by Tarun Khanna - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 1, 2021
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Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?

By: Rohan Narayana Murty, Rajath B. Das, Scott Duke Kominers, Arjun Narayan, Suraj Srinivasan, Tarun Khanna and Kartik Hosanagar

In a research study at four Fortune 500 companies, when managers were asked about their teams’ work, on average they either did not know or could not remember 60% of the work their teams do. This is a major problem because it can lead to unrealistic digital... View Details

Keywords: Leading Teams; Work Recall Gap; Machine Learning; Algorithms; Groups and Teams; Management; Technological Innovation

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Lessons from History - Creating Emerging Markets

watched a short video of Yusuf Hamied discussing the necessity of incremental innovation in the pharmaceuticals industry in the 2000s. Lively discussion then ensued, moderated by HBS Professors Tarun Khanna,... View Details

27 Mar 2025
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IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

crash course in understanding what it takes to make EVs viable, scalable, and deeply relevant in the uniquely Indian context. Ather ScooterOur first stop was Ather Scooter, where we toured their Tamil Nadu factory, home to both battery pack and scooter assembly lines.... View Details

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Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

Datar, Tarun Khanna, and Rob Huckman were all on board. With the all-clear signal given, teams across Executive Education, Dining and Custodial Services, and Operations sprang into action. Details that had not been considered, much less... View Details

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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

Businesses taking action Leading businesses in Latin America are pioneering initiatives that advance economic equity. This video highlights key actions by these companies to promote economic mobility and offers valuable insights for CEOs... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

Illustrations from VectorStock.com The Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) aims to supercharge HBS’s research agenda by applying a lab-based model similar to that used by the scientific... View Details

25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours Author:Tarun Khanna Publication:Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract China and India, occupied by a third of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1999
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All in the Family

establishing such programs abroad. "Recent research at the School, particularly by Professor Krishna G. Palepu and Associate Professor Tarun Khanna, has shed light on the reasons for this, as the family... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Nanda and Tarun Khanna Abstract This study explores the importance of cross-border social networks for entrepreneurs in developing countries by examining ties between the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1999
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An Eye to the East

assisted by special guest Zhang Ruimin, president and CEO of China's Haier Group, a maker of appliances; a briefing by HBS assistant professor Walter Kuemmerle on global research and development networks;... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Developing Countries by Tarun Khanna Berrett-Koehler Publishers Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and institutional... View Details

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

believed that these holdout creditors created "collective action problems" and presented a major obstacle to successful sovereign debt restructurings. On the other hand, other observers argued that activist investors actually improved the market overall View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

DOWNTIME: Varma and Agarwala take a break. Photographs By Tom Pietrasik Imagine that you’ve quit your high-paying job with a big, prestigious firm to launch a financial advisory service tailored for India’s rapidly growing middle class,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

July 2018
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Reimagining Health Data Exchange: An Application Programming Interface-Enabled Roadmap for India

By: Satchit Balsari, 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

In February 2018, the Government of India announced a massive public health insurance scheme extending coverage to 500 million citizens, in effect making it the world’s largest insurance program. To meet this target, the government will rely on technology to... View Details

Keywords: Health Information Exchange; India; Health APIs; Health Care and Treatment; Information; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology; Health Industry; India