Cross-border investments of emerging market multinationals
Technology-enabled business model transformation
Sustainability initiatives of multinational enterprises
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Arindam Das
ProfessorStrategy & Innovation
Deputy Programme Chairperson – Post Graduate Programme in Management
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.
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.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The Relationship between International Trade in Industry 4.0 Products and National-Level Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Investigation, Sustainability, MDPI Publishing Services, Jan 2023
Ethical climates in South Asian organizations: Empirical findings from India, SN Business & Economics, Jun 2022
Vedanta Ltd. – Attempts to Go Private, Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies, Mar 2022
Promoting Organizational Diversity and Preserving Socioemotional Wealth: Can Family Businesses Balance the Two?, Journal of Family Business Management, Jan 2022
Post-Acquisition Performance of Emerging Market Firms: A Multi-dimensional Analysis from India, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Nov 2021
Role of Governance on SME Exports and Performance, Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Oct 2021
Global Manufacturing Value Networks: Assessing the Critical Roles of Platform Ecosystems and Industry 4.0, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Apr 2021
Predatory FDI during Economic Crises: Insights from Outbound FDI from China and Host Country Responses, Critical Perspectives on International Business, Jan 2021
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, Dec 2020
Robotic Process Automation: Assessment of the Technology for Transformation of Business Processes, International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, Jul 2019
Biased Decisions on IT Outsourcing: How Vendor Selection Adds Value, Journal of Business Strategy, Sep 2018
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CASE STUDIES
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
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BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTER
Chapter: “Elephas Maximus Indicus – Doing Business in 21st Century India”, in Marketing Weiterdenken (2nd edition), Eds.: Bruhn, M., Burmann, C., Kirchgeorg, M., Springer Gabler, Germany, Sep 2020, 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
Chapter: “The Role of Technology Innovation in Managing through Business Cycles: A Study on Indian ICT Firms”, in Managing in Recovering Markets, Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, Eds.: Chatterjee, S., Singh, N.P., Goyal, D.P., Gupta, N., Springer India, Aug 2014, 427-439; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1979-8_34, ISBN: 978-81-322-1978-1
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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
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REVIEWER EXPERIENCE
Reviewer for a few journals published by Emerald, Elsevier, and Wiley
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COURSES
Strategic Management
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
International Business
Strategy Simulation (Capstone)
Strategies for the Digital Economy
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AWARDS & HONOURS
Won the “That’s Interesting” award for the paper presented at AIB Annual Meeting at Copenhagen Business School in 2019
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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
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Strategic Management Society (SMS)
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academy of International Business (AIB)
Institute of Directors (IoD)
Project Management Institute (PMI)