Faculty-Professor
  •  arindam.das@spjimr.org

Arindam Das

Professor, Strategy

Arindam Das, a practitioner-turned-academic, specialises in the areas of corporate strategy, governance, and digital transformation. For more than two decades, he worked with technology consulting and services organizations before joining academia. His current research spans diverse areas of business performance: technology-enabled business model transformation, cross-border investments of emerging market firms, and sustainability initiatives of multinational enterprises. He holds a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, where his thesis was on cross-border M&A. He is a certified independent director from the Institute of Directors.

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EDUCATION

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi

Ph.D., Focus area: Cross-border M&A

Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta

M.Tech.

Regional Engineering College (NIT), Calicut

B.Tech.

  • 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

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  • 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)

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