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Faculty Profile

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Reddi KOTHA

Full-time Faculty

Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship; PGR Coordinator, Strategy & Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Peak Lead; Lee Kong Chian Fellow

Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB

EDUCATION

2007

Ph.D in Entrepreneurship
London Business School , U.K

2002

Master of Business Administration
Babson College , Wellesley , MA


 

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

Jan 2023 - Now

Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

July 2022 - Now

Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal (AMJ)

July 2015 - Dec 2023

Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

2007 - June 2015 Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

 

AWARDS, RECOGNITION AND HONORS

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Babson Doctoral Consortium, 2005

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SMS Doctoral Consortium, 2004

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Best Paper in Family Business Award, Entrepreneurship, Academy of Management , 2006

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Best contribution by a young Scholar. Journal of Management Studies, 2008 - 2009

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Technology and Innovation

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

2018 $ 696,000 (Start-up Scaling from SSRC)
2016 $ 132,570 (Start-up Scaling Pilot Project)
2015 $ 33,999 (Innovation in Chinese Firms)
2012 $ 9,700 (IP Project Evaluation)
2008 $ 20,920 (Venture Capital Research)   
2007 $ 13,530 (Technology Licensing)

 

SELECTED ARTICLES

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"Multinational family firms’ internationalization depth and breadth following the global financial crisis.” Fourné, S. P., Zschoche, M., Schwens, C., & Kotha, R. (2023). 58(3), 101428, Journal of World Business.
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"Do Ambitious Entrepreneurs Benefit More from Training?” by Kotha, R., Vissa, B., Lin, Y., Corboz, A.V. (2023), 44 (2), 549-575, Strategic Management Journal.

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"A Foot in the Door: Field-experiments on Entrepreneurs’ Network Activation Strategies for Investor Referrals.” by Nai, J., Lin, Y., Kotha, R., & Vissa, B.  (2021), forthcoming, Strategic Management Journal.

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"Kin ties and the performance of new firms: A Structural Approach." by Ertug, G., Kotha, R., & Hedstrom, P.  (2020), 63 (6), 1893-1922, Academy of Management Journal.

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"Transparency and Fairness in Organizational Decisions: An Experimental Investigation using the Paired Ultimatum Game." by Nai, J., Kotha, R., Narayanan, J., & Puranam, P. (2020), 5 (1), 55-70, Strategy Science.

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“Taking Leaps of Faith: Evaluation Criteria and Resource Commitments for Early-stage Inventions.” by Kim, P., Kotha, R., Fourne, S. & Coussement, K. (2019), 48 (6), 1429-1444, Research Policy.

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"Many Hands: The Effect of the Prior Inventor-Intermediaries Relationship on Academic Licensing." by Kim, Y., Rhee, M., & Kotha, R. (2019) 48 (3), 813-829, Research Policy.

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“Experience and Signaling Value in Technology Licensing Contract Payment Structures” by Kotha, R., Crama, P, & Kim, P. (2018), 61(4), 1307-1342, Academy of Management Journal

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"Social structure, reasonable gain and entrepreneurship in Africa”  by George, G., Kotha, R., Parikh, P,Alnuaimi, T, &  Bahaj, A. (2016), 37, 1118–1131, Strategic Management Journal

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"Turn your science into a business" by Kotha, R., Kim, P., & Alexy, O., (2014), 92, 11, p106-114,  Harvard Business Review.

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“Bridging the mutual knowledge gap: coordination and the commercialization of university science,” by Kotha, R., George, G., & Srikanth, K., (2013), 56, 2, p498-524, Academy of Management Journal.

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"Friends, family, or fools: Entrepreneur experience and its implications for equity distribution and resource mobilization" by Kotha, R. & George, G., (2012), 27, 5, p525-543, Journal of Business Venturing.

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"Entry into new niches: the effects of firm age and the expansion of technological capabilities on innovation output and impact" by Kotha, R., Zheng, Y. & George, G., (2011), 32, p1011- 1024, Strategic Management Journal.

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"Entry into Insular Domains: A Longtitudinal Study of Knowledge Structuration and Innovation in Biotechnology Firms" by George, G., Kotha, R. & Zheng, Y., (2008), 45, 8, p1448 - 1474, Journal of Management Studies.

 

You can access my papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=447937 .

 

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