Faculty in the Strategy Area are interested in factors that influence the performance of firms. Topics of interest include the variety of activities that businesses internally undertake (e.g. mergers and acquisitions, innovation, diversification, internationalization) or are externally influenced by (e.g. regulation, regional ecosystem, stakeholders). Apart from the core area of strategic management, faculty are also interested in international business, strategic alliances, new product development, management of technology and innovation, and corporate governance. The area closely interacts with allied fields such as economics, sociology and organizational behaviour, and develops theories that help scholars, practitioners, and policymakers understand the drivers of firm performance.
Research Overview
Observing that the Strategy area at IIMB is possibly the largest Strategy area among the IIMs, Prof. Ganesh N Prabhu draws attention to the diverse research interests, the cases and papers published in top journals and the consultancy positions held by the faculty here
Research Spotlight
My dissertation research delves into the phenomenon called business ecosystems, attempting to understand how business ecosystems are orchestrated. My work connects with extant research and provides deeper insights into how to craft successful ecosystem strategies
My three-part thesis focuses on firm capabilities. For the vast majority of my research, I rely on secondary data from diverse databases
My dissertation is about optimal distinctiveness in firm innovation and its implications for firm performance. I contend that firms can position themselves differently, along multiple dimensions, so that they can be similar to their competitors in one dimension while being dis-similar in another. I use patent data from the medical device industry
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Student |
Dissertation Title |
Year |
| Caruna Bhat | Essays on Board Structure, Interlocking and Director Networks | 2023 |
| Shooj Bhaskaran Raj | Creativity in Strategic Thinking: Mind Wondering, Complexity, and Strategic Outcomes | 2023 |
| Abu Rehan Abbasi | Essays on Internationalization, Corporate Governance, Ownership Networks, and Firm Performance | 2023 |
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Ravi Shankar Pandey |
Emergence of Electric Vehicle Ecosystem in India: A Longitudinal Study |
2021 |
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Karthika S |
Study of Strategic Persistence |
2021 |
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Shailen Kumar Dalbehera |
Internalization of LJVs and Institutions |
2020 |
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Sachidananda B S |
Opportunity Pursuit as a Socio-Cognitive Process: A Micro-Analysis of Entrepreneurs, Venture Ideas and Social Interactions |
2020 |
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Shobha Tewari |
Essays on the Relationship between Financial Slack and Strategic Decisions |
2020 |
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Snigdha Manukonda |
Governing the corporation: Negotiating the intrinsic challenges of strategic decision making |
2019 |
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Priyatam Anurag |
Essays on Strategies and Performance of Banks along Multiple Dimensions in a Developing Economy |
2019 |
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Diptiprakash Pradhan |
Peer effect of stars: Implications for individual and organizational performance |
2019 |
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Student |
Dissertation Title |
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Gaurav G B |
Essays on Firm Capabilities |
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Veethica Smriti |
Essays on Firm similarity |
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Bibek Bhattacharya |
Essays on Non Market Strategies in India |
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Vikas Namadeva Prabhu |
On Orchestrating Ecosystems |
| No. | Course Name |
| 1 | Statistics for Management Research |
| 2 | Qualitative Research Methods |
| 3 | Strategy Content (A) |
| 4 | Strategy Classics |
| 5 | Organizational Theory |
| 6 | Econometrics I |
| 7 | Strategy Process Research |
| 8 | Strategy Content (B) |
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