AUTHOR'S BIO
Tarun Khanna
Tarun Khanna is a professor at Harvard Business School. His latest book is Winning in Emerging Markets: A Roadmap for Strategy and Execution.
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The Microfinance Catalyst
Tarun Khanna and Jayant Sinha Series: Frontiers of Growth 2011-10-04When both governments and markets fail, impact investors can stimulate change. Microfinance – its advent, rise, and recent crises – shows how.... read Comments: 6 Recommended: 0 Read: 16793
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Brazilian Lessons for Industrial Policy
Tarun Khanna and Santiago Mingo Series: Latin America 2010-05-07
Few economic ideas are more lauded and reviled than that of industrial policy. As industrial policy undergoes a renaissance worldwide, Brazil’s experience in promoting renewable fuels, beginning in the 1970’s, is directly relevant to the debate over its merits, and suggests that the key to success is the timely withdrawal of subsidies and protective measures.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 1 Read: 14248
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Asian Footsteps in Africa
Tarun Khanna Series: The Asian Century 2009-03-02China has made a huge push into Africa in recent years, plowing in massive infrastructure investments in exchange for access to natural resources. In the long run, however, Indian companies and entrepreneurs may have more powerful advantages.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 15271
