SP Jain in the News

Dr. Nawazish Mirza was invited as the keynote speaker for the 8th International Conference with the theme “Future World 2050” hosted by University of Pula, Croatia. This conference is indexed in Web of Science, and brings together various stakeholders including policy makers, professionals and academia to brainstorm on issues related to the current day business. The 2017 conference was aimed at discussing innovations and its impact on various business verticals for developed and emerging economies. Dr. Mirza’s key note speech explored challenges and opportunities for financial systems of the future amidst technological innovations.

Topics: Faculty in the News

Dr Rajiv Aserkar (Professor & Head of Logistics and Supply Chain Management) and Ali Ahammed Shamir (Academic Manager, GLSM in Dubai) recently published the lead article in The Link Magazine (Page 37-42, Issue 4, Volume 14, June 2017) evaluating the results of the survey conducted to understand various supply chain disruptions and its impact in the Middle East.

Topics: Supply Chain Disruptions

“Over the last few decades, B-schools have developed massive intellectual property which has in turn helped them in catering to the dynamic knowledge and skill requirements of the corporate sector. Typically, some B-schools have a more academic inclination with research capabilities while some are more pro-corporate or inclined towards influencing the practice.” says Dr. Mathur in his article in The International Indian Yearbook 2017.

Topics: Next-Gen Business School Leaders

“Be Authentic” Joanne Chua Regional Account Director, Robert Walters

Topics: Executive MBA,Singapore

Dr Nawazish Mirza has published an article in Economic Research, Volume 30 (1), 2017 titled “Domestic and cross-border returns to bidders in acquisitions into the E.U”. Economic Research (Taylor & Francis Publication) is a peer reviewed journal with a JCR Impact Factor of 0.46 (Clarivative Analytics). The article analyses cross border mergers and acquisitions of United Kingdom’s banking sector between 2006 – 2013 and reports negative synergies for regulatory driven M&A activities.

Topics: Taylor & Francis Publication

Action Learning Projects serve as an integral part of Term 3 for the Global MBA Students. Team SP Jain is proud of our Students, Vikrant Sharma and Nikhil Subramanian, who have done a tremendous work for their ALPs. Their outcomes have been very well acknowledged and appreciated by their external corporate mentors from Emirates National Oil Company Ltd (ENOC) – one of the oldest and biggest oil companies in the U.A.E.

Topics: GMBA, Action Learning Project

“2016 saw relatively weak private equity deal flows within the GCC and can be best described as a watershed year as the demand and supply gap further narrowed, promising well for more activity in 2017.” — says Prof. Arindam Banerjee in his article, Undiscovered Horizons, published in Banker Middle East, April Edition.

Topics: Dubai Campus, Faculty in the News

Congratulations to Dr Rajiv Aserkar (Professor and Area Head – Logistics & Supply Chain, S P Jain School of Global Management) who presented his paper titled “Making Sourcing Decisions Through Total Landed Cost Exercise” in The International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference in Budapest, Hungary. The paper received appreciations from fellow educators from the top universities and leading industries from across the world. The Conference was co-hosted by University of Pannonia, Corvinus University of Budapest and Supply Chain Finance Community.

Topics: Faculty in the News

Dr. Nicolas Hamelin has been invited to chair the 26th World Business Congress of the International Management Development Association (IMDA), which will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, between the 19th and 23rd May, 2017. Dr. Nicolas will chair the congress as well as present at the Session II.14: Global Marketing Management and Business Strategies. His keynote address will focus on the topic “How neuroscience can help package design.”

Topics: Faculty in the News