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- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
MassChallenge
The case explores the strategic decision of global non-profit startup accelerator MassChallenge on whether to pursue a for-profit spinoff, discussing: (1) the costs and benefits of this decision, (2) how best to manage the risks of the decision, and (3) alternative... View Details
Keywords: Accelerators; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Startups; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Cost vs Benefits; Risk Management; Decision Making; Strategy
Koning, Rembrand, Andy Wu, Nataliya Langburd Wright, and Tarun Khanna. "MassChallenge." Harvard Business School Case 720-469, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- May 8, 2020
- Article
Which Covid-19 Data Can You Trust?
By: Satchit Balsari, Caroline Buckee and Tarun Khanna
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a tidal wave of data, but how much of it is any good? And as a layperson, how can you sort the good from the bad? The authors suggest a few strategies for dividing the useful data from the misleading: Beware of data that’s too broad... View Details
Balsari, Satchit, Caroline Buckee, and Tarun Khanna. "Which Covid-19 Data Can You Trust?" Harvard Business Review (website) (May 8, 2020).
- 2020
- Working Paper
Food Security and Human Mobility During the COVID-19 Lockdown
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo, Xina Li, Nishant Kishore, Satchit Balsari and Tarun Khanna
During the COVID-19 crisis, millions of migrants around the world face food insecurity. This could force migrants to travel during the pandemic, exposing them to health risks and accelerating the spread of the virus. Anecdotal evidence demonstrates the importance of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Migrants; Food Security; Mobility; Health Pandemics; Food; Distribution; Policy; Global Range
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.
- May 2020 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century
By: Tarun Khanna and Sid Misra
Gavi has helped immunize over 760 million children in the world's poorest countries over the past 20 years saving 13 million lives. How should Gavi respond to the need for a vaccine for the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic? View Details
Keywords: Vaccine; Pandemics; Healthcare; COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Emerging Markets; Crisis Management; Alliances
Khanna, Tarun, and Sid Misra. "Gavi and COVID-19: Pandemic of the Century." Harvard Business School Case 720-451, May 2020. (Revised April 2024.)
- 2020
- Chapter
Reflections on Comparing China and India
By: Tarun Khanna
In this essay, the introductory chapter to an edited volume (Bajpai, Ho and Miller (edited), Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations, 2020), I reflect on two decades of my comparative scholarship on the trajectories of modern China and India, with a lens... View Details
Keywords: Country Analysis; Comparative Analysis; International Relations; Entrepreneurship; China; India
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.
- March 2020
- Article
Do Managers Matter? A Natural Experiment from 42 R&D Labs in India
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Christos A. Makridis
We exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the staggered entry of new managers into India’s 42 public R&D labs between 1994 and 2006 to study how alignment between the CEO and middle-level managers affect research productivity. We show that the introduction of new lab... View Details
Keywords: Incentives; Innovation; Productivity; Management; Alignment; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Performance Productivity; India
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.
- Article
Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Dan Wang, Natalie A. Carlson and Tarun Khanna
We demonstrate how a novel synthesis of three methods—(1) unsupervised topic modeling of text data to generate new measures of textual variance, (2) sentiment analysis of text data, and (3) supervised ML coding of facial images with a cutting-edge convolutional neural... View Details
Keywords: CEOs; Communication Style; Machine Learning; Spoken Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Personal Characteristics; Analysis; Performance
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.
- September 2019
- Case
Funding Sources for Science & Technology Start-ups in India
By: Tarun Khanna, Arjun Swarup and Rachna Tahilyani
India's start-up ecosystem is amongst the largest globally, with a variety of funding options from angel investors, venture capital and corporate venture capital to debt. Classic consumer focused start-ups which look to leverage technology have been able to raise... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Science; Information Technology; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; India; South Asia
Khanna, Tarun, Arjun Swarup, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Funding Sources for Science & Technology Start-ups in India." Harvard Business School Case 720-401, September 2019.
- September 2019 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy
By: Tarun Khanna, Raffaella Sadun and Susie L. Ma
In 2019, entrepreneur Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio was developing a project he hoped could generate and share wealth from the natural resources of the Amazon without destroying those resources. His idea, called Earth Bank of Codes (EBC), would create a library of the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Information Technology; Ownership; Social Psychology; Trust; Society; Biotechnology Industry; South America; Amazon Basin
Khanna, Tarun, Raffaella Sadun, and Susie L. Ma. "Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy." Harvard Business School Case 720-356, September 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
- 2019
- Report
Prime Minister's Scientist Return to India (SRI) Program: Proposal
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
A Summary of a set of policies proposed to the Indian Government regarding return migration. View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Prime Minister's Scientist Return to India (SRI) Program: Proposal." Report, September 2019.
- July 2019
- Supplement
Aadhaar: India's ‘Unique Identification’ System Video Supplement
By: Tarun Khanna
Khanna, Tarun. "Aadhaar: India's ‘Unique Identification’ System Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 719-808, July 2019.
- June 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
By: Geoffrey Jones, Tarun Khanna, Nataliya Langbird Wright and Morgan Spencer
Jones, Geoffrey, Tarun Khanna, Nataliya Langbird Wright, and Morgan Spencer. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Sir Fazle Hasan Abed." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-719, June 2019.
- June 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Kenya Railways: China's Belt and Road in Africa
By: Caroline M. Elkins, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
- April 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Anil Jain
By: G. Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langbird Wright
Jones, G., Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langbird Wright. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Anil Jain." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-716, April 2019.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Cem Boyner
By: G. Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langbird Wright
Jones, G., Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langbird Wright. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Cem Boyner." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-713, April 2019.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Dr. Devi Shetty
By: G. Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langbird Wright
Jones, G., Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langbird Wright. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Dr. Devi Shetty." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-711, April 2019.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Fadi Ghandour
By: G. Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langbird Wright
Jones, G., Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langbird Wright. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Fadi Ghandour." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-715, April 2019.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: James Mwangi
By: G. Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langbird Wright
Jones, G., Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langbird Wright. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: James Mwangi." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-710, April 2019.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Mavath R. Chandran
By: G. Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langbird Wright
Jones, G., Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langbird Wright. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Mavath R. Chandran." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-714, April 2019.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Mo Ibrahim
By: G. Jones, Tarun Khanna and Nataliya Langbird Wright
Jones, G., Tarun Khanna, and Nataliya Langbird Wright. "Innovation and Business in Emerging Markets: Mo Ibrahim." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 319-709, April 2019.