Research at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) covers all the functional areas ofmanagement. Faculty members at IIMB are involved in both theoretical and empirical research thatdeepens our understanding of decision-making and actions of economies, industries, firms, managers, andvarious stakeholders. This report provides details of research and publication activities at IIMB from April2014 to March 2015.This year, IIMB faculty members and research scholars have published five books and fifty eight articles in academicjournals. Our faculty published twelve articles in top journals - journals which have been listed in the FinancialTimes 45 list, the Business Week 20 list, or the UT Dallas list of top journals. IIMB continues to distribute casestudies through Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) and Ivey Publishing. During the academic year (2014-2015),eighteen cases along with their teaching notes were distributed through HBP and two case was published by IveyPublishing. The research culture at IIMB is enriched by seminars at which researchers from various academicinstitutes and research organizations share their research work. Close to thirty seven researchers from acrossthe globe visited IIMB and delivered research seminars. Several conferences and open house meetings wereconducted at IIMB to discuss many contemporary research themes at IIMB. Confirming our growing reputation asa research school, IIMB has been ranked second in India in terms of research output by the Naveen Jindal Schoolof Management at University of Texas, Dallas.This year witnessed several initiatives and events designed to propel our faculty's research to higher levels. Weare providing generous support for research and professional development of junior faculty with "young facultychairs", as well as recognition of seasoned faculty through the creation of new Institute chairs. We have ambitiousplans for our research centers. We will soon commission two new research labs, one for Big Data and anotherfor Behavioural Research. In addition, our Centre for Capital Markets and Risk Management has begun severalactivities that are designed to establish academic leadership in research and teaching on Indian Capital Markets.We assisted the Government in launching the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), which will bringdistinguished foreign academics to teach in India. The US-based Academy of International Business, which isthe world's premier professional association for international business faculty, for the first time, held its AnnualMeeting in India in June 2015. Our Institute hosted this meeting here in Bangalore.IIMB faculty members have gained national and international recognition for their outstanding researchachievements during this period and most of their works are available in the public domain. Dr. RamadharSingh, Distinguished Professor, has been invited to join the Editorial Board of Review of General Psychology.Dr. U Dinesh Kumar and Dr. Pulak Ghosh have been recognized as one of the top 10 Most Prominent AnalyticAcademicians in India by Analytics India Magazine. Dr. Pulak Ghosh has been appointed as member of the DataPrivacy Advisory Group of Global Pulse - the UN Secretary-General's Big Data innovation initiative.We are proud of our achievements and look forward to a period of increased research output in the next few years.
Research at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) covers all the functional areas ofmanagement. Faculty members at IIMB are involved in both theoretical and empirical research thatdeepens our understanding of decision-making and actions of economies, industries, firms, managers, andvarious stakeholders. This report provides details of research and publication activities at IIMB from April2014 to March 2015.This year, IIMB faculty members and research scholars have published five books and fifty eight articles in academicjournals. Our faculty published twelve articles in top journals - journals which have been listed in the FinancialTimes 45 list, the Business Week 20 list, or the UT Dallas list of top journals. IIMB continues to distribute casestudies through Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) and Ivey Publishing. During the academic year (2014-2015),eighteen cases along with their teaching notes were distributed through HBP and two case was published by IveyPublishing. The research culture at IIMB is enriched by seminars at which researchers from various academicinstitutes and research organizations share their research work. Close to thirty seven researchers from acrossthe globe visited IIMB and delivered research seminars. Several conferences and open house meetings wereconducted at IIMB to discuss many contemporary research themes at IIMB. Confirming our growing reputation asa research school, IIMB has been ranked second in India in terms of research output by the Naveen Jindal Schoolof Management at University of Texas, Dallas.This year witnessed several initiatives and events designed to propel our faculty's research to higher levels. Weare providing generous support for research and professional development of junior faculty with "young facultychairs", as well as recognition of seasoned faculty through the creation of new Institute chairs. We have ambitiousplans for our research centers. We will soon commission two new research labs, one for Big Data and anotherfor Behavioural Research. In addition, our Centre for Capital Markets and Risk Management has begun severalactivities that are designed to establish academic leadership in research and teaching on Indian Capital Markets.We assisted the Government in launching the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), which will bringdistinguished foreign academics to teach in India. The US-based Academy of International Business, which isthe world's premier professional association for international business faculty, for the first time, held its AnnualMeeting in India in June 2015. Our Institute hosted this meeting here in Bangalore.IIMB faculty members have gained national and international recognition for their outstanding researchachievements during this period and most of their works are available in the public domain. Dr. RamadharSingh, Distinguished Professor, has been invited to join the Editorial Board of Review of General Psychology.Dr. U Dinesh Kumar and Dr. Pulak Ghosh have been recognized as one of the top 10 Most Prominent AnalyticAcademicians in India by Analytics India Magazine. Dr. Pulak Ghosh has been appointed as member of the DataPrivacy Advisory Group of Global Pulse - the UN Secretary-General's Big Data innovation initiative.We are proud of our achievements and look forward to a period of increased research output in the next few years.
