The Philadelphia ASA thanks Dr. Mudambi for his fascinating presentation at their January 19, 2022 breakfast meeting on “Recent Trends in Globalization, Knowledge-based Intangibles, and Populism – Implications for Local Communities”
Ram Mudambi is the Frank M. Speakman Professor of Strategy at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Previously he served on the faculties of Case Western Reserve University, the University of Reading in England, and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He received his M.Sc. (Econ) from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) and of the European International Business Academy (EIBA). He is a co-editor of the Global Strategy Journal and an Area Editor at the Journal of International Business Policy. He is also a consulting editor at the Journal of International Business Studies where he previously served as an Area Editor.
Dr. Mudambi’s current research focuses on the geography of innovation particularly in the context of emerging economies. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed research papers. His work has appeared in the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Economic Geography, the Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of International Business Studies among many others. His practitioner pieces have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review, and the California Management Review. His media appearances include the New York Times, The Atlantic magazine, National Public Radio, and numerous local radio and TV programs. He recently co-authored a case study on La Colombe Coffee Roasters, one of Philadelphia’s most recent business success stories.
Dr. Mudambi writes fiction under the pen name R.M. Burgess and has published seven novels, with that latest just out in 2021. He is currently working on his eighth and ninth novels.