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What Tech Pioneers Can Learn From Emerging Markets

June 14, 2019 | Tarun Khanna, interviewed by Frieda Klotz | Strategy

Technology leaders are not shy about pushing the boundaries of their industries, and sometimes they go further--challenging the prevailing rules of society at large. The eagerness of entrepreneurs to test limits isn’t surprising to Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, who has spent more than two decades studying how business strategies play out in emerging markets.

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