Shameen Prashantham

Dr. Shameen Prashantham is Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at CEIBS. Prior to that, he had been working at Nottingham University Business School China from 2011 and 2015 as Associate Professor in International Business & Strategy. Before joining NUBS China, Dr. Prashantham spent a decade in Scotland, UK, as a doctoral and post-doctoral researcher at Strathclyde University and then as Lecturer and latterly Senior Lecturer in International Business & Strategy at Glasgow University.

His research and teaching interests relate to international entrepreneurship and strategy. His research focuses on new venture internationalization, in particular how start-ups “dance with gorillas” i.e. partner with large multinationals as a means to improve their prospects of innovation and international expansion. He also has interests in strategy-as-practice. His work, undertaken in China, India, the UK and US, has been published in California Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies and Organization Studies, among other outlets. His latest book is Born Globals, Networks and the Large Multinational Enterprise: Insights from Bangalore and Beyond (London, Routledge, 2015).

Academic Degrees

•  2005, Ph.D, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
•  2000, MSc, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
•  1995, BA, Loyola College, University of Madras, India

Research Interests

•  Network relationships between entrepreneurial ventures and large multinationals
•  Social capital and the internationalization of small and new firms
•  Episodic strategy-making

Teaching Interests

•  International Entrepreneurship
•  International Strategic Management
•  Strategic Entrepreneurship

In the Media

EIU - Jan 09, 2018:

Prof Shameen Prashantham pens column on how Israeli start-ups engage with larger corporations

Hojemacau - Nov 29, 2017:

Prof Shameen Prashantham on how China’s smartphone popularisation benefits its economy (Article in Portuguese)

Le Point - Nov 27, 2017:

Prof Shameen Prashantham on how China’s smartphone popularisation benefits its economy (Article in French)

AFP - Nov 26, 2017:

Prof Shameen Prashantham on how China’s smartphone popularisation benefits its economy

Courrier International - Aug 16, 2017:

Prof Shameen Prashantham’s three suggestions to expats starting businesses in China (Article in French)