Sathyajit Gubbi
Associate Professor of Strategy, BITSoM
Teaching Strategy Elective at BITSoM
BIO
With a PhD in Strategic Management from IIM Calcutta and B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, Dr Sathyajit Gubbi brings over 11 years of rich teaching experience with prestigious institutes in the US and Netherlands. He joins us from the University of Groningen, Netherlands where he was an Associate Professor in International Business and Strategy at the Faculty of Economics and Business. Dr Gubbi has been awarded the prestigious Doctoral Fulbright fellowship and is a globally reputed scholar and researcher. His research has been published in Organization Science, Long Range Planning, and the Journal of International Business Studies. Sathyajit is a member of Global Strategy Journal's editorial board and has over 10 years of experience in the corporate sector from different parts of the world, before entering academics.
Education
PhD, IIM Calcutta
B.Tech, IIT Bombay
PUBLICATION
RESEARCH Fan, N., Drogendijk, R., Gubbi, S.R., & Shin, J. (2023), “Dynamics of pro-market institutions in emerging economies and firm performance”. Academy of Management Annual Conference Proceedings (BPS), Boston, USA (https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.14740abstract) Ahsan, F. M., Gubbi, S. R., & Popli, M. (2023), “Do board interlocks affect the frequency and pace of cross-border acquisitions by emerging market firms?”, Long Range Planning. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2023.102346) Castaldi, S., Gubbi, S. R., Kunst, V. E., & Beugelsdijk, S. (2019), “Business group affiliation and foreign subsidiary performance”, Global Strategy Journal, 9(4), 595-617. (https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1357) Gubbi, S. R. & Elango, B. (2016), “Resource deepening vs. Resource extension acquisitions: Impact on acquisition performance”, Management International Review, 56 (3):353–384. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-016-0282-y) Castaldi, S., Beugelsdijk, S, Gubbi, S. R., & Kunst, V. (2016), “When and where does business group affiliation improve foreign subsidiary performance?”. Academy of Management Annual Conference Proceedings (IMD), 2016, (https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.17363abstract) Gubbi, S. R., Aulakh, P.S., Ray, S. (2015), “International search behavior of Business Group affiliated firms: Scope of institutional changes and intragroup heterogeniety”, Organization Science, 26(5): 1485–1501. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2015.0990) Gubbi, S. R. (2015), "Dominate or ally? Bargaining power and control in cross-border acquisitions by Indian firms”, Long Range Planning. 48(5):301–316. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2015.07.004) Gubbi, S. R. & Sular, S.A. (2015), "Why Do the Turkish Firms Invest in Mainland Europe?", Emerging Economies and Multinational Enterprises (Advances in International Management, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 441-470. (https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-502720150000028019) Cai, C., van Ees, H., van Veen, K. & Gubbi, S. R. (2014), “Does Government Stake Influence Cross-Border Deal Completion? Evidence from Brazil”. Academy of Management Annual Conference Best Paper Proceedings (IMD), 2014, (https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2014.154) Castaldi, S., Gubbi, S. R., & Kunst, V. (2014), “Do Foreign Investments Benefit Business Group Affiliated Firms? Empirical Evidence from India”. Academy of Management Annual Conference Proceedings (IMD), (https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2014.16370abstract) Gubbi, S. R. & Rao Sahib, P. (2012), “Asset-seeking acquisitions: performance consequences for service sector EMNCs”. Academy of Management Annual Conference Proceedings (IMD), 2012, (https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.12603abstract) Gubbi, S. R. (2011), “Strategic Leap to Multinationality: Study of International Acquisitions by Emerging Multinationals from India”, Doctoral dissertation, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. (https://ir.iimcal.ac.in:8443/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3622/1/TH34.pdf) Gubbi, S. R., Aulakh, P.S., Ray, S., Sarkar, M.B. & Chittoor, R. (2010), "Do international acquisitions by emerging economy firms create shareholder value? The case of Indian firms", Journal of International Business Studies, 41: 397-418. (https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2009.47) Gubbi, S. R., Aulakh, P.S. & Ray, S. (2009), “Do business groups enable or constrain the strategic transformation of affiliated firms?”. Academy of Management Annual Conference Best Paper Proceedings, 2009, 1–6, (https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2009.44270039) Gubbi, S. R. & Ray, S. (2009). “International acquisitions by Indian firms: Implications for research on emerging multinationals,” Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Tarun Khanna (ed.), Special Issue on Global Indian Firms, 45(1): 11-26. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/27768251) Ray, S., Gubbi, S. R., & Chittoor, R. (2007). Do emerging economy firms need ambidextrous strategies for internationalization. Calcutta: Indian Institute of Management. WPS No, 610. Nominated (2018) for Best Paper Award on Emerging Economies Research at the Academy of International Business Annual Conference at Minneapolis, USA. Third prize (2018) for supervised Master Thesis at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Certificate for Learning Design for Uncertain Times (2020), Center for Information Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Certificate for Case Method Teaching (2015), Harvard Business Publishing, USA. CGIO best paper finalist (2014) in International corporate governance at Academy of Management Annual Meeting (IM), August 1-5, Philadelphia, U.S.A. University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) certificate in Higher Education (2012), University of Groningen, Netherlands. Certificate for Supervising Thesis Students (2011), University Centre for Learning & Teaching, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Certificate for Basic Teaching Skills completion (2011), University Centre for Learning & Teaching, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Satish Sehgal Award (2011) with INR 50,000 for excellence in scholarship and organizational citizenship; Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India. Pradip N. Khandwalla award (2009) for best paper by a doctoral student at the IIMB Management Review Doctoral Student Conference (IMRDC), India. Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award (2008) with 500 USD, Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, India.
Research interests: Corporate and business strategy in emerging markets, international management, business groups and family-owned firm strategy, mergers and acquisitions, international business strategy.
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