Executive Education
Faculty

Nandini Rajagopolan

Joseph A.DeBell Chair in Business Administration

Nandini Rajagopalan is the Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organization. Her research examines platform-based markets, diversification and strategic alliances, CEO succession, and corporate governance. She has published in the Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of Management Studies, the Journal of Management, and Business Horizons among others. She is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at USC’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, and recipient of USC’s Provost’s Mentoring Award. She is past Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal.

Programs for Organizations:

Disruption, Diversification and Strategic Alliances, CEO Succession, and Corporate Governance – Custom Designed Curriculum for Programs for Organizations

Articles & Research:

Rajagopalan, N., Rasheed, A. M., & Datta, D. K. (1993). Strategic decision processes: Critical review and future directionsJournal of management19(2), 349-384.

Datta, D. K., & Rajagopalan, N. (1998). Industry structure and CEO characteristics: An empirical study of succession eventsStrategic Management Journal19(9), 833-852.

Haleblian, J., & Rajagopalan, N. (2006). A cognitive model of CEO dismissal: Understanding the influence of board perceptions, attributions and efficacy beliefsJournal of Management studies43(5), 1009-1026.

Articles & Research:

Rajagopalan, N., Rasheed, A. M., & Datta, D. K. (1993). Strategic decision processes: Critical review and future directionsJournal of management19(2), 349-384.

Articles & Research:

Datta, D. K., & Rajagopalan, N. (1998). Industry structure and CEO characteristics: An empirical study of succession eventsStrategic Management Journal19(9), 833-852.

Articles & Research:

Haleblian, J., & Rajagopalan, N. (2006). A cognitive model of CEO dismissal: Understanding the influence of board perceptions, attributions and efficacy beliefsJournal of Management studies43(5), 1009-1026.