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Prof. M.k. Nandakumar

M.k. Nandakumar

Professor
Strategic Management

+91-495 2809256

nandakumarmk[at]iimk[dot]ac[dot]in

  • PhD Middlesex University, London
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE)
  • MSc (Research Methods in Business and Management)
  • MBA
  • Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering) – University of Calicut, India

Academic Positions


University of Salford, United Kingdom

Middlesex University, United Kingdom

University of East London, United Kingdom

Other Professional Appointments


Fellow Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom 

 Fellow Peer Review College of the British Academy of Management

Co-Track Chair – Strategy Track of the British Academy of Management

Chairman of Strategic Management Area 

 

Chairman of International Relations 

Teaching


  • “Strategic Management” and “Entrepreneurship and New Ventures” for the full-time MBA program, Executive MBA program and Executive MBA program at Kochi.
  • “Academic Writing”, “Research Themes in Entrepreneurship”, and “Competitive Strategy” for the Ph.D. program.

 

Lecturer in Strategic Management (Grade 8) at Salford Business School, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom

Lecturer in Management (Part-time) Middlesex University Business School, London

 

Lecturer (Part-time) East London University Business School, London

 

Significant Publications


Hazarika L, Nandakumar M (2026), "Feeling the way forward: a valence-intensity-duration framework for emotion-driven sensemaking in entrepreneurial decisions". Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volume - 33 Issue - 3

An exploratory study into emerging market SMEs’ involvement in the circular Economy: Evidence from India’s indigenous Ayurveda industry, Journal of Business Research Volume - 142

Knowledge capital in social and commercial entrepreneurship: Investigating the role of informal institutions, Journal of International Management Volume - 27 Issue - 1

Entrepreneurial behavior and firm performance: The mediating role of business model novelty. R&D Management Volume - 51 Issue - 5

Developing a comprehensive business case for sustainability: an inductive study, International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Mankavil Kovil Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2009) Business-level Strategy and Performance - Evidence from Manufacturing Firms' Academy of Management Conference, Chicago

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010). Business-level Strategy and Performance The moderating effects of environment and structure. Management Decision, Vol.48, pp 907-939 (Chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011)

Nandakumar, M.K. (2010). Book Review: Outsourcing-Design, Process and Performance Michael J. Mol (2007). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 218 pp., ISBN: 978-0-521-68278-7 In Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 27(3), pp. 272-273

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2012) Strategic Planning and Performance - The Moderating Effect of Structure. British Academy of Management Conference, Cardiff, UK

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A.and O’Regan, N. (2011). Generic strategies and performance - evidence from manufacturing firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 60(3), pp. 222-251

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2011) Experience-based and Readiness-based Approaches for Implementing Business-level Strategies. British Academy of Management Conference, Birmingham, UK

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010) Strategic Planning and Performance - the moderating effect of environment. British Academy of Management Conference, Sheffield, UK

Ram Dhurkari and Nandakumar M.K. (2010) Innovative Capability Assessment and Partner Selection for Innovation in Strategic Alliances. Strategic Management Society Conference, Rome, Italy (Accepted but not presented)

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2012) Strategic Planning and Performance - The Moderating Effect of Structure. British Academy of Management Conference, Cardiff, UK

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2011) Experience-based and Readiness-based Approaches for Implementing Business-level Strategies. British Academy of Management Conference, Birmingham, UK

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A.and O’Regan, N. (2011). Generic strategies and performance - evidence from manufacturing firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 60(3), pp. 222-251

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010). Business-level Strategy and Performance The moderating effects of environment and structure. Management Decision, Vol.48, pp 907-939 (Chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011)

Nandakumar, M.K. (2010). Book Review: Outsourcing-Design, Process and Performance Michael J. Mol (2007). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 218 pp., ISBN: 978-0-521-68278-7 In Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 27(3), pp. 272-273

Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010) Strategic Planning and Performance - the moderating effect of environment. British Academy of Management Conference, Sheffield, UK

Ram Dhurkari and Nandakumar M.K. (2010) Innovative Capability Assessment and Partner Selection for Innovation in Strategic Alliances. Strategic Management Society Conference, Rome, Italy (Accepted but not presented)

Mankavil Kovil Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2009) Business-level Strategy and Performance - Evidence from Manufacturing Firms' Academy of Management Conference, Chicago

Mankavil Kovil Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2009) An Integrative Framework for Strategy Process based on its Theoretical Roots. British Academy of Management Conference, Brighton

M.K. Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan (2008) Generic strategies and Performance, British Academy of Management Conference, Harrogate.

M.K. Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan (2007) Strategy Formulation and Implementation - the Impact on Performance in Manufacturing Organisations, British Academy of Management Conference, Warwick.

Ghobadian, A., M.K. Veettil, N. and O’Regan, N. (2006) Operationalising Business-level Generic Strategies, British Academy of Management Conference, Belfast.

When agency theory weds prospect theory! How does VC–entrepreneur's dyadic interplay impact internationalization of a born global firm?

Ojha, A.P. & Nandakumar, M.K. (2025) Barriers to Advice-Seeking by Entrepreneurs: The Influences of Shame, Desirability, and Feasibility

 

 

 

Volume - 32 Issue - 4

Chingan Thottathil, S., & Nandakumar, M. K. (2024). Integrating Hedonic and Eudaimonic Perspectives of Well-Being: A Conceptual Model for Sustaining Employee Well-Being in the Remote Work Context

Volume - 24 Issue - 2

Ojha, A.P. & Nandakumar, M.K. (2024) Impact of Shame on Opportunity Evaluation and Exploitation Decisions

Volume - 31 Issue - 4

Samara, I., Nandakumar, M., Sahadev, S., & Pereira, V. (2024). The impact of board composition and internationalisation on strategic change: Longitudinal empirical evidence

Volume - 50 Issue - 4

Basu, M., Sinha, R.S., Nandakumar, M.K., Hota, P.K. and Battisti, M. (2024), "Racial discrimination in entrepreneurship: a synthesis and conceptual framework

Volume - 31 Issue - 5

Nawazish, M., Nandakumar, M.K. and Mateen, A. (2024), "Are humanitarian supply chains sustainable? A systematic review and future research themes

Volume - 31 Issue - 8

Srinivasan, B., Hazarika, L., & Nandakumar, M. K. (2023). ‘Does Confidence Matter?’: Impact of Entrepreneurs’ Confidence on Fear of Failure

Volume - 13 Issue - 2

Samara, I., Nandakumar, M.K., O’Regan, N., & Almoumani, H.M. (2022) Governance Diversity: Its Impact on Strategic Variation and Results

Volume - 32 Issue - 1

Ojha, A.P. and Nandakumar, M.K. (2021), Is shame-proneness the missing link between social norms, policymaking and productive entrepreneurship?

Volume - 14 Issue - 4

Sahasranamam, S. and Nandakumar, M.K. (2020): Individual Capital and Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Formal Institutions

Pati, R.K., Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A., Ireland, R.D. and O’Regan, N. (2018): Business model design-performance relationship under external and internal contingencies: Evidence from SMEs in an emerging economy

Volume - 51 Issue - 5

Cordeiro, J.J., Galeazzo, A., Shaw, T.S., Veliyath, R. and Nandakumar, M.K. (2018): Ownership Influences on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Indian Context

Volume - 35

Mukundhan, K.V. and Nandakumar, M.K. (2016): Stakeholder influences in an organization’s choice of FDI-based Market Entry Modes: A Conceptual Model

Pereira, V., Munjal, S. and Nandakumar, M.K. (2016): Reverse Dependency- A longitudinal case study investigation into Headquarter-Subsidiary relationship in the context of an emerging country

Dhurkari, R.K. and Nandakumar, M.K. (2015): Measures of Complementarity and Compatibility in Strategic Alliances for Innovation

Volume - 5

Nandakumar, M.K. and Purkayastha, S. (2013) Enhancing India’s Competitiveness in the Global Scenario

Strategic Planning And Organisational Performance - The Moderating Effect Of Environment , Working Paper, 2013

Strategic Planning and Performance - A Systematic Review of the Literature , Working Paper, 2014

Strategy making theory and the dominant perspectives - A synthesis , Working Paper, 2010

Corporate Entrepreneurship Performance from an Attention-based View Perspective , Working Paper, 2020

Determinants of Corporate Entrepreneurship: A meta-analysis , Working Paper, 2020

Post-M&A Innovation in Indian firms “ An Empirical Investigation , Working Paper, 2020

Hybridity in Social Enterprises , Working Paper, 2020

Scenario Planning and New Venture Creation , Working Paper, 2020

Research Areas


Business Models and Business Model Innovation

Social Entrepreneurship

Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Conferences, Seminars & Talks


delivered a talk entitled “Calicut City - Tomorrow” during a seminar focused on the development of Calicut city organized by the leading media house Malayala Manorama on the 29th of October 2010, held at Calicut, India.

delivered the keynote address on the topic entitled “Business Environment in India – Some Reflections” during a function organized by the Footwear Manufacturers Association of Kerala to honor some outstanding industrialists, businessmen, and agriculturists held at Town Hall, Calicut, on the 29th October 2013,

delivered a talk on the topic “New Venture Creation” during a function organized the Department of Industries, Government of Kerala on the 26th December 2018, held at Jubilee Hall, Calicut.

panelist during Kerala Tech Start-ups Ecosystem Meet entitled Thrive Malabar - 2020 organized by The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and held at Government Cyber Park Kozhikode on the 27th February 2020.

 

Conference Chair of the Eleventh Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management held at IIM Kozhikode from 9th to 12th of December 2011. It was co-hosted by (1) Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management; (2) Department of Management Studies IIT Delhi and (3) Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey

Co-chair of an international conference on 'Global Strategies for an Emergent India' held at IIMK on 27th and 28th of December 2012. University of Sydney Business School was a co-host for this conference

Awards


Highly Commended Award for the paper entitled 'Business-level Strategy and Performance - The Moderating Effects of Environment and Structure' published in Management Decision (Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011)


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  • Last Updated on :26-06-2026