Saikat Banerjee

Assistant Professor
Faculty In-charge - PGDM Online

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Profile

Dr. Saikat Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Strategic Management area at MDI Gurgaon. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. His research interests include entrepreneurial orientation of firms, innovation, CEO characteristics, international business, and social issues in business. His research papers are published in several international journals, and presented in various international conferences such as Strategic Management Society conferences in London (2022), Virtual (2020), Hyderabad (2018), Hong Kong (2016), and Berlin (2016); Academy of International Business annual meeting in Copenhagen (2019), Academy of Management annual meeting in Chicago (2018) etc. He has diverse past experience in academic (IMT Hyderabad, and University of Hyderabad), inter-government (United Nations ESCAP), government (Reserve Bank of India, and United Bank of India), and private (Cognizant Technology Solutions) organizations interacting with a varied range of stakeholders across roles, functions, geographies, and social status. He is also recipient of Reserve Bank of India Young Scholar award, and Strategic Management Society conference’s “Best Research Paper in Innovation” award.

Strategic Management
Entrepreneurship
Managing Strategic Changes
Ethics, & CSR
Management consultancy
Capstone Simulation

Research Interests:

  • Entrepreneurial orientation of firms
  • Innovation
  • CEO characteristics and Strategic Leadership
  • International business
  • Social issues in business

Publications in Journals:

  • Banerjee, S., Karna, A., & Sharma, S. (2022) Imprinting effects of exposure to the Indian independence movement on export intensity of firms. Journal of Business Research, 149, 548-557 (ABS3*, ABDC, Scopus)
  • Banerjee, S. 2021. Dark Shadow of Corruption on New Product Development. Benchmarking: an International Journal (ABDC, Scopus)
  • Banerjee, S. 2019. Foreign Direct Investments: Examining the Roles of Democracy, Corruption and Judicial Systems across Countries. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 21(6) (ABDC)

Conference presentations:

  • With Age Comes Wisdom: Examining the effects of CEO Age on Digital Orientation of Firms, India Strategy Conference, 2023
  • Attainment Discrepancy and R&D Search: The Role of Country-level Entrepreneurial Opportunity and Corporate Governance, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, London, 2022
  • Does excess financial slack encourage innovation efforts? A cross-country examination, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, London, 2022
  • "Does Separation of CEO and Board Chair Positions Impact Entrepreneurial Orientation of Firms?" Accepted for presentation at Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2020, and Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Virtual, 2020
  • "CEO's Temporal Orientation and Entrepreneurial Orientation of Firm: The Contingent Effects of Environmental Characteristics" Accepted for presentation at Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2020
  • "Democracy, Corruption, and FDI: An Agency Theory Perspective" Presented at Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019
  • "Do Two Captains Sink the Ship?: CEO-Duality and the Paradox between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Corporate-Governance" Presented at Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, 2018
  • "The Dark Shadow of Corruption on New Product Development: Linking Nonmarket Strategy and Innovation of Firms" Presented at Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, 2018
  • "The Dark Shadow of Corruption on New Product Development" Accepted for presentation at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2018
  • "Targeting Governments or Citizens: Non-market-based Strategies and Performance of MNE Subsidiaries in Host Countries" Accepted for presentation in the Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hong Kong, 2016
  • "International Strategic Choices: Hobbling Across the Cracked Bridges Between Nation States and Business Environments" Presented at the Strategic Management Society 36th Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, 2016
  • "Information Technology Strategy: Strengthening the Path between Strategic CSR and Firm Performance of MNE Subsidiaries across Countries", Presented at the 7th International Conference on Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility – CSR in an Age of Digitization, Berlin, Germany, 2016
  • "Financial Inclusion in India: A Giant Structure on Weak Foundation" Presented at the India Finance Conference, 2015

Awards and Honors:

  • Nominated for "Spotlight Paper", and "Best Paper Award" in India Strategy Conference, 2023
  • Accepted for Strategic Management Society Entrepreneurship & Strategy IG "Pitch Your Entrepreneurship Doctoral Research", 2021
  • Nominated for "SMS London PhD Paper Prize" in Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, 2020
  • Recipient of AIB Doctoral Travel Stipend Award, 2019 with an estimated value of over $1,000 USD to attend the 2019 Academy of International Business Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Best Track Proposal Winner Award for Track – D – Innovation and Knowledge, in Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2018
  • Best Paper in Global Strategy Prize finalist, in Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2018
  • Best Track Proposal nominee for Track E – Entrepreneurship, in Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2018
  • Best Conference Paper finalist, in Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2018
  • Reserve Bank of India Young Scholar Award 2009

  • Aster Health Academy, Aster DM Healthcare (June, 2022 – October, 2023)
    • Designed and delivered training program on "Strategic Management for Healthcare"
    • Participants – Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses, Managers of Aster DM Healthcare in India, and GCC region
  • Aurobindo Pharma (April, 2023)
    • Taught "Strategic Management" in PG Certificate in Leadership program
    • Participants – Managers, Pharmacists, Chemists of Aurobindo Pharma

Consulting Aster Health Academy, Aster DM Healthcare (June, 2022 – October, 2023)