Nandini Rajagopalan

PhD, University of Pittsburgh; MBA, Indian Institute of Management - Ahmadabad; BC, Bombay University

Nandini Rajagopalan is the Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organization. Her research examines platform-based markets, diversification and strategic alliances, CEO succession, and corporate governance. She has published in the Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of Management Studies, the Journal of Management, and Business Horizons among others. She is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at USC’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, and recipient of USC’s Mellon Faculty-to-Faculty Mentoring Award. She is past Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal.

Companies

• Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business (2016)
• Professor University of Southern California (1989)
• Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business (2017 — 2020)
• Capt. Henry W Simonsen Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business (2006 — 2016)