Publications

March 1997 (Revised April 2001)
Supplement

Microsoft in the People's Republic of China: 1998 Update

By: Tarun Khanna and Danielle J. Melito

Provides an update to Microsoft in the People's Republic of China--1993. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Technology Industry; China

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

Keywords: Return Migration; Policy; India

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March 2019 (Revised July 2019)
Case

El Sistema

By: Tarun Khanna and Jenn Chang

El Sistema explores an NGO that changes the life of thousands of young people in Venezuela and around the world through musical education. View Details

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Education; Music Entertainment; Venezuela

March 2013
Teaching Note

Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Tarun Khanna and Aldo Musacchio

Keywords: Globalization; Brazil; Emerging Markets; Mining; Mining Industry; Brazil; South America

January 2012 (Revised September 2012)
Case

Aadhaar: India's 'Unique Identification' System

By: Tarun Khanna and Anjali Raina

Keywords: Business Government Relations; Information; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Infrastructure; Leadership Style; Business and Government Relations; Change Management; Crime and Corruption; Identity; Projects; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; India

April 2004
Article

Facilitating Development: The Role of Business Groups

By: Tarun Khanna and Raymond Fisman

Keywords: Growth and Development; Groups and Teams

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April 2000
Article

Is Group Affiliation Profitable in Emerging Markets? An Analysis of Diversified Indian Business Groups

By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Profit; Emerging Markets; Theory; India

Summer 2021
Article

The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016

By: Muhammad H. Zaman and Tarun Khanna

This article examines the evolution of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Cipla towards producing drugs that met the quality standards of European and U.S. regulators. It employs new research in Cipla’s corporate archives, the Creating Emerging Markets database, and... View Details

Keywords: Cipla; Pharmaceuticals; Drug Quality; Generics; Quality; Standards; Information Technology; Cost; Organizational Culture; Business History; Pharmaceutical Industry; India

January 2018
Background Note

Math Tools for Strategists

By: Tarun Khanna and Jan W. Rivkin

Great strategists rely heavily on numbers as they go about their work. This note offers an overview of the highbrow and lowbrow quantitative tools that individuals commonly encounter during strategy courses and in actual strategy work. The note focuses especially on... View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Strategy

2015
Chapter

Government and the Minimalist Platform: Business at the Kumbh Mela

By: John D. Macomber and Tarun Khanna

India's Kumbh Mela, a religious festival occurring once every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, attracts over 80 million pilgrims to a temporary "pop-up megacity" over the course of two months. A team of faculty and students from five Harvard... View Details

April 2011 (Revised May 2011)
Class Lecture

Winning in Emerging Markets (FSS)

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Tarun Khanna

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy

2010
Other Unpublished Work

God, Government and Outsiders: The Influence of Religious Beliefs on Depositor Behavior in an Emerging Market.

By: Ayesha K. Khan and Tarun Khanna

This paper provides evidence that religious beliefs can have a significant impact on individual financial choices. Using proprietary panel data on the distribution of bank deposits across all commercial banks in Pakistan over a 33-month period, I find that Islamic... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Commercial Banking; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consumer Behavior; Emerging Markets; Religion; Banking Industry; Pakistan