# In an op-ed, Prof. Pankaj Ghemawat discusses his research on globalization in India

1 Faculty News May 14, 2015 ![Business Insider logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/business%20insider%20logo.jpg?itok=0MJSCdPh)>

Excerpt from [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.in/Thinkers/Thinkers50-India-is-far-from-a-sweet-spot-in-global-connectedness/articleshow/47282540.cms) -- "My own research on India's openness for the DHL Global Connectedness Index, which I prepare with my IESE business school colleague Steven A. Altman, indicates that India is still a relatively closed country in many aspects. The ratio of India's exports to its GDP has tripled over the past two decades, but across a broader range of indicators, the depth of India's global connectedness still ranks only 119th out of 140 countries."

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