Sri Zaheer

International Business Environment

PhD, 1992
international management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PGDBA(MBA), 1975
Indian Institute of Management
Ahmedabad

"Wall Street versus Main Street: Firm Strategies for defending legitimacy and their impact on different stakeholders," A. Lamin and S. Zaheer, Organization Science (forthcoming).

"Sense of Place: From location resources to MNE locational capital," S. Zaheer and L. Nachum, Inaugural issue of Global Strategy Journal, (forthcoming)

"Does it Matter Where Countries Are? Proximity to knowledge, markets and resources and MNE location choices," L. Nachum, S. Zaheer and S. Gross, Management Science, 54(7):1252-1265 (2008).

"The Persistence of Distance? The Impact of Technology on MNE Motivations for Foreign Investment," L. Nachum and S. Zaheer, Strategic Management Journal (2005).

"Trust Across Borders," S. Zaheer and A. Zaheer, Journal of International Business Studies (2006).

"Cluster capabilities or ethnic ties? Location choice by foreign and domestic entrants in the services offshoring industry in India", S. Zaheer, A. Lamin and M. Subramani, Journal of International Business Studies, 40(6): 944-968 (2009)

"Identity Versus Culture in Mergers of Equals," S. Zaheer, M. S. Schomaker, and M. E. Genc, European Management Journal (2003).

"Concentration and Dispersion in Global Industries: Remote Electronic Access and the Location of Economic Activities," S. Zaheer and S. Manrakhan, Journal of International Business Studies (2001).

"Knowledge Retention and Personnel Mobility: The Nondisruptive Effects of Inflows of Experience," T. Madsen, E. Mosakowski, and S. Zaheer, Organization Science (2003).

"Market Microstructure in a Global B2B Network," S. Zaheer and A. Zaheer, Strategic Management Journal (2001).

"The Global Configuration of a Speculative Trading Operation: An Empirical Study of Foreign Exchange Trading," E. Mosakowski and S. Zaheer, Organization Science (1999).

"Time Scales and Organizational Theory," S. Zaheer, S. Albert, and A. Zaheer, Academy of Management Review (1999). This article was chosen as one of the three best papers in the Academy of Management Review that year.
"Organizational Legitimacy under Conditions of Complexity: The Case of the Multinational Enterprise," T. Kostova and S. Zaheer, Academy of Management Review (1999).

"The Dynamics of the Liability of Foreignness," S. Zaheer and E. Mosakowski, Strategic Management Journal (1997).

"Catching the Wave: Alertness, Responsiveness, and Market Influence in Global Electronic Networks," A. Zaheer and S. Zaheer, Management Science (1997).

"Breaking the Silos: Distributed Knowledge and Strategic Responses to Volatile Exchange Rates," D. R. Lessard and S. Zaheer, Strategic Management Journal (1996).

"Overcoming the Liability of Foreignness," S. Zaheer, Academy of Management Journal (1995).

• Technology and global organization
• The legitimacy of multinational enterprises
• Knowledge management
• Time-based strategies
• Globalization
• Cross cultural merger and acquisition

• International location decisions
• Legitimacy and the liability of foreignness
• Business process offshoring and the software industry

Current Administrative Appointments

• Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Carlson School of Management

Current Editorial Appointments

• Consulting Editor, Journal of International Business Studies

Scholarly Service and Honors

• Fellow of the Academy of International Business
• Chair, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2001
• Member, Founding International Academic Council, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
• Eldridge Haynes Prize for the best interdisciplinary work, Academy of International Business, 1994
• Richard N. Farmer Best Dissertation Award, Academy of International Business, 1992
• Senior Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1994-96
• Barry M. Richman Best Dissertation Award, Academy of Management, International Management Division, 1992