Kent State Stark Economics Assistant Professor Awarded Grant

KENT, Ohio - March 9, 2016 - PRLog -- Deepraj Mukherjee, Ph.D., assistant professor in economics at the Kent State University Stark campus, was awarded a grant in support of his research “Location Strategies of Emerging Country Multinationals: Evidence from Indian Firms.”

The global companies from the emerging economies, especially the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies, are known as the emerging country multinationals. The rise of information technology companies like Wipro, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services from India, Embraer from Brazil and Huawei from China, has caused considerable competition for the traditional western multinationals.

The research project will attempt to find answers for three questions:

·         What are the factors that lead to a competitive edge for emerging country multinationals?

·         What are their core strategies in international markets?

·         What is the impact of their expansion on international trade dynamics?


“The research that Dr. Mukherjee conducts is on an important topic in international business and will provide insights not found in other research,” said Donald Williams, Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Economics. “The College of Business Administration, through its College Advisory Committee, has been very supportive of the faculty with these competitive grants. Sometimes the data needs of faculty members can be very expensive and would not be obtainable if not for the support of the college in this way.”

Mukherjee received his doctorate in business administration with a concentration in economics from the University of Memphis. Before joining Kent State University, he served as a tenure track faculty at Waldorf College in Iowa for two years. While working on his doctorate, he received the prestigious Barbara Tuckman Fellowship award as a doctoral student at the University of Memphis. He was also awarded the national scholarship of merit by the Government of India.

The guiding principle of Mukherjee’s teaching philosophy is to create a classroom environment that stimulates interest in economics and helps students envision important factors that influence today’s economics.

Mukherjee’s areas of specializations are international trade and development. His works have been published in well-known peer reviewed journals such as Applied Economics Letters, Management Decision and European Business Review. His papers are regularly accepted at prestigious international and national conferences like the International Atlantic Economic Conference, Southern Economic Association, Midwest Economic Association and Academy of International Business. Mukherjee also contributed in the capacity of a reviewer for journals such as Economic Change and Restructuring, Kyklos and International Journal of Emerging Markets.

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Kent State University’s College of Business Administration is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) and one of the largest colleges of business in Ohio.  The College has more than 4,300 students representing 50 countries with over 106 full-time faculty from16 countries.

The college grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three public colleges in Ohio with a comprehensive Ph.D. program.  The MBA program is offered with nine concentrations and five dual degree options. The Executive MBA program offer two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives.  The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master’s degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines.  The college boasts nine undergraduate majors, 12 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The college is listed as a Best Business School by Princeton Review, ranked as a Best Business College by U.S. News and World Report, one of only 23 accounting programs worldwide to be endorsed by the IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), ranked Top-Tier for Executive Education in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked fourth by the SEF (Sales Education Foundation) in Ohio for Professional Sales Education.

The college boasts an onsite Career Services Center and International Programs Office dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.

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