Saptarshi Purkayastha

Prof. Saptarshi Purkayastha is a faculty in the area of Strategic Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. His primary research interest is in investigating the effectiveness of emerging market firms with a focus on internationalization and the role of governance in the management of these firms. His work has been presented and published in reputed international conferences and journals such as Academy of Management Conference, Strategic Management Conference, International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of World Business, Journal of Business Research and Asia Pacific Journal of Management. He has also conducted a number of workshops for industry professionals affiliated to companies such as NHPC, ONGC, Exide etc. Before joining academics, he has worked for five works for the Aditya Birla Group.

Academic Background:

• 2010 PhD (ICFAI University)
• 1999 Post Graduate Diploma in Management, International Management Institute, New Delhi

Journal Publications:

• 1.The roles of family ownership and family management in the governance of agency conflicts, with Rajaram Veliyath and Rejie George, Journal of Business Research, 98,(2019), 50-64
• 2. Who does it best? Family and non-family owners and leaders navigating institutional development in emerging markets, with Luis Alfonso Dau and Kimberly A. Eddleston, Journal of Business Research (forthcomming), 2018
• 3. Business group effects on the R&D intensity-internationalization relationship: Empirical evidence from India, with Tatiana Manolova & Linda Edelman, Journal of World Business 53 (2018), 104–117
• 4. When does it make sense to focus business portfolios? A study of business group responses to institutional change in India, with Kannan Ramaswamy, Journal of Asia Business Studies, 11(2017), 466-480
• 5. How do institutional transitions impact the efficacy of related and unrelated diversification strategies used by business groups?, with Kannan Ramaswamy & Barbarra S. Pettit , Journal of Business Research 72 (2017), 1–13.
• 6. Business group heterogeneity and the internationalization-performance relationship: Evidence from Indian business groups, with Vikas Kumar & Jane Lu, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34(2017), 247–279
• 7. Do diversified business groups help? An industry-wise analysis, with Somnath Lahiri, International Studies of Management and Organization, 46 (2016):24-34
• 8. Impact of industry sector on corporate diversification and firm performance: Evidence from Indian business groups with Somnath Lahiri, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 34 (2017), 77–88
• 9. Guest Editors’ Introduction, with M. K. Nandakumar, & Vikas Kumar International Studies of Management & Organization, 46(2016), 1-7.
• 10. Business Group Effects on the Innovation-Internationalization Relationship: Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector" In Emerging Economies and Multinational Enterprises (Advances in International Management) 28(2015), 379-402, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• 11. Diversification and performance in developed and emerging markets contexts: A review of the literature, with Tatiana Manolova & Linda Edelman , International Journal for Management Reviews, Vol. 14: 18–38, 2012
• 12. Diversification strategy and firm performance: Evidence from Indian manufacturing firms. Global Business Review, 14(1): 1–23, 2013