Our Faculty

EDUCATION

• RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Cross-border investments of emerging market multinationals

  Technology-enabled business model transformation

  Sustainability initiatives of multinational enterprises

• SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  Das, A. (2023), “Predictive value of supply chain sustainability initiatives for ESG performance: a study of large multinationals”, Multinational Business Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-09-2022-0149

  Das, A. (2023). Developing dynamic digital capabilities in micro-multinationals through platform ecosystems: Assessing the role of trust in algorithmic smart contracts. Journal of International Entrepreneurship. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-023-00332-7

  Haritas, I. and Das, A. (2023), “Simple doable goals: a roadmap for multinationals to help achieve the UN’s sustainable development goals”, Society and Business Review, Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-06-2022-0167

  Das, A., Haritas, I. (2023). Society, Environment, Value, and Attitude: A Study on the Effectiveness of Digital Platforms in Enhancing the Sustainability Perspectives of Management Students. In: Hauser, C., Amann, W. (eds) The Future of Responsible Management Education. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15632-8_19

  Das A. The Relationship between International Trade in Industry 4.0 Products and National-Level Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Investigation. Sustainability. 2023; 15(2):1262. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021262

  Das, A., Grover, D. Ethical climates in South Asian Organizations: empirical findings from India. SN Bus Econ 2, 55 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-022-00226-1

  Das, A. (2022), “Promoting organizational diversity and preserving socioemotional wealth: can family businesses balance the two?”, Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 653-678. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-06-2021-0060

  Das, A. (2021). Post-Acquisition Performance of Emerging Market Firms: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Acquisitions in India. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14(12), 567. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14120567

  Dubey, V.K. and Das, A. (2021), “Role of governance on SME exports and performance”, Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 39-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/JRME-08-2020-0109

  Das, A. and Dey, S. (2021), “Global manufacturing value networks: assessing the critical roles of platform ecosystems and Industry 4.0”, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 32 No. 6, pp. 1290-1311. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-04-2020-0161

  Das, A. (2021), “Predatory FDI during economic crises: insights from outbound FDI from China and host country responses”, Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol. 17 No. 2, pp. 321-341. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0050

  Das, A. (2020). Trust in “Trust-free” Digital Networks: How Inter-firm Algorithmic Relationships Embed the Cardinal Principles of Value Co-creation. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12(4), 228-252. https://doi.org/10.17705/1thci.00137

  Dey, S. and Das, A. (2019). “Robotic Process Automation: Assessment of the Technology for Transformation of Business Processes”, International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management 9:3, 220-230

  Das, A. and Grover, D. (2018), “Biased decisions on IT outsourcing: how vendor selection adds value”, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 39 No. 5, pp. 31-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-03-2018-0039

  Pati, P. and Das, A. (2018). “Capability Development in Dynamic Business Environment: A Framework for Practitioners”, IIMS Journal of Management Science, 9 (1), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-173X.2018.00002.7

  Link to Google Scholar

• CASE STUDIES

  Das, A. and Guha, S. (2022), “Vedanta Ltd. – attempts to go private”, , Vol. 12 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-06-2021-0204

  Royal Enfield – An Epic Journey at Crossroads, The Case Centre, Sep 2018, Case-Reference no. 318-0270-1

  Securing Country’s Energy Futures: Coal India’s Strategic Pursuits, The Case Centre, Mar 2017, Case-Reference no. 317-0054-1 

  NTPC: Growth Challenges in Changing Environment, The Case Centre, Dec 2016, Case-Reference no. 316-0427-1

• BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTER

  Das, A., Haritas, I. (2023). Chapter: Society, Environment, Value, and Attitude: A Study on the Effectiveness of Digital Platforms in Enhancing the Sustainability Perspectives of Management Students. In: Hauser, C., Amann, W. (eds) The Future of Responsible Management Education. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.; pp 379-394. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15632-8_19; ISBN: 978-3-031-15632-8

  Haritas, I., Das, A. (2020). Chapter: “Elephas Maximus Indicus – Doing Business in 21st Century India”. In: Bruhn, M., Burmann, C., Kirchgeorg, M. (eds) Marketing Weiterdenken. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden; pp 277-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31563-4_14; ISBN: 978-3-658-31562-7

  Book: Corporate Governance in India, Routledge (Taylor and Francis), UK, Aug 2019; ISBN: 978-1-138-58112-8

  Das, A., Kapil, S. (2015). Chapter: The Role of Technological Innovation in Managing Through Business Cycles: A Study on Indian ICT Firms. In: Chatterjee, S., Singh, N., Goyal, D., Gupta, N. (eds) Managing in Recovering Markets. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1979-8_34; ISBN978-81-322-1979-8

• CONFERENCES

  8th International Conference in Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability, Governance and Innovation, ISAE Brazilian Business School, Curitiba, Brazil (UN PRME CR3+), Pivoting from Sustainable Development Goals to “simple doable goals”: Can social innovation help? Oct 2021

  Strategic Management Society 41st Annual Conference, Strategic Management Society (SMS), Toronto, Organizations as Synesthetes: Extra-sensational Sensemaking, Sep 2021

  Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Manufacturing Value Networks of Multinationals: How Digital Technologies are Reshaping the Relationships Embedded in the OLI Paradigm, Jun 2019

  IIBG 2nd Annual Academia-Industry Exchange, Hong Kong, Journey Towards Circular Economy: From Sustainability Reporting to Business Model Transformation, Oct 2018

• REVIEWER EXPERIENCE

  Reviewer for a few journals published by Emerald, Elsevier, and Wiley

• COURSES

  Strategic Management

  Corporate Governance and Business Ethics

  International Business

  Strategy Simulation (Capstone)

  Strategies for the Digital Economy

• AWARDS & HONOURS

  Won the “That’s Interesting” award for the paper presented at AIB Annual Meeting at Copenhagen Business School in 2019

• WORK EXPERIENCE

  Professional Positions 

  Professor, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, 2019-2022

  Associate Professor, IFMR Graduate School of Management, Krea University, 2017-2019

  Associate Professor, Centre for Management Studies, Administrative Staff College of India, 2015-2017

  Senior Manager, Accenture India, 2013-2019

  Principal, Business Services, Infosys Ltd, 2001-2013

  Assistant Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, 1992-2001

  Consulting

  Engaged with large multinationals in the automotive and financial services domains on technology implementation programmes

  MDPs/FDPs

  Conducted MDP programs (in-house and open) for mid-level executives from public sector enterprises on strategic decision-making, and planning processes  

• PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  Strategic Management Society (SMS)

  Association for Information Systems (AIS)

  Academy of International Business (AIB)

  Institute of Directors (IoD)

  Project Management Institute (PMI)