Centres Of Excellence

To focus on new and emerging areas of research and education, Centres of Excellence have been established within the Institute. These ‘virtual' centres draw on resources from its stakeholders, and interact with them to enhance core competencies

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Faculty

Faculty members at IIMB generate knowledge through cutting-edge research in all functional areas of management that would benefit public and private sector companies, and government and society in general.

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IIMB Management Review

Journal of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

IIM Bangalore offers Degree-Granting Programmes, a Diploma Programme, Certificate Programmes and Executive Education Programmes and specialised courses in areas such as entrepreneurship and public policy.

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About IIMB

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) believes in building leaders through holistic, transformative and innovative education

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Editorial

Over the past few years, our journal has increasingly been recognized as the leading management research journal published out of India. Central to this achievement is the rigorous refereeing process that our editorial team follows. Our journal is now poised to take another giant leap forward. We have recently concluded a formal co-publishing arrangement with Elsevier, the premier international publishing house. The print version of the journal will continue to be available to subscribers in India and the SAARC countries as before. In the rest of the world, IMR will be available through ScienceDirect®, Elsevier's electronic service. This arrangement would entail changes in the process for submitting articles, and in the formatting and referencing specifications, details of which will be updated on our website in due course. (http://www.iimb.ac.in/review)

 

The year 2009 has seen us busy with a full complement of activities. Recently we organised a Doctoral Conference, envisaged as the first of an annual series, which featured paper presentations by doctoral students from select institutes. The conference, sponsored by Canara Bank, was a great success and the three best papers were given the following awards (in alphabetical order):

 

Dipak C Jain Award: 'Early Mover Advantages: An Empirical Analysis of Indian Cellular Market' by Rajkumar Upadhyay, IIM Bangalore

 

Pradip N Khandwalla Award: 'Do Emerging Economy Firms Need Ambidextrous Strategies for Internationalization?' by Sathyajit Gubbi and Prof Sougata Ray, IIM Calcutta

 

Marti G Subrahmanyam Award: 'Institutional Legacy and Technological Knowledge Sourcing Trajectory in Emerging Economy Firms' by Indrajit Mukherjee and Prof Sougata Ray, IIM Calcutta

 

We are also excited about the IMR Conference 2010 on Global Competitiveness through Human Resource Management where we will bring you an interesting mix of paper presentations and practitioner sessions. Along with my co-chairs Prof Mukta Kulkarni and Prof Vasanthi Srinivasan, I look forward to your participation in the conference.

 

The past year has seen a steep increase in our production costs, and we are now compelled to increase our print subscription rates. Effective from January 2010, our print subscription rates will be revised (details in subscription form). We look forward to your continued support of IMR and our various activities

 

This issue of IMR brings our regular mix of articles and features. We have articles on the regulation of spectrum allocation and dispute management in the Indian telecom industry, the demographic differences in consumer exploratory tendencies, the making of a successful response to a request for proposals in the IT industry, and a Round Table discussion anchored by Prof B Mahadevan, which brings together a panel discussion and a presentation on global sourcing through electronic markets by researchers and practitioners

 

Wishing you all a prosperous new year