Arindam Das
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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 organisations 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 the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), 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: 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. and Dey, S. (2025), Effects of sustainability-linked initiatives on value creation in services business: a study on global technology services firms, Social Responsibility Journal, Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-08-2024-0563

    Das, A. and Ghosal, D. (2025), The late mover advantage: unveiling Bajaj Auto’s potential to lead in the two-wheeler EV space, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 15 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-07-2024-0300

    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 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBPIM.2019.100927.

    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.

    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 chapters

    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; https://www.routledge.com/Corporate-Governance-in-India/Das/p/book/9781032090535?srsltid=AfmBOoph6VW6dm3-Pj8JRo2SXsiyonLeondH15OH0g6J_LyYrmMBXcg1ISBN: 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? October 2021

    Strategic Management Society 41st Annual Conference, Strategic Management Society (SMS), Toronto, Organizations as Synesthetes: Extra-sensational Sensemaking, September 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, June 2019

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