Ramakrishna Velamuri

S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He previously taught for four years at the IESE Business School. He has carried out assignments in the area of entrepreneurship faculty development for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the National Entrepreneurship Network India. He received his BCom degree from the University of Madras, MBA from IESE Business School and PhD from the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia.

Professor Velamuri has two main areas of research focus: i) the relationship between the ethical behaviors of entrepreneurs and their ability to mobilize stakeholder support; and ii) the relationship between business model innovations and firm growth. His research has been published in academic and practitioner journals. He has six years’ experience as a manager in a large European manufacturing company, and eight years’ experience as a consultant to US, Indian and Spanish clients, in addition to experiences as an investor, board member and advisor to entrepreneurial companies.