Siddharth Natarajan

Dr. Siddharth Natarajan is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Strategy, International Business, and Entrepreneurship at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University.

In his research, Siddharth examines the dynamics of business expansion, particularly in global and digital contexts. His research has been published in outlets like Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Journal of International Business Studies. His current work focuses on the use of resources in growth strategy.

In his teaching, Siddharth has developed and led courses on strategy and global management in universities across Singapore and Hong Kong.

Prior to joining NBS, Siddharth was employed as an Assistant Professor at CUHK Business School at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Siddharth holds a Ph.D. in Strategy and Policy from the National University of Singapore, where he was awarded the President's Graduate Fellowship and the Wang Gungwu Medal & Prize for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in Social Science. Before joining academia, he held managerial positions in the areas of product management and strategy with multinational firms in Asia.

Research Interests

• Firm growth
• Resource allocation and redeployment
• International expansion
• Digital technology
• Telecom ecosystems

Awards

• 2022 - Best Paper Award in Emerging Economies Research (Bryant University/ AIB Annual Conference, Miami
• 2019 - Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Keywords

• Business and Management
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Strategy and Management