Sayan Chatterjee

Sayan Chatterjee, PhD, is one of the leading scholars in the area of strategic management, corporate diversification, and mergers and acquisitions. He has published articles in leading academic and practitioner journals, and his research is used in PhD and MBA programs at most leading schools. Chatterjee believes that the future key to success rests on innovation. Therefore, his research is directed to developing frameworks that help people see possibilities faster while also lending unprecedented clarity to judging risks and potential. Chatterjee is the author of the book FAILSAFE STRATEGIES: PROFIT AND GROW FROM RISKS THAT OTHERS AVOID, and his research into business model innovation has appeared in numerous prestigious journals including the HARVARD BUSINESS ONLINE.

Chatterjee is the recipient of numerous awards including two Best Papers from the Academy of Management. He is a Batten Fellow of the Darden School where he is actively involved in researching mergers and acquisitions, particularly post-merger integration. He has held visiting appointments at the Wharton School, Darden School, and Donaue University. He has also taught at Purdue University and the University of Michigan.

Since his appointment to Case Western Reserve University in 1989, Chatterjee has taught corporate strategy, among other courses, in the MBA program, and has taught in the Weatherhead School of Management Executive MBA (EMBA) program His courses have included the finance elective covering mergers and acquisitions and the core course in policy for EMBA students. As an innovator, he developed a new integrated course to replace the capstone strategy course at Case Western Reserve.

Chatterjee serves as consultant to both middle market firms and large international corporations. He earned his PhD from the University of Michigan.

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