Dr. Chari's research focuses on strategic and international management issues, including corporate diversification, cross-border acquisitions, consequences of ownership differences, strategy in emerging economies, and strategies of emerging economy firms. His research has been published in premier academic and practitioner journals including the Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Long Range Planning. His work on strategic control systems has inspired the development of frameworks used in performance management consulting work in the United Kingdom.