Residence Massachusetts, USA Citizenship American | Name Krishna Palepu Role Academic | |
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Alma mater Andhra UniversityIIM CalcuttaMIT Sloan Books Business Analysis and Valu, Winning in Emerging Markets, Introduction to Business Analysis, Step‑by‑step Business Analysis, Business Analysis Valuation | ||
Krishna palepu una mirada sobre las econom as emergentes
Krishna Palepu (born 1954) is an American academic, author, consultant and director of various corporations. He is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He serves as Senior Adviser to the President of Harvard University for Global Strategy.
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- Krishna palepu una mirada sobre las econom as emergentes
- How Companies in Emerging Markets Break Out
- Education
- Academics
- Books
- Publications
- Teaching
- Non Academic Activities
- Conflict of Interest Ruling
- References
How Companies in Emerging Markets Break Out
Education
He has a master's degree in Physics from Andhra University in India, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, and a doctorate from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also has an honorary doctorate from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.
Academics
Krishna Palepu's research has been in the areas of strategy in emerging markets, corporate governance and corporate disclosure. His work focuses on making corporate boards more effective, and improving corporate disclosure. In the area of strategy, his focus has been on the globalization of emerging markets, particularly India and China, and the resulting opportunities and challenges for western multinationals as well as local companies with global aspirations in these countries.
In his prior work, he has done research and published papers on mergers and acquisitions and corporate disclosure. He has been on the Editorial Boards of leading academic journals and is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Books
In Winning in Emerging Markets, released in 2010, Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu outline a practical framework for developing emerging market strategies based not on broad categorical definitions like geography, but on a structural understanding of these markets. Their framework describes how “institutional voids” – the absence of intermediaries like market research firms and credit card systems to efficiently connect buyers and sellers – create daunting obstacles for companies trying to operate in emerging markets. Understanding these voids – and learning how to work with them in specific markets – is the key to success.
The fourth edition of Business Analysis And Valuation Using Financial Statements: Text and Cases, co-authored with Paul Healy, was published by Thomson Southwestern in 2007. Based on Krishna Palepu's research on mergers and acquisitions, finance and corporate disclosure, this textbook is widely used in college and MBA courses on business analysis and valuation. It has been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.
The book won the American Accounting Association's Wildman Award for its impact on management practice, as well as the Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award for its impact on academic research.
It is accompanied by a business analysis and valuation software model published by the Harvard Business School Publishing Company. A fifth edition was published in 2013.
Publications
Krishna Palepu has published numerous articles in academic journals and practitioner-oriented publications including Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Brown Journal of World Affairs, Strategic Finance, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Finance, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of International Business Studies, and The Review of Economics and Statistics.
He has also published dozens of Harvard Business School cases and course materials.
Teaching
He teaches courses in the Accounting and Control unit and courses on strategy in emerging markets at Harvard Business School (HBS). He also teaches in several executive programs at HBS.
Non-Academic Activities
Palepu has been a director of a number of companies around the world including Brooks Automation, BTM Corporation, Partners Harvard Medical International, Polymedica, and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Professor Palepu has a Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporate Directors.
Conflict of Interest Ruling
On December 8th, 2014, a local Indian court has found him guilty and fined Rs 26 million for conflict of interest in providing professional services to the company and remaining on the board of Satyam as an independent director and for failing to get the government's approval for providing such services.