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Arun Kumaraswamy

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, MANGO 441
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-3780
Email: akumaras@fiu.edu

Arun Kumaraswamy

Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in International Management

Professor, Department of International Business

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, MANGO 441
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-3780
Email: akumaras@fiu.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Management
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York City, New York

Areas of Expertise

  • Management of innovation
  • Technology catch-up

Professional Activities

Dr. Arun Kumaraswamy’s research spans the fields of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and International Business. Specifically, he studies  management of innovation, and technology catch-up in emerging economies.

Dr. Kumaraswamy has co-authored articles in reputable journals, and has co-edited the book Managing in the Modular Age: Architectures, Networks and Organizations. He was a guest editor of the Journal of World Business Special Issue on “Institutions, entrepreneurship and co-evolution in International Business”, and the Journal of Management Studies Special Issue on "Managing in the age of disruptions". He serves on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Management and Journal of World Business.

Before joining FIU in Fall 2016, Dr. Kumaraswamy had taught at Rutgers University (Camden), Singapore Management University, Temple University, and West Chester University of PA.

Courses Taught

  • Dissertation Prep
  • Doc Res In Bus Admin
  • Fundamentals of International Business
  • Global Strategy and Business Models
  • Managing Innovation
  • Ph.D. Dissertation
  • Strategic Management
  • Theories of Organization

Publications

  • Lapeira, M., Samara, G., Kundu, S. K., & Kumaraswamy, A.

    (2024).

    To export or to FDI? A configurational approach to family firm internationalization.

    Journal of World Business

    , 59(2)

    .

  • Reyes Pena, R., Upadhyay, A. D., & Kumaraswamy, A.

    (2023).

    Foreign Competitve Pressure and Inversions by U.S. Multinational Enterprises.

    Journal of International Business Studies

    , 54(5)

    .

  • Rawhouser, H., Webb, J., Rodrigues, J., Waldron, T., Kumaraswamy, A., Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Grady, A.

    (2022).

    Scaling, blockchain technology, and entrepreneurial opportunities in developing countries.

    Journal of Business Venturing Insights

    , 18("The Entrepreneurship Rapid Response Research Initiative" Special Issue)

    .

  • Garud, R., Kumaraswamy, A., Roberts, A., & Xu, L.

    (2022).

    Liminal movement by digital platform-based sharing economy ventures: The case of Uber Technologies.

    Strategic Management Journal

    , 43(3)

    .

  • Parente, R. C., Melo, M., Andrews, D., Kumaraswamy, A., & Vasconcelos, F.

    (2021).

    Public sector organizations and agricultural catch-up dilemma in emerging markets: The orchestrating role of Embrapa in Brazil.

    Journal of International Business Studies

    , 52(4)

    .

  • Kumaraswamy, A., Garud, R., & Ansari, S. (2018). Perspectives on disruptive innovation. Journal of Management Studies, 55(7).
  • Ansari, S., Garud, R., & Kumaraswamy, A. (2016). The disruptor's dilemma: TiVo and the U.S. television ecosystem. Strategic Management Journal, 37.
  • McGaughey, S., Kumaraswamy, A., & Liesch, P. (2016). Institutions, entrepreneurship and co-evolution in international business. Journal of World Business, 51(6).
  • Tuertscher, P., Garud, R., & Kumaraswamy, A. (2014). Justification and interlaced knowledge at ATLAS, CERN. Organization Science, 25(6).
  • Kumaraswamy, A., Mudambi, R., Saranga, H., & Tripathy, A. (2012). Catch-up strategies in the Indian auto components industry: Domestic firms' responses to market liberalization. Journal of International Business Studies, 43(4).
  • Garud, R., Gehman, J., & Kumaraswamy, A. (2011). Complexity arrangements for sustained innovation: Lessons from 3M Corporation. Organization Studies, 32(6).
  • Garud, R., Kumaraswamy, A., & Karnoe, P. (2010). Path dependence or path creation? Journal of Management Studies, 47(4).

  • Garud, R., Kumaraswamy, A., & Sambamurthy, V.

    (2006).

    Emergent by design: Performance and transformation at Infosys Technologies.

    Organization Science

    , 17(2)

    .

  • Garud, R., & Kumaraswamy, A.

    (2005).

    Vicious and virtuous circles in the management of knowledge: The case of Infosys Technologies.

    MIS Quarterly

    , 29(1)

    .

  • Sambharya, R., Kumaraswamy, A., & Banerjee, S.

    (2005).

    Information technologies and the future of the multinational enterprise.

    Journal of International Management

    , 11(2)

    .

  • Garud, R., Jain, S., & Kumaraswamy, A.

    (2002).

    Institutional entrepreneurship in the sponsorship of common technological standards: The case of Sun Microsystems and Java.

    Academy of Management Journal

    , 45(1)

    .

  • Garud, R., Kumaraswamy, A., & Nayyar, P.

    (1998).

    Real options or fool's gold? Perspective makes the difference.

    Academy of Management Review

    , 23(2)

    .

  • Garud, R., & Kumaraswamy, A.

    (1995).

    Technological and organizational designs for realizing economies of substitution.

    Strategic Management Journal

    , 16(S1)

    .

  • Garud, R., & Kumaraswamy, A.

    (1993).

    Changing competitive dynamics in network industries: An exploration of sun microsystems' open systems strategy.

    Strategic Management Journal

    , 14(5)

    .

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