Winning in Emerging Markets

Krishna Palepu is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at the Harvard Business School. Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and the author of Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Future and Yours.

• Table of contents Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Nature of Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets Chapter Three: Spotting and Responding to Institutional Voids Chapter Four: Exploiting Institutional Voids as Business Opportunities Chapter Five: Multinationals in Emerging Markets Chapter Six: Emerging Giants: Competing at Home Chapter Seven: Emerging Giants: Going Global Chapter Eight: The Emerging Arena

From the authors: "The crux of this book is to advance a structural framework for thinking about the nature and extent of differences between emerging markets and mature markets on the one hand, and among emerging markets on the other." Praise for Winning in Emerging Markets: "The authors provide a road map for assessing the potential of emerging markets and for crafting strategies to succeed in them." - Strategic Finance "The scope of this book's research is broad and deep, the authors' thinking is deliberate and well tested, and the result is a compelling must-read for any leader who is seeking sustainable growth in dynamic emerging markets." --Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company "Learning to compete in emerging markets is one of the greatest challenges facing global businesses today. In this book, Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu show leaders how to navigate the different operating conditions in these markets and how to take advantage of the tremendous growth opportunities they offer in the twenty-first century." --Dominic Barton, Worldwide Managing Director, McKinsey & Company "Emerging markets have piqued the interest of many business scholars. Much has been written about them, but this book is unique in that it proposes an actionable framework for assessing the challenges and opportunities associated with the institutional voids in such markets." --N. R. Narayana Murthy, founder and Chairman, Infosys