Dr. Mitrabarun Sarkar
Associate Professor
General and Strategic Management
MB Sarkar (Ph.D. Michigan State University) is an Associate Professor of Strategy & Stauffer Senior Research Fellow in the General & Strategic Management Department. His research interests revolve around strategic issues in the context of innovation, technology entrepreneurship, and emerging economies. His work has been published in many top-tier journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of International Management, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science among others. MB serves on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal. In one of his current projects, MB is working with companies such as Intel, Cisco, GE, Nokia, Whirlpool, ITC, Microsoft and IBM on investigating how multinationals are reinventing themselves through emerging market initiatives. MB's co-authored paper on employee-founded entrepreneurial ventures won the prestigious 2005 Academy of Management Journal's Best Paper award. He co-chaired the Strategic Management Society’s Special India Conference in December 2008, and is the elected Associate Program Chair of the Strategy & Entrepreneurship IG of the Strategic Management Society. MB has recently been recognized for his contributions to the field of strategy and entrepreneurship by being invited to join The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE), Hyderabad Chapter as a Charter Member. He has been a visiting professor at business schools in Europe and India. He is particularly proud of being honored as the Professional MBA 2008 Professor of the Year at Fox. Prior to joining academia, MB founded a media company in India which produced television programs, corporate films and advertising commercials.
