EDUCATION
PhD, International Business, Rutgers University
MBA, Finance, Rutgers University
MBA, Marketing, University of Calcutta
Master of International Business, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- international entrepreneurship
- internationalization of service industries
- emerging market mutlinational corporations
- global strategy and alliances
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Dr. Sumit K. Kundu is the Knight-Ridder Research Professor of International Business in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University.
Dr. Kundu has taught several international business courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at Florida International University, Saint Louis University, State University of New York, Northeastern University, and Rutgers University. His extensive international experience includes teaching at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), City University of Hong Kong (China), Saint Louis University Madrid Campus (Spain), and the Indian Institute of Management. He currently serves as the faculty director for the Colleges Executive MBA program and is the Ph.D. coordinator for the department of Management and International Business. Dr. Kundu has been the recipient of several teaching awards namely, Best Professor in International MBA program (2007), Best Professor award in Masters in International Business program (2006), Outstanding Teacher in Executive MBA program (2004). Dr. Kundu was named Oustanding Graduate Teacher of the Year (2003), Teacher of the Year for Executive Masters in International Business program (2003), and Teacher of the Year for the full-time MBA program (2003)at Saint Louis University.
On the research front, Dr. Kundu sits on the editorial board of several premier journals, Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review and Journal of International Management. Dr. Kundu has published several articles in prestigious journals, namely, Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review, Journal of World Business, Journal of International Management, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Small Business Economics. He has served as a Chair and member on many dissertation committees. Dr. Kundu has presented numerous papers in the Academy of International Business and Academy of Management conferences. He served as the track chair for its annual conference in Stockholm, Sweden in July 2004, and in Milan, Italy in June 2008. Dr. Kundu organized the Junior Faculty Consortium at the annual Academy of International Business 2006 conference in Beijing, China. He has also served as the president and program chair for the Midwest Academy of International Business Conference in 2003 and 2002.
His corporate experience includes cash flow management and international marketing for Unilever PLC, Fedders Lloyd PLC, and Phillips Petroleum PLC. Dr. Kundu has been a consultant to several multinational corporations - MasterCard International, Ingersoll Rand-Hussmann International, Boeing, and CPI-Sears Portrait Studio.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Jain, Naveen K., S. K. Kundu, F. E. Niederman, "Offshoring Propensity in Information Technology Services: A Firm and Country Level Analysis. Management International Review," Management International Review (Gabler), 48.4 (Spring 2008): 447-461.
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Kundu, Sumit K., H. Merchant, "Service Multinational: Their Past,Present and Future," Management International Review (Gabler), 48.4 (Spring 2008): 371-377.
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Kundu, Sumit K., V. Kumar, "Impact of Ownership and Location Factors on Service Multi-National Internalization," The Service Industries Journal, 28.5 (June 2008): 567-580.
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Contractor, Farok J., V. Kumar, S. K. Kundu, "Nature of the Relationship between International Expansion and Performance: The Case of Emerging Market Firms," Journal of World Business, 42.4 (December 2007): 401-417.
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Suh, Taewon, S. K. Kundu, M. Bae, "Smaller Firms Perceived Cost and Attractiveness in International Markets," Journal of Global Marketing, 21.1 (Spring 2007): 5-19.
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Niederman, Fred, S. K. Kundu, S. Salas, "IT Software Development Offshoring: A Multi-Level Theoretical Framework and Research Agenda," Journal of Global Information Management, 14.2 (April-June 2006): 54-76.
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Kundu, Sumit K., F. J. Contractor, C. Hsu, "Explaining Export Performance: A Comparative Study of International New Ventures in Indian and Taiwanese Software Industry," Management International Review (Gabler), 45.3 (September 2005): 83-110.
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