Chitra Singla

Chitra Singla is an Associate Professor, Strategy at IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA). She also provides training and consulting services for the family business and startups to help them grow and solve their problems. She chairs ‘Young Entrepreneurs Programme’ at IIMA. She has received many awards and honours such as the Philip Thomas Memorial Case Award, Madan Mohanka Award for Research in International Business, Most Promising Research Award' at Strategic Management Society Conference, India Chapter, and Best Paper Award for research work on Family Businesses at Academy of Management Conference, USA.

Educational Qualifications

• FPM/PhD (Corporate Strategy and Policy)
• M.Tech. (Environmental Engg. and Mgmt.)
• B.E. (Chemical Engg.)

Academic Affiliation

• FPM/PhD (Corporate Strategy and Policy) from IIM Bangalore, India
• M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, India
• B.E. from Thapar Institute of Engg. and Tech., Patiala (Punjab), India

Professional Affiliation

• Associate Professor in Business Policy Area of IIM Ahmedabad.
• Assistant Professor in Business Policy Area of IIM Ahmedabad since Apr., 2011.
• Assistant Professor in Strategic Management Department of IIM Lucknow from Sept., 2010 to Apr., 2011.

Teaching

• Strategic Management
• Strategy in Emerging Markets
• International Business
• Family Business Dynamics

Area of Reserch:

• Internationalization of Indian Firms
• Growth Strategies of Listed and Unlisted Family Business Firms/SMEs
• Power Circulation in the Top Management Team of Family Business Firms

Current Research:

• Internationalization of Family Businesses vis-à-vis Non-family Businesses
• Power Circulation in the Top Management Teams of Family Business Firms
• Succession in Family Business Firms
• Comparison and Impact of CSR initiatives in Family Businesses vis-à-vis Non-family Businesses

Publications/Articles/Cases:

Publications:

Singla Chitra, Veliyath, R., and George Rejie. 2013. Family Firms and Internationalization-Governance Relationships: Evidence of Secondary Agency Issues. Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming). Article first published online: 25 MAR 2013. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.2111/pdf#!
Singla Chitra and George Rejie. 2013. Internationalization and Performance: A Contextual Analysis of Indian Firms. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 66, Issue 12, p: 2500-2506. Available athttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296313002324

Conferences and Seminars:

Singla Chitra, Veliyath Rajaram and George Rejie P. 2010. Internationalization, Family Business and Corporate Governance: An Emerging Market Perspective. In Leslie A. Toombs (Ed.), Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643. George Rejie P. and Singla Chitra. Ownership structure, Board structure and Internationalization: A Multi-theoretic Perspective. 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 6-10, in Montreal, Canada. George Rejie P. and Singla Chitra. Ownership structure, Board structure and Internationalization of Indian Firms: A Multi-theoretic Perspective. Selected for the Seventh Annual JIBS/AIB Paper Development Workshop (PDW) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to be held on June 26, 2010. George Rejie P. and Singla Chitra. Internationalization and Performance-an Analysis of Indian Firms. 2009 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago. Attended International Management Division' Doctoral Consortium at 2009 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago. Invited to present on "How to Write Literature Reviews" in a workshop on ‘Strategic Management Research and Case Writing for Management Teachers' at IIM Bangalore in 2009.

Working Papers:

Rejie George P. and Chitra Singla (2010), "Ownership structure, Board structure and Internationalization of Indian Firms: A Multi-theoretic Perspective".

Book Review:

"Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Development," IIMB Management Review, Vol. 21(2), June, 2009.