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Dr Swapnesh Masrani

Associate Professor

Campus
Edinburgh
Research profile
Swapnesh Masrani

Biography

My research interest are broadly in Strategic Management and Business & Management History. My current interests are 1) re-examining the narrative around British industrial ‘decline’ using lens of strategic management; 2) history of globalisation of management education and training; 3) Indian business and management history. Understanding the emergence and development of nature of governance of large organisations, including family firms.

I have published in leading journals such as Business History, British Journal of Management, and Critical Perspectives on Accounting. Currently I am Associate Editor for Journal of Management Development. I also co-edited Special Issue in Business History on Rise of Indian Business in the Global Context in the Twentieth Century. I frequently contribute to The Conversation.

I have designed and delivered teaching at the post-graduate and undergraduate level in Strategic Management, Business Research Methods, Business Models, International Business, Managing in Emerging Markets, and Managing Family Business.

Qualifications

  • 2008 PhD (Management), University of St. Andrews, UK
  • 2000 Master of Business Administration, Assumption University, Thailand
  • 1997 Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai, India

Background

2010-2018- School of Management, University of Stirling

2008-2010- School of Management, University of St. Andrews

Areas of interest

  • Strategic Management
  • Capabilities approach
  • Innovation and Path-dependency
  • Globalization of Management Education
  • Corporate Governance
  • Institutional Theory
  • Family Business
  • Indian business history