Corporate Strategies for Business Groups in Emerging Markets

Posted: 24 Aug 1999

See all articles by Tarun Khanna

Tarun Khanna

Harvard University - Strategy Unit

Krishna Palepu

Harvard University - Harvard Business School; Harvard University - David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Research; Harvard Business Review; NBER; International Academy of Management

Date Written: Undated

Abstract

We present a framework, motivated by clinical research and large-sample statistical analysis, for understanding how corporate strategy depends upon institutional context. Since institutional context varies extensively across different countries, we expect that appropriate corporate strategy ought to do so as well. We argue that the diversified business groups that dominate the private sectors of most of the world's economies, including emerging markets like India, can add value by performing the functions of several institutions like quality control organizations, venture capital firms, and management development institutes, that one normally associates with advanced economies, but that are often missing in emerging economies.

JEL Classification: L1

Suggested Citation

Khanna, Tarun and Palepu, Krishna, Corporate Strategies for Business Groups in Emerging Markets (Undated). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5186

Tarun Khanna (Contact Author)

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Krishna Palepu

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