Ever wondered about the implications of a takeover before initiation? Although theoretical, here is an answer. "My research program focuses on the interaction between a firm capabilities and a firm scope, with mergers and acquisitions being the focal phenomenon. At the broadest level, this research is aimed at understanding how the capabilities and assets of the firm drive and limit it's expansion activities. More specifically, I have tried to empirically examine:

• the determinants of acquisition propensities in different environments,
• the transfers and linkages between acquiring and acquired firms, 
• between firms and their markets, and
• the performance implications of different acquisition strategies.

Such questions have been examined in the context of multi-business firms (corporate scope) as well as multinational firms (international or geographical scope). The primary theoretical building blocks include capabilities / evolutionary perspectives and the theory of foreign direct investment, though I have also at times used institutional and agency arguments in some papers. Fundamentally, this research is based on an assumption of interactive feedback processes between internal resources and capabilities of the firm and its market position, which collectively determine its performance," says Jaideep Anand. For he should know. As an Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Jaideep Anand has been exploring into this predicament for some time.

Jaideep Anand is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. After graduating in Mechanical Engineering in1987, he was aware that his interests lie in research. Initially, for a brief period, he was with Indian Market Research Bureau, New Delhi. He conducted a survey of MIS managers in private companies and multinational subsidiaries. Later, he went to Canada.

His inception in Canada was in the form of a Research Associate for the Center for Transportation Research, University of Quebec, Montreal. That was in the year 1988. There, he was actively involved in development of a Strategic Location Model for distribution and trucking companies. After that, he went to the US. At Barringer Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, he worked as a research assistant. He assisted in preparing Human Resource Strategy Projects for manufacturing plants and small companies. He went to the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, to complete his MS in 1992. He completed his Ph D (in Strategy and International Management) in 1995. His Ph D was on "Responding to a Declining Product Market: A Study of the US Defense Industries using Resource-based, Evolutionary and Agency Perspectives".

After his Ph. D, Anand taught at the Wharton School and the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada. Later, in 1998, he joined the University of Michigan Business School.  Currently, he teaches an elective on Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Development for the MBA program and a doctoral seminar on Corporate Strategy and International Business Group. Besides his position at the Michigan Business School, he is a Research Fellow and a Faculty Associate at the William Davidson Institute. He is also a Faculty Associate for the Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan.

His current research interests include:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Scope and growth
• International Entry Mode
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Firm Capabilities and Corporate Strategy
• fungibility and context-specificity of firm knowledge and capabilities,

His research has been published in a wide range of reputed management and business journals and newspapers. These include:

• Strategic Management Journal,
• Journal of International Business Studies,
• Columbia Journal of World Business
• Financial Times
• Organization Science

He wrote many books on his research interests. Besides writing, he reviewed many a management book for several journals in Strategic, International and General Management.

In addition he authored several business case-studies. These are included as instruction material in many management books. He presented his research in several countries.

During his career, he received many awards for his outstanding contributions to Teaching and Research. They include

• Dean's award for best teaching in the MBA programme at Ivey School of Business (1996-97)

• ANBAR Award for Excellence in Research, 1998
• F.W.P. Jones Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 1996-98.
• Dean's letter of Commendation for MBA Teaching, 1997.
• Crosby-Fogitt Research Fellowship, 1992.
• University Fellowship for Academic Excellence, 1990.
• National Talent Award, 1983-1987 for Scholastic Excellence.

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS 

• Reviewer, Journal of International Business Studies, 1994-present
• Reviewer, Strategic Management Journal, 1998-present
• Reviewer, Academy of Management Review, 1998-present
• Ad hoc Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal, 1993-94
• Ad hoc Reviewer, Strategic Management Journal, 1996
• Reviewer, Strategic Management Society, 1995
• Reviewer, Academy of Management, Business Policy Division, 1995, 1996
• Reviewer, Academy of Management, International Management Division, 1996
• Book/Proposal Reviewer, Oxford University Press.
• Book/Proposal Reviewer, Prentice Hall.
• Member, Academy of International Business
• Member, Academy of Management
• Member, Strategic Management Society

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY 

• Agency and Institutions: Organizational Form and National Divergences in Diversification Behavior (with Bruce Kogut and Gordon Walker).
• Location Specificity of Firm Assets and Mode of Foreign Direct Investment (with Andrew Delios).
• The Impact of Post-Acquisition Resource Redeployment of Performance of Domestic and Cross-Border Acquisitions (with Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell).
• Firm Capabilities, Managerial Behavior and Strategic Choice
• Knowledge Flows Within and Between Organizations (with Tony Frost).

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Nominated for McKinsey/ Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Award, 2002
• Runner-up, Booz, Allen and Hamilton Fellowship, Strategic Management Society, 2001
• Best Paper Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2001
• Nominee, Faculty Career Development Award, University of Michigan, 2001
• Nominee, PhD Teacher of the Year Award, 2001
• Distinguished Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan (with J. Zhao), 2001 and 2002.
• Invited Panelist, Junior Faculty Consortia, BPS Division, Academy of Management, 2000 & 2001
• Invited Panelist, Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of International Business, 2000
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, 2000
• University of Michigan Road Scholar, University of Michigan, 2000
• ANBAR Certificate of Excellence in Research, 1998
• F.W.P. Jones Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, University of Western Ontario, 1996-98.
• Dean’s Letter of Commendation for best teaching performance in the MBA program, University of Western Ontario, 1997
• Fellow, Wharton Emerging Economies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1995-1997
• Crosby-Fogitt Research Fellowship, 1992.
• University Fellowship for academic excellence, 1990.
• National Talent Award, 1983-87 for scholastic excellence.

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