Sri ZaheerProfessor
Associate Dean

Sri ZaheerElmer L. Andersen Chair in Global Corporate Social Responsibility
CSOM Strategic Mgmt & Org, CSOM Faculty Support Admin
4-300N
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/624-5590
Fax: 612/626-1316
szaheer@umn.edu


Education
PhD, 1992, international management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA, 1975, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
BS, 1973, physics, Madras University

Research

Expertise
Technology and global organization
The legitimacy of multinational enterprises
Knowledge management
Time-based strategies
Globalization
Cross cultural merger and acquisition

Current Research
International location decisions
Legitimacy and the liability of foreignness
Business process offshoring and the software industry


Publications

Major Publications

  • "Cluster capabilities or ethnic ties? Location choice by foreign and domestic entrants in the services offshoring industry in India", S. Zaheer, A. Lamin and M. Subramani, Journal of International Business Studies, (forthcoming).
  • "Does it Matter Where Countries Are? Proximity to knowledge, markets and resources and MNE location choices," L. Nachum, S. Zaheer and S. Gross, Management Science, 54(7):1252-1265 (2008).
  • "The Persistence of Distance? The Impact of Technology on MNE Motivations for Foreign Investment," L. Nachum and S. Zaheer, Strategic Management Journal (2005).
  • "Trust Across Borders," S. Zaheer and A. Zaheer, Journal of International Business Studies (2006).
  • "Knowledge Retention and Personnel Mobility: The Nondisruptive Effects of Inflows of Experience," T. Madsen, E. Mosakowski, and S. Zaheer, Organization Science (2003).
  • "Identity Versus Culture in Mergers of Equals," S. Zaheer, M. S. Schomaker, and M. E. Genc, European Management Journal (2003).
  • "Concentration and Dispersion in Global Industries: Remote Electronic Access and the Location of Economic Activities," S. Zaheer and S. Manrakhan, Journal of International Business Studies (2001).
  • "Market Microstructure in a Global B2B Network," S. Zaheer and A. Zaheer, Strategic Management Journal (2001).
  • "The Global Configuration of a Speculative Trading Operation: An Empirical Study of Foreign Exchange Trading," E. Mosakowski and S. Zaheer, Organization Science (1999).
  • "Time Scales and Organizational Theory," S. Zaheer, S. Albert, and A. Zaheer, Academy of Management Review (1999). This article was chosen as one of the three best papers in the Academy of Management Review that year.
  • "Organizational Legitimacy under Conditions of Complexity: The Case of the Multinational Enterprise," T. Kostova and S. Zaheer, Academy of Management Review (1999).
  • "The Dynamics of the Liability of Foreignness," S. Zaheer and E. Mosakowski, Strategic Management Journal (1997).
  • "Catching the Wave: Alertness, Responsiveness, and Market Influence in Global Electronic Networks," A. Zaheer and S. Zaheer, Management Science (1997).
  • "Breaking the Silos: Distributed Knowledge and Strategic Responses to Volatile Exchange Rates," D. R. Lessard and S. Zaheer, Strategic Management Journal (1996).
  • "Overcoming the Liability of Foreignness," S. Zaheer, Academy of Management Journal (1995).

Other Publications

  • "Creativity Under Constraint: Technological Imprinting and the Migration of Indian Business to the New Economy," S. Zaheer and R. Rajan, The Global Internet Economy, ed. Bruce Kogut (MIT Press, 2003).
  • "The Multinational Enterprise as an Organization," E. Westney and S. Zaheer, The Oxford Handbook of International Business, eds. Alan Rugman and Thomas L. Brewer (Oxford University Press, 2001).
  • "Acceptable Risk: A Study of Global Currency Trading Rooms in the United States and Japan," S. Zaheer, The Performance of Financial Institutions, eds. S. Zenios and P. Harker (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
  • "Time-Zone Economies and Managerial Work in a Global World," S. Zaheer, Innovations in International and Cross-Cultural Management, eds. P. C. Earley and H. Singh (Sage, 2000).

Instruction

Courses


Service

Current Administrative Appointments

  • Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Carlson School of Management

Current Editorial Appointments

  • Reviewing Editor, Journal of International Business Studies

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • Fellow of the Academy of International Business
  • Chair, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 2001
  • Member, Founding International Academic Council, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
  • Eldridge Haynes Prize for the best interdisciplinary work, Academy of International Business, 1994
  • Richard N. Farmer Best Dissertation Award, Academy of International Business, 1992
  • Senior Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1994-96
  • Barry M. Richman Best Dissertation Award, Academy of Management, International Management Division, 1992