarun Khanna, and Emily Stecker. "HCL Technologies (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-006, August 2007. (Revised July 2008.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Rakesh Khurana, and Forest L. Reinhardt. "World Economic Forum (A)." Harvard Business School Case 708-025, October 2007. (Revised May 2008.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Microsoft in China and India, 1993-2007 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 708-471, January 2008. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Microsoft in China and India, 1993-2007." Harvard Business School Case 708-444, August 2007. (Revised December 2007.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Santiago Mingo, and Jonathan West. "Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets." Harvard Business School Case 708-443, September 2007. (Revised November 2007.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 708-806, November 2007. View Details
Palepu, Krishna G., Tarun Khanna, and Richard Bullock. "Blue River Capital." Harvard Business School Case 708-448, October 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Vincent Marie Dessain, Ane Damgaard Jensen, and Anders Sjoman. "Metro International S.A." Harvard Business School Case 708-429, September 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Gustavo A. Herrero. "Tetra Pak Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 708-402, September 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft India." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 708-804, September 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson. "Why Study Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 706-422, August 2005. (Revised August 2007.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 708-419, August 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Joe Hogan, President & CEO, GE Healthcare." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 708-801, July 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Apollo Hospitals--First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market Prices." Harvard Business School Case 706-440, October 2005. (Revised June 2007.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "General Electric Healthcare, 2006 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-574, June 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Metro Cash & Carry." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 707-812, June 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Elizabeth Raabe. "General Electric Healthcare, 2006." Harvard Business School Case 706-478, January 2006. (Revised April 2007.) View Details
Hagiu, Andrei, Tarun Khanna, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Masako Egawa, and Chisato Toyama. "Production I.G: Challenging the Status Quo." Harvard Business School Case 707-454, October 2006. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Lifan Group - Automobile Production in China." Harvard Business School Case 707-443, November 2006. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Instructor's Guide to Globalization of Emerging Markets (GEM)." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 707-532, February 2007. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, David Lane, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Red Flag Software Co." Harvard Business School Case 706-428, October 2005. (Revised February 2007.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "METRO Cash & Carry (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-464, January 2007. (Revised January 2007.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "ICICI's Global Expansion (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-483, January 2007. (Revised July 2012.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Bharti Tele-Ventures (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-467, January 2007. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Michael Jemal, CEO, Haier America--video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 707-801, December 2006. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "HSBC Holdings (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-495, November 2006. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-459, November 2006. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Ramana Nanda. "ICICI's Global Expansion." Harvard Business School Case 706-426, September 2005. (Revised September 2006.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "TCL Multimedia (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 707-440, September 2006. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Danielle Melito Wu. "House of Tata, 1995: The Next Generation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 798-037, February 1998. (Revised August 2006.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, Catherine M. Conneely, and Kirsten O'Neil Massaro. "House of Tata-2000: The Next Generation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 704-408, July 2003. (Revised August 2006.) View Details
Palepu, Krishna G., Tarun Khanna, and Ingrid Vargas. "Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global." Harvard Business School Case 706-401, October 2005. (Revised August 2006.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and David Lane. "HSBC Holdings." Harvard Business School Case 705-466, January 2005. (Revised June 2006.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Masako Egawa. "Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 704-475, January 2004. (Revised May 2006.) View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Masako Egawa. "Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 704-477, February 2004. (Revised May 2006.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and David Lane. "HSBC: The Household Acquisition." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 706-807, March 2006. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and David Lane. "TCL Multimedia." Harvard Business School Case 705-502, June 2005. (Revised February 2006.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993 & 2005 Update (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 796-072, September 1995. (Revised November 2005.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and James Weber. "General Electric Medical Systems 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-428, January 2002. (Revised October 2005.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Elizabeth Raabe. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 2005 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 706-429, October 2005. (Revised October 2005.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Agora SA." Harvard Business School Case 706-425, September 2005. (Revised October 2005.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson. "Portfolio Investment in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 706-438, October 2005. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Case 703-431, October 2002. (Revised September 2005.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna Palepu. "Spotting Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 106-014, August 2005. (Revised March 2024.) View Details
Khurana, Rakesh, Tarun Khanna, and Daniel Penrice. "Harvard Business School and the Making of a New Profession." Harvard Business School Case 406-025, July 2005. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Math for Strategists." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-433, November 2004. (Revised April 2005.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Rajiv Lal, and Merlina Manocaran. "Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio." Harvard Business School Case 705-478, February 2005. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Masako Egawa, and Atsuko Nakajima. "Nomura Holdings." Harvard Business School Case 705-427, February 2005. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Scope and Global Strategy." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 1576C.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Globe Telecom." Harvard Business School Case 704-505, May 2004. (Revised October 2004.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Rakesh Khurana, and David Lane. "Globalization of HBS, The." Harvard Business School Case 703-432, November 2002. (Revised August 2004.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Bharti Tele-Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 704-426, September 2003. (Revised March 2004.) View Details
Di Tella, Rafael M., Tarun Khanna, Huw Pill, and Ingrid Vogel. "Argentina's Financial System: The Case of Banco de Galicia." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 702-080, April 2002. (Revised February 2004.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Paula Campbell. "Diasporas: Causes and Effects." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-510, April 2003. (Revised October 2003.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Competition in Japanese Financial Markets-2002; Competition in Japanese Financial Markets-2002 (Abridged); Morgan Stanley Japan-2002 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 704-432, October 2003. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Multinationals as Global Intermediaries." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-428, September 2002. (Revised June 2003.) View Details
Cantillon, Estelle S., and Tarun Khanna. "NYSE vs. NASDAQ: International Competition." Harvard Business School Case 703-435, November 2002. (Revised June 2003.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Kartik Varma, and David Lane. "Formula One Motor Racing." Harvard Business School Case 703-412, September 2002. (Revised June 2003.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "General Electric Medical Systems (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 703-413, August 2002. (Revised June 2003.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "General Electric Medical Systems." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 703-902, May 2003. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Morgan Stanley Japan - Eric Best." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 703-903, May 2003. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Formula One Motor Racing (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 703-514, April 2003. (Revised April 2003.) View Details
Cantillon, Estelle S., and Tarun Khanna. "New York Stock Exchange versus NASDAQ, The." Harvard Business School Case 703-439, November 2002. (Revised April 2003.) View Details
Di Tella, Rafael M., Tarun Khanna, Huw Pill, Alexandra de Royere, and Ingrid Vogel. "Argentina's Financial System: The Case of Banco de Galicia." Harvard Business School Case 702-033, February 2002. (Revised February 2003.) View Details
Anand, Bharat N., and Tarun Khanna. "Must Zee TV." Harvard Business School Case 700-122, June 2000. (Revised February 2003.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Strategy in Emerging Markets (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 703-430, October 2002. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr. "Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-455, February 2002. (Revised September 2002.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 703-407, July 2002. (Revised September 2002.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and David Lane. "Nomura Securities, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 703-402, July 2002. (Revised August 2002.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Local Institutions and Global Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 702-475, April 2002. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr. "Morgan Stanley Japan, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-458, February 2002. (Revised February 2002.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Mike Levett, CEO Old Mutual." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-807, May 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Korea Stock Exchange." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-806, May 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Asian Strategies: Ian Buchanan." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-805, May 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Russell Reynolds Associates." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-804, April 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle J. Melito. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 1998 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 797-107, March 1997. (Revised April 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "RPG Enterprises--1995 & Modern India, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 797-138, May 1997. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Sime Darby Berhad (A), (B), and (C) Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 797-140, May 1997. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Old Mutual TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 701-072, March 2001. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Catherine M. Conneely. "House of Tata, 1995: The Next Generation (A) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 701-039, September 2000. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Empresas CAP, 1994 TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 701-038, September 2000. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Michael Y. Yoshino, and Danielle J. Melito. "Sime Darby Berhad (A): 1995." Harvard Business School Case 797-017, November 1996. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and James Chang. "Korea Stock Exchange, 1998." Harvard Business School Case 199-033, December 1998. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Korea Stock Exchange 1998 TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 101-002, September 2000. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Russell Reynolds Associates, 1999 TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 701-115, March 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle Melito Wu. "Sime Darby Berhad (B): The Asian Crisis Begins." Harvard Business School Case 701-117, March 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle Melito Wu. "Sime Darby Berhad (C): Responding to the Asian Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 701-118, March 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Rakesh Khurana. "Russell Reynolds Associates, 1999." Harvard Business School Case 100-039, November 1999. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro. "Old Mutual." Harvard Business School Case 701-026, September 2000. (Revised March 2001.) View Details
Anand, Bharat N., Tarun Khanna, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Market Failures." Harvard Business School Background Note 700-127, April 2000. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle Melito Wu. "Empresas CAP, 1994." Harvard Business School Case 798-053, March 1998. (Revised November 1998.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Geetu S Karnani, and Tanya Z Haider. "Star TV in India--1998." Harvard Business School Case 799-049, October 1998. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Empresas CAP--1994, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 799-501, September 1998. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and David B. Yoffie. "Microsoft--1995 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 799-003, July 1998. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle Melito Wu. "Silicon Valley." Harvard Business School Case 798-056, June 1998. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle Melito Wu. "Doing Business in China." Harvard Business School Case 798-052, December 1997. (Revised December 1997.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Microsoft, 1995 TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 796-071, September 1995. (Revised May 1997.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Danielle J. Melito. "Modern India." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-108, February 1997. (Revised May 1997.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "RPG Enterprises--1995." Harvard Business School Case 797-106, February 1997. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, David B. Yoffie, and Israel Yellen Ganot. "Microsoft, 1995." Harvard Business School Case 795-147, April 1995. (Revised July 1996.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Israel Yellen Ganot. "Choice Hotels International, 1995." Harvard Business School Case 795-165, April 1995. (Revised June 1996.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Choice Hotels International,1995 TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 796-073, September 1995. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993." Harvard Business School Case 795-115, February 1995. (Revised August 1995.) View Details

Book Chapters

Onnela, Jukka-Pekka, and Tarun Khanna. "Investigating Population Dynamics of the KUMBH MELA through the Lens of Cell Phone Data." In Kumbh Mela, January 2013: Mapping the Ephemeral Mega City, edited by Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera, 202–218. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Budhaditya Gupta. "The Private Provision of Missing Public Goods: Evidence from Narayana Health in India." Chap. 3 in India as a Pioneer of Innovation, edited by Harbir Singh, Ananth Padmanabhan, and Ezekiel Emanuel. Oxford University Press, 2017. View Details
Macomber, John D., and Tarun Khanna. "Government and the Minimalist Platform: Business at the Kumbh Mela." In Kumbh Mela, January 2013: Mapping the Ephemeral Mega City, edited by Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contextual Intelligence for the Study of Two Thirds of the World's Population." Contribution to Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows. Vol. 16, edited by Jean J. Boddewyn, 221–238. Research in Global Strategic Management. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, 2014. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Yishay Yafeh. "Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Paragons or Parasites?" Chap. 20 in The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups, edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln.Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management. Oxford University Press, 2010. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and David M. Bloom. "Health Services for the Poor in Developing Countries: Private vs. Public vs. Private & Public." In Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton. John Wiley & Sons, 2007. View Details
Huang, Yasheng, and Tarun Khanna. "Indigenous versus Foreign Business Models." Chap. 9 in Asia's Giants: Comparing China and India, edited by Edward Friedman and Bruce Gilley. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India: Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry." In The History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers, edited by Randall Morck. University of Chicago Press, 2005. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Emerging Market Business Groups, Foreign Investors, and Corporate Governance." In Concentrated Corporate Ownership, edited by Randall Morck, 265–294. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2000. View Details
Ghemawat, P., R. E. Kennedy, and Tarun Khanna. "Competitive Policy Shocks and Strategic Management." In Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World, edited by Michael A. Hitt, Joan E. Ricart i Costa, and Robert D. Nixon. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. View Details
Khanna, T. "On Technological Evolution within and of Industry Boundaries." In Research on Technological Innovation, Management, and Policy. Vol. 4, edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and Robert A. Burgelman. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1989. View Details
Greenstein, Shane, and T. Khanna. "What Does It Mean for Industries to Converge?" In Competing in the Age of Digital Convergence, edited by D. B. Yoffie. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997. View Details

Working Papers

Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, Christos A. Makridis, and Kyle Schirmann. "Is Hybrid Work the Best of Both Worlds? Evidence from a Field Experiment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-063, March 2022. View Details
Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Rembrand Koning, and Tarun Khanna. "Judging Foreign Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-097, March 2021. (Revised January 2023. Accepted at the Strategic Management Journal.) View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, Christos A. Makridis, and Subhradip Sarker. "(When) Does Appearance Matter? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-038, September 2020. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Wesley W. Koo, Xina Li, Nishant Kishore, Satchit Balsari, and Tarun Khanna. "Food Security and Human Mobility During the COVID-19 Lockdown." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-113, May 2020. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Victoria Sevcenko, and Tarun Khanna. "Should Firms Move Talent from the Geographic Periphery to Hubs? A Strategic Human Capital Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-080, February 2014. (Revised August 2020.) View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-081, February 2014. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Information Provision and Innovation: Natural Experiment of Herbal Patent Prior Art Adoption at the United States and European Patent Offices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-079, February 2014. (Revised January 2018.) View Details
Jones, Geoffrey, and Tarun Khanna. "Bringing History into International Business." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-013, August 2004. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-001, July 2004. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 10613, July 2004. Published as a chapter in The Rise and Fall of Business Families, edited by Randall Morck. University of Chicago Press, 2005.) View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Tarun Khanna. "Globalization and Trust: Theory and Evidence from Cooperatives." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 03-081, February 2003. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 03-081, January 2003. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Product and Labor Market Globalization & Convergence of Corporate Governance: The Case of Infosys and The Indian Software Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-040, January 2002. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Joe Kogan, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Globalization and Corporate Governance Convergence? A Cross-Country Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-041, January 2002. View Details
Chang, James, Tarun Khanna, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Analyst Activity Around the World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-061, April 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jan Rivkin. "The Structure of Profitability Around the World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-056, April 2001. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Yishay Yafeh. "Business Groups and Risk Sharing Around the World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-041, December 2000. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jan Rivkin. "Interorganizational Ties and Business Group Boundaries: Evidence from an Emerging Economy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-068, April 2000. (Revised 3/06.) View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Business Groups and Social Welfare in Emerging Markets: Existing Evidence & Unanswered Questions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-044, December 1999. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jan Rivkin. "Estimating the Performance Effects of Networks in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-108, March 1999. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Future of Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Long Run Evidence from Chile." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-077, December 1998. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Policy Shocks, Market Intermediaries, and Corporate Strategy: The Evolution of Business Groups in Chile and India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-100, December 1998. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Emerging Market Business Groups, Foreign Investors, and Corporate Governance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-017, August 1998. View Details
Fisman, Raymond, and Tarun Khanna. "Is Trust a Historical Residue? Information Flows and Trust Levels." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-008, August 1998. View Details
Fisman, Raymond, and Tarun Khanna. "Facilitating Development: The Role of Business Groups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-076, March 1998. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Corporate Strategies for Emerging Markets in Business Groups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 97-060, February 1997. View Details
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Tarun Khanna. "The Nature of Diversified Business Groups: A Research Design and Two Case Studies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 97-043, November 1996. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Corporate Scope and Institutional Context: An Empirical Analysis of Diversified Indian Business Groups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 96-051, October 1996. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Winner-Take-All Alliances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 96-033, January 1996. View Details

Presentations

"Prime Venture Partners Podcast: #104 Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, on Creating the Conditions to Create, The Value Of Trust & The Power of Diversity." Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Prime Venture Partners, 2022. View Details
Khanna, Tarun. "Trust as the Foundation of Finance." Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, Mumbai, India, September 25, 2018. View Details

Other Publications and Materials

Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Prime Minister's Scientist Return to India (SRI) Program: Proposal." Report, September 2019. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, Shashank Shah, and Kundan Madireddy. "Science for Society: Science and Technology Based Social Entrepreneurship." Harvard University South Asia Institute, 2017. Mimeo. (This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts.) View Details
Khan, Ayesha K., and Tarun Khanna. "God, Government and Outsiders: The Influence of Religious Beliefs on Depositor Behavior in an Emerging Market." February 2010. View Details
Mingo, Santiago, and Tarun Khanna. "When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry." 2009. View Details

Teaching

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

The course is appropriate for would-be entrepreneurs, as well as those interested in the financing and curation of economic activity at the exciting edges of the knowledge frontier.

Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems

In the course of the semester, all students will divide into teams that will each develop a business plan or grant proposal to tackle a chosen problem in a specific developing country/region.

Senior Executive Leadership Program –Middle East (SELPME)

Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Online Course)

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Management; Business or Company Management

Awards & Honors

Winner of the 2016 Strategy & Eminent Scholar Award “for his lifetime achievement in international management scholarship" from the International Management Division of the Academy of Management.

Elected a fellow of the Academy of International Business in 2009.

Nominated as a Young Global Leader 2007 by the World Economic Forum. The honor, bestowed annually, recognizes a group of 250 top leaders in business, government, academia, and the media--all below the age of 41--for their professional accomplishments, their commitment to society, and their potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. This year's group was chosen from a pool of more than 4,000 candidates.

Winner of the 1999 Best Paper Prize from the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management for "Estimating the Performance Effects of Networks in Emerging Markets" (with Jan Rivkin, Strategic Management Journal, January 2001).

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