Krishna G. Palepu

Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; Author, "Winning in Emerging Markets"

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Krishna G. Palepu Biography

Krishna G. Palepu is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the Harvard Business School.

Professor Palepu's current research and teaching activities focus on strategy and governance. Professor Palepu has published numerous academic and practitioner-oriented articles and case studies on these issues.

In the area of strategy, his recent focus has been on the globalization of emerging markets, particularly India and China, and the resulting opportunities and challenges for western investors and multinationals, and for local companies with global aspirations. He is a coauthor of the book on this topic, Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution. Professor Palepu Chairs the HBS executive education programs, "Global CEO Program for China" (3 weeks), "Leading Global Businesses" (1 week), and "Senior Executive Leadership Program—India" (7 weeks).

In the area of corporate governance, Professor Palepu's work focuses on board engagement with strategy. Professor Palepu teaches in several HBS executive education programs aimed at members of corporate boards: "Making Corporate Boards More Effective," "Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance," and "Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions."

In his prior work, Professor Palepu worked on mergers and acquisitions and corporate disclosure. Based on this work, he coauthored the book, Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements: Text and Cases, which 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. This book, translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish, is widely used in leading MBA programs all over the world. It is accompanied by a business analysis and valuation software model published by the Harvard Business School Publishing Company.

Professor Palepu has served on a number of public company and non-profit Boards. He has also been on the Editorial Boards of leading academic journals, and has served as a consultant to a wide variety of businesses. Palepu is a researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a fellow of the International Academy of Management.

Professor Palepu has a master’s degree in physics from Andhra University, a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a doctorate in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an honorary doctorate from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. Professor Palepu received the Distinguished Alumnus award from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 02/27/2025.

Krishna G. Palepu Videos

  • Professor Krishna Palepu: Integrated
    Krishna Palepu, the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, discusses how the case method provides an integrated experience for...
  • What Are the Seismic Shifts Affecting Corporate Governance?
    Learn more about Value Creation Through Effective Boards www.iese.edu/boards Harvard Business School's Krishna Palepu spoke to IESE about the...

Krishna G. Palepu Books

  • Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution
    Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution
  • Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases (with Thomson ONE Access)
    Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases (with Thomson ONE Access)

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