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Raveendra Chittoor

Gustavson researcher Ravee Chittoor

Professor

Status:
On leave
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Credentials:
PGDM (MBA), Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; FPM (PhD) in Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Area of expertise:
Emerging markets, emerging market multinational companies, business groups (such as Samsung, Tata etc.), sustainability strategies
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Biography

Dr. Raveendra (“Ravee”) Chittoor, professor of strategy and international business, joined the Gustavson School of Business at UVic in 2015 bringing research interests in the emerging economies and the strategies of emerging economy firms and family-owned business groups. He has a deep understanding of factors that led to the rapid expansion of emerging economies including India and their emergence as significant players in the global marketplace. In addition, his recent research at the Gustavson School explores the trade-offs and complementarities between stakeholder strategies and competitive strategies.

Ravee’s research program is broadly focused on understanding how institutions and institutional environments shape the structure of the markets and the strategies of firms operating in those markets. This work provides insights for students studying strategy and international business; managers and leaders of global firms for whom emerging markets are becoming increasingly vital. He has a research affiliation with the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and is an independent director on the board of Prism Johnson Limited, one of India’s leading integrated building materials companies with annual revenues of more than $1 billion.

Ravee has won many awards for his research and teaching and his research has been published in top tier journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Management International Review, Journal of International Management and Long Range Planning.

Prior to joining the University of Victoria, Ravee taught at the Indian School of Business and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Before moving to academia, he worked in the industry for over 12 years in organizations such as IBM, CRISIL (a Standard & Poor’s company) and Mumbai-based Rajan Raheja group in senior management positions.

Teaching

Courses taught

Selected publications

Journal publications

Kinger Hans, L., Chittoor, R., Vissa, B., Chen, G. (2023). Family-controlled Business Groups: An In-depth Review and a Micro-Foundations Based Research Agenda, Journal of Management. 

He, Y., Chittoor, R. (2023). When Does It (Not) Pay to Be Good? Interplay Between Stakeholder and Competitive Strategies. Journal of Management, 49(7), 2490-2522  

Chen, G., Chittoor, R., & Vissa, B. (2021). Does Nepotism run in the Family? CEO Pay and Pay-Performance Sensitivity in Indian Family Firms. Strategic Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3263

Chittoor, R., Aulakh, P., & Ray, S. (2019). Microfoundations of Firm Internationalization: The Owner CEO Effect, Global Strategy Journal, 9(1), 42-65, special issue on Microfoundations of Global Strategy: Role of Leadership and Manager Characteristics

Chittoor, R., Kale, P., & Puranam, P. (2015). Business Groups in Developing Capital Markets: Towards a Complementarity Perspective. Strategic Management Journal, 36(9), 1277–1296.

Chittoor, R., & Aulakh, P. (2015). Organizational Landscape in India: Historical Development, Multiplicity of Forms and Implications for Practice and Research. Long Range Planning, 48(5), 291–300.

Chittoor, R., Aulakh, P., & Ray, S. (2015). Accumulative and Assimilative Learning, Institutional Infrastructure and Innovation orientation of Developing Economy Firms. Global Strategy Journal, Special Issue on “Mutual Impact of Global Strategy and Organizational Learning,” 5(2), 133–153.

Chen, G., Chittoor, R., & Vissa, B. (2015). Modernizing without Westernizing: Social Structure and Economic Action in the Indian Financial Sector. Academy of Management Journal, 58(2), 511–537.

Chittoor, R., Aulakh, P. S., & Ray, S. (2015). What Drives Overseas Acquisitions by Indian Firms? A Behavioral Risk-taking Perspective. Management International Review, 55(2), 255–275.

Gubbi, S. R., Aulakh, P. S., Ray, S., Sarkar, M. B., & Chittoor, R. (2010). Do International Acquisitions by Emerging Economy Firms Create Shareholder Value? The Case of Indian Firms. Journal of International Business Studies, 41, 397–418.

Books

Aulakh, P & Chittoor, R. (2022). Coping with Global Institutional Change: A Tale of India's Textile and Pharmaceutical Industries. Cambridge University Press.

Case Studies

Mody, Pallavi, Chittoor, R.,2016. “Attaining the Next Orbit: Dilemmas of a Family-based Business – Natural Ice Cream”. Harvard Business School Publishing.

Chittoor, R.,Geetika Shah, 2016. “Azim Premji Foundation – Bringing Professional Excellence to Philanthropy”. Harvard Business School Publishing.

Chittoor, R., Narayan, A., Vyas, R., & Tolia, C., 2013. “Creating a Corporate Advantage: The Case of the Tata Group”. Harvard Business School Publishing.

Awards & grants

Recognition & awards

Grants