LEVERAGING INDIA: STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENES 2 Leveraging India: Strategies for Global Competitiveness Sydney, Australia | 11-12 April 2012 sponsored by Emerging Market Internationalization Research Group (EMIRG), The University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney & Institute of Global Management Studies (IGMS), Fox School of Business, Temple University EMIRG CONFERENCE | SYDNEY | 2012 3 LEVERAGING INDIA: STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENES 4 CONTENT CONFERENCE PROGRAM 7 PARTICIPANTS’ BIOGRAPHIES 13 PAPER ABSTRACTS 29 EMIRG CONFERENCE | SYDNEY | 2012 5 LEVERAGING INDIA: STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENES 6 CONFERENCE PROGRAM EMIRG CONFERENCE | SYDNEY | 2012 7 CONFERENCE PROGRAM Venue: The Foyer | New Law School Building (F10) Eastern Avenue | University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus) Day 1 08:30 – 09:00 Breakfast 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks Sid Gray, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School Anton McLaclan, Director of International Development, University of Sydney 09:30 – 10:30 Keynote Panel 1 | Internationalization Strategies of Indian Firms Chair: Vikas Kumar, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University and Director, Center for Emerging Markets, Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 – 12:15 Paper Session 1 | Competing through International Entrepreneurship Chair: Chinmay Pattnaik, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School Discussant: Bo Nielsen, Copenhagen Business School #01 In search of a prince: A start-up’s quest for a strong tie with a prominent player Shameen Prashantham, Nottingham University Business School China, China Suresh Bhagavatula, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India K. Kumar, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India #02 The effects of entrepreneurial orientation and customer orientation on the survival and growth of born global firms: example of Indian IT firms Nishant Kumar, Stockholm University, Sweden #03From born domestic to global challengers: Indian multinationals rewriting the theory of internationalisation Nitin R. Seth, AIS St Helens, Auckland, New Zealand Hanoku Bathula, AIS St Helens, Auckland, New Zealand #04 Inter-organizational imitation and cross-border acquisition: The case of Indian firms Chinmay Pattnaik, University of Sydney Business School B. Elango, Illinois State University 12:15 – 12:45 Lunch LEVERAGING INDIA: STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENES 8 12:45 – 13:30 Speaker Geoffrey Garrett, Dean, University of Sydney Business School Neville Roach AO, Chairman Advisory Board Australia and New Zealand, Tata Consultancy Services and Chairman Emeritus Australia India Business Council Former Chairman & CEO, Fujitsu Australia Limited 13:30 – 14:30 Keynote Panel 2 | China India Economics Chair: Gracy Yang, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School Amitendu Palit, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Head (Development & Programmes), Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) Andrew Delios, National University of Singapore (NUS) 14:30 – 14:45 Coffee Break 14:45 – 16:15 Paper Session 2 | Competitive Industry Contexts Chair: Ranjit Voola, Discipline of Marketing, University of Sydney Business School Discussant: R. Divakar, V.P. Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS) NGO, India #05 Balancing profitability and the social mission: Lessons from the rise and decline of SKS Microfinance Ravi Sarathy, Northeastern University, USA #06 Entrepreneurship and food security in India Susan Mudambi, Temple University, USA Thomas Reardon, Michigan State University, USA Bart Minten, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA #07 Building Linkages and Relational Capability between the Indian and Australian Mining Industry Meena Chavan, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Jittu Singh, XLRI, Jamshedpur, India #08 Technology enabled service innovation as a panacea for institutional voids: Lessons from the Indian health care industry Shirish Srivastava, HEC Paris, France 16:15 – 17:45 Paper Session 3 | Competing through Internationalization Chair: Wu Zhan, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School Discussant: Sabina Nielsen, Copenhagen Business School #09 Strategic Change in the Internationalization of Emerging Economy Firms: Evidence from India Ajai Gaur, Rutgers University, USA Garry Bruton, Texas Christian University, USA Vikas Kumar, University of Sydney, Australia EMIRG CONFERENCE | SYDNEY | 2012 9 #10 Taking India to the world: Internationalization of emerging Indian multinationals Mohan Thite, Griffith University, Australia Adrian Wilkinson, Griffith University, Australia Pawan Budhawar, Aston Business School, UK #11 Is diversification-performance relationship contingent on macro-economic environment? Evidence from India Saptarshi Purkayastha, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode #12 Foreign acquisitions by Indian multinational enterprises: The role of source and host country location specific determinants Peter J. Buckley, Leeds University Business School, UK Peter Enderwick, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Nicolas Forsans, Leeds University Business School, UK Surender Munjal, Leeds University Business School, UK 19:00 – 22:00 Dinner at Bel Mondo Directions: Bel Mondo is located on Gloucester Walk, in The Rocks, and is pedestrian access only. Access is via the Argyle Steps on Argyle Street or via Cumberland Street. Both these points are suitable for taxi drop off. Day 2 08:30 – 09:00 Breakfast Welcome Remarks Richard Dunford, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School 09:00 – 10:30 Industry Panel | Learning from and leveraging India’s potential Chair & Moderator: Timothy Devinney, University of Technology Sydney LK Sharma, Journalist, Delhi, India Jackie Korhonen, CEO of Infosys Australia and New Zealand Ram Mudambi, Temple University, USA Dipen Rughani, Australia India Business Council, Sydney 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break LEVERAGING INDIA: STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENES 10 10:45 – 12:15 Paper Session 4 | Competing Through Innovation Chair: Alex Eapen, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School Discussant: Richard Seymour, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney Business School #13 De facto and de jure IPR law in India: Are multinationals handicapped? Empirical evidence from Indian IP litigation 1972-2010 Anand Nandkumar, Indian School of Business, India Mridula Anand, Indian School of Business, India Anusha Sirigiri, Indian School of Business, India #14 Cognition and knowledge sharing in post-acquisition integration: A study of Indian IT acquiring firms Manya Jaura, University of Auckland, New Zealand Snejina Michailova, University of Auckland, New Zealand #15 Spheres of innovation potential in expanding Indian market Shrestho Banerjee, XLRI Jamshedpur, India Pingali Venugopal, XLRI Jamshedpur, India #16 Offshore outsourcing of knowledge-intensive business services to India: A process perspective on resources and capabilities Kristin Brandl, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark 12:15 – 13:00 Lunch + Closing EMIRG CONFERENCE | SYDNEY | 2012 11 LEVERAGING INDIA: STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENES 12 PARTICIPANTS’ BIOGRAPHIES EMIRG CONFERENCE | SYDNEY | 2012 13 Mridula Anand Mridula Anand is a Researcher at the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change (CLIC), Indian School of Business. Her focus is on understanding innovation especially affordable, breakthrough and collaborative innovations in the context of emerging markets - through case studies, policy papers and academic papers. In addition she also focuses on commercialization of new ideas and appropriation issues surrounding intellectual property. Most of her work is in the context technology intensive industries such as pharmaceuticals and bio- technology. Mridula's current work examines the effect of patent reforms on R&D productivity of Indian firms. A Bachelor of Science from Madras University and a Graduate in Molecular Biology from Stanford University, Mridula worked for many years in Mycobacterial genetics in the University of Pittsburgh. After moving to India, she worked briefly with Novartis Healthcare in their Health Economics and Outcomes Research group before joining ISB. Prior to graduating from Stanford, Mridula undertook various research projects with Anna University, Center for Biotechnology and the Diabetics Department Voluntary health Services, Chennai. Shrestho Banerjee Shrestho Banerjee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Jacobs University Bremen, Germany majoring in Integrated Social Sciences which comprised of Economics, Political Science, Sociology and Mass Communication. The university places its emphasis on research and given the fact that it follows a trans- disciplinary curriculum, research often if not always, assumed an intriguing persona. This is where Shrestho’s interest in research manifested especially in interlaying disciplines. Accordingly, his research interest is spread over diverse topics such as sociology and strategic management. After hist graduation in 2009, Shrestho worked in a small event management group for two years where the intense travelling to nooks and corners of Jharkhand provided him valuable insight. He could pen it down in the form of case study and the latter was accepted in the National Convention on Global Management and Responsible Leadership (CGMRL) held at XLRI in November, 2011.