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About Preet S. Aulakh
Preet S. Aulakh is Professor of Strategy and the Pierre Lassonde Chair in International Business at the Schulich School of Business, York University. He was the Director of the Schulich Ph.D. program for five years, and is currently serving as the Associate Dean Research. His research has focused on three broad areas: the interactions of governance structures and relational dynamics in improving performance of dyadic as well as portfolio of firms’ international alliances; international technology licensing with particular emphasis on studying the motivations behind using licensing as a foreign entry strategy, structuring of licensing contracts, and effective ways to transfer knowledge in licensing partnerships; and the organizational and institutional factors influencing the extent and diverse paths of organic and inorganic international growth of firms from India, China, and Latin America. His research on these topics has been published in major international business, management and marketing journals. He has edited or co-edited three books and a number of journal special issues. He is currently undertaking a comparative historical project exploring how colonial regimes influenced the evolution of legal institutions related to land tenure.
Honours
2019 Gold Medal for Exceptional Contributions to the Journal of International Business Studies (Official journal of the Academy of International Business)
2017 Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies
2005 American Marketing Association / Hans Thorelli 5-Year Award for paper that has made significant impact to international marketing theory or practice, for Journal of International Marketing paper (with Masaaki Kotabe) published in 1993.
2013 Best Paper Award, World Management Conference, Indian Institutes of Management, for paper titled: "Internationalization of Emerging Multinationals: Role of Owner CEOs." (with Raveendra Chittoor, Sougata Ray and Deepak Jain).
2013 Best Paper Award, Emerging Markets Track, Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Istanbul for paper titled: "Performance Persistence of Emerging Economy Firms: The Interaction Effects of Business Group, Hope Institution, and Internationalization." (with Lin Cui and Helen Hu).
2003-present Pierre Lassonde Chair in International Business, Schulich School of Business, York University,
2001-2003 Washburn Research Fellow, Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University
2001 Dean’s Research Honor Roll, Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University
2013, 2004, 2002 Finalist for the Academy of International Business Conference Best Paper Awards, 2013 (with Raveendra Chittoor and Sougata Ray), 2004 (with Marshall Shibing Jiang) and 2002 (with Esra Gencturk)
2008 Runners-up, Best Proposal Award, Strategic Management Society India Conference, (with Oana Branzei and Raveendra Chittoor).
2006 Finalist for the CiMAR International Conference best Paper Award, Istanbul, Turkey, for co-authored paper with MB Sarkar
2000 Best Paper Award, Global Marketing Track, American Marketing Association Annual Conference, for co-authored paper with Masaaki Kotabe and Srini Srinivasin.
1996 Best Paper Award, Global Marketing Track, American Marketing Association Annual Conference,, for co-authored paper with Esra Gencturk.
1994 -1995 Faculty of Business Administration Dean’s Research Award, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Awarded to one faculty member every year achieving the highest research productivity.
1994 Department Nominee for the College of Business Teaching Award for Assistant Instructors, University of Texas at Austin
1993 Honorable Mention for the Hans B. Thorelli Best Paper Award for co-authored article with Masaaki Kotabe titled, “An Assessment of Theoretical and Methodological Developments in International Marketing: 1980-1990," published in Journal of International Marketing.
1991 Membership to the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
1987 University Grants Commission (India) National Junior Research Fellowship in History
1980 University Grants Commission (India) National Scholarship in Mathematics
Recent Publications
Aulakh, Preet S. and Philip Kelly, (eds.), Mobilities of Labour and Capital in Asia. Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2019).
Aulakh, Preet S. Colonial Subjectivities and Shifting Legalities in Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Sea of Poppies’. Law and Literature (forthcoming).
Hu, Helen, Lin Cui and Preet S. Aulakh. State Capitalism and Performance Persistence of Business Group Affiliated Firms: A Comparative Study of China and India. Journal of International Business Studies, 50, 2019: 193-222.
Chittoor, Raveendra, Preet S. Aulakh and Sougata Ray. Microfoundations of Firm Internationalization: The Owner CEO Effect. Global Strategy Journal, 9(1) 2019: 42-65.
Abdi, Majid and Preet S. Aulakh. Internationalization and Performance: Degree, Duration and Scale of Operations. Journal of International Business Studies, 49, 2018: 832-857.
Abdi, Majid and Preet S. Aulakh. Locus of Uncertainty and the Relationship between Contractual and Relational Governance in Cross-border Interfirm Relationships. Journal of Management, 43(3), 2017: 771-803.
Aulakh, Preet S., Sumit Kundu and Somnath Lahiri. Learning and knowledge Management in and out of Emerging Markets. Journal of World Business, 51(5), 2016: 655-661.
Gubbi, Sathyajit, Preet S. Aulakh and Sougata Ray. International Search Behavior of Business Group Affiliated Firms: Scope of Institutional Changes and Intragroup Heterogeneity. Organization Science, 26(5), 2015: 1485-1501.
Chittoor, Raveendra and Preet S. Aulakh. Organizational Landscape in India: Historical Development, Multiplicity of Forms and Implications for Practice and Research. Long Range Planning, 48 (6): 291-300.
Chittoor, Raveendra, Preet S. Aulakh and Sougata Ray. Accumulative and Assimilative Learning, Institutional Infrastructure and Innovation Orientation of Developing Economy Firms. Global Strategy Journal, 5, 2015: 133-153.
Aulakh, Preet S., Marshall S. Jiang and Sali Li. Licensee Technological Potential and Exclusive Rights in International Licensing: A Multilevel Model.” Journal of International Business Studies, 44, 2013: 699-718.
Abdi, Majid and Preet S. Aulakh. Do Country-Level Institutional Frameworks and Inter-firm Governance Arrangements Substitute or Complement in International Business Relationships? Journal of International Business Studies, 43(5), 2012: 477-497.
Aulakh, Preet S., Marshall S. Jiang and Yigang Pan. International Technology Licensing: Monopoly Rents, Transaction Costs and Exclusive Rights. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(4), 2010: 587-605.
Gubbi, Sathyajit, Preet S. Aulakh, Sougata Ray, MB Sarkar and Raveendra Chittoor. Do International Acquisitions of Emerging Economy Firms Create Value? The Case of Indian Firms. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(3), 2010: 397-418.
Courses Taught
Ph.D. Course:
Seminar in International Business Theory
EMBA/MBA Course:
International Strategy
Undergraduate Courses:
Managing Business in Developing Economies
Introduction to International BusinessGrants
Project Title Role Award Amount Year Awarded Granting Agency Project TitleGlobal Institutional Change, National Policy Interventions and Firm Strategies: Evidence from the Textile Industry RoleCo-Applicant Award Amount$103,590.00 Year Awarded2017-2021 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Project TitleInstitutional Changes and Adaptive Search Behaviour of Business Groups in Developing Economies RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$94,320.00 Year Awarded2012-2017 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Insight Grant Project TitleKnowledge Transfer in Interorganizational Relationships: An Interdependence-Based Approach RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$52,600.00 Year Awarded2008-2011 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Standard Research Grant Project TitleCapability Emergence and Erosion in Sequential Internationalization: The Contingent Roles of Export Policy and Information Sourcing Choices RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$172,885.00 Year Awarded2008-2011 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - SSHRC Standard- Management, Business and Finance Project TitleStrategic ambidexterity in international expansion: exploration and exploitation of market, product and organizational boundaries RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$73,300.00 Year Awarded2005 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Standard Research Grant Project TitleKnowledge-Based Enterprises, with MB Sarkar RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$7,500.00 Year Awarded2003 Granting AgencyQueens University - Research Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$13,800.00 Year Awarded1998 – 1999 Granting AgencyAll University Research Initiation Grant (AURIG), Michigan State University Project Title Role Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded1998 – 1999 Granting AgencyGlobal and Area Thematic Initiatives Program (GATI) Grant, Michigan State University Project Title Role Award Amount$ Year Awarded2000, 2001, 2002 Granting AgencyTemple University Summer Grants Project Title Role Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded1999 Granting AgencyBroad College Summer Grant, College of Business, Michigan State University Project Title Role Award Amount$1,800.00 Year Awarded1997-1998 Granting AgencyCIBER, Michigan State University Research Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$5,000.00 Year Awarded1994 – 1995 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Research Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$1,500.00 Year Awarded1996 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Travel Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded1994 Granting AgencyBonham Fund Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin Project Title Role Award Amount$5,500.00 Year Awarded1992 – 1993 Granting AgencyUniversity of Texas Research Institute Research Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$ Year Awarded1992, 1993 Granting AgencyThe University of Texas Professional Development Award
Preet S. Aulakh
Associate Dean, Research; Professor of Strategy and International Business; Pierre Lassonde Chair in International Business
PhD (Texas-Austin)LLM (Osgoode Hall Law School, York)
BSc & MA (Punjab, India)