{"id":605,"date":"2024-05-20T20:51:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T00:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:17:52","slug":"ravi-sarathy","status":"publish","type":"dmsb_person","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravi Sarathy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD International Business, University of Michigan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS, Northwestern University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Enterprise Strategy for Blockchain<\/strong>:&nbsp; Lessons in Disruption from Fintech, Supply Chains, and Consumer Industries.&nbsp; MIT Press, forthcoming, Oct. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/enterprise-strategy-blockchain\">https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/enterprise-strategy-blockchain<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eddleston, K., Sarathy, R.&nbsp; &amp; Banalieva, E.R. (2019). When a Global Niche Strategy is Not Enough to Spur Family Firm Internationalization: The Role of External and Internal Contexts.&nbsp;<strong>Journal of International Business Studies,&nbsp;<\/strong>(https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/s41267-018-0199-8).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Banalieva, E. R., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., &amp; Sarathy, R. (2018). Dynamics of pro-market institutions and firm performance.&nbsp;<strong>Journal of International Business Studies<\/strong>, 49(7), 858\u2013880.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarathy, with Jennings, J., Eddleston, K., and Jennings, P. Devereaux.&nbsp;<strong>Firms within families: Enterprising in Diverse Country Contexts.<\/strong>&nbsp;Edward Elgar Publishing. (2015).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Innovativeness in family firms: a family influence perspective.&nbsp;<strong>Small Business Economics<\/strong>, Vol. 38, 2012, pp. 85-101 (with F. Kellermanns, Kim Eddleston and F. Murphy).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liability of Foreignness and Internationalization Of Emerging Market Firms. (with Ajai S. Gaur and Vikas Kumar).&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Advances in International Management<\/strong>, Vol. 24, 2011, p. 211-233.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sarathy, Ravi (Presenter &amp; Author), Eddleston, Kimberly (Author Only), Kumar, K (Presenter &amp; Author), IFERA Annual Conference, &#8220;The Influence of Firm, Entrepreneur, and Family Characteristics on Performance: A Study of Indian Entrepreneurs.&#8221;, IFERA, St. Gallen Switzerland. (July 2013).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarathy, Ravi (Presenter &amp; Author), BALAS Annual Conference, &#8220;Globalization and the Merger of TAM Airlines Brazil and LAN Airlines Chile&#8221;, Bus. Assn. Latin American Studies, Lima, Peru. (March 2013).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarathy, Ravi (Presenter &amp; Author), Univ. of Sydney Business School, &#8220;Culture, Gender, Family Firm and Entrepreneur Characteristics, and Firm Performance and Work-Life Balance in India and Brazil&#8221;, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney Australia. (March 11, 2013).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Banalieva, Elitsa (Presenter &amp; Author), Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro (Presenter &amp; Author), Sarathy, Ravi (Presenter &amp; Author), Academy of Management, &#8220;Pro-Market Reforms, Marketing Capability, and Performance of Developing Cuontry Firms&#8221;, International Management Division, Boston. (August 2012).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarathy, Ravi (Presenter &amp; Author), Leveraging India: Strategies for Global Competitiveness, &#8220;Balancing profitability and the social mission: lessons from the rise and decline of SKS Microfinance&#8221;, University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia. (April 11, 2012).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research &amp; Teaching Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ravi Sarathy's major research and teaching interests are in international business and global strategy, blockchain development and implementation strategy, family business, and industrial policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining the D'Amore-McKim School of Business faculty, Sarathy held a LATF Fellowship from Tufts University and consulted and taught in Brazil. He was a Fulbright scholar and held the Fulbright-Flad Chair in Strategic Management at the Technical University of Lisbon in the Spring of 1996. Sarathy has been a visiting professor at HEC, France; Bocconi University in Milan, Italy; Monash University in Melbourne, Australia; the University of Michigan; and at the Fletcher School of Law &amp; Diplomacy, Tufts University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industry &amp; Academic Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining the D'Amore-McKim School of Business faculty, Sarathy held a LATF Fellowship from Tufts University and consulted and taught in Brazil. He was a Fulbright scholar and held the Fulbright-Flad Chair in Strategic Management at the Technical University of Lisbon in the Spring of 1996. Sarathy has been a visiting professor at HEC, France; Bocconi University in Milan, Italy; Monash University in Melbourne, Australia; the University of Michigan; and at the Fletcher School of Law &amp; Diplomacy, Tufts University. Sarathy is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards &amp; Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2010: Winner, IMD Skolkovo Best Paper on Emerging Markets, Academy of Management<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor, International Business and Strategy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":606,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"post_unlisted":false,"post_preheader":"","post_footer":"","footnotes":""},"category":[],"dmsb_audience":[],"dmsb_group":[],"dmsb_person_type":[45],"dmsb_expertise":[],"dmsb_person_industry":[],"dmsb_person_geography":[],"class_list":["post-605","dmsb_person","type-dmsb_person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dmsb_person_type-faculty-fellow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ravi Sarathy - Center for Emerging Markets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Professor, International Business and Strategy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ravi Sarathy - Center for Emerging Markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor, International Business and Strategy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Emerging Markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-30T20:17:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ProfilePage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/\",\"name\":\"Ravi Sarathy - Center for Emerging Markets\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-21T00:51:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-30T20:17:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Professor, International Business and Strategy\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg\",\"width\":520,\"height\":520,\"caption\":\"Ravi Sarathy, man with gray hair wearing glasses and a bowtie\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ravi Sarathy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/\",\"name\":\"Center for Emerging Markets\",\"description\":\"Leveraging emerging markets for global good.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Center for Emerging Markets\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/cem-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/cem-logo.png\",\"width\":277,\"height\":47,\"caption\":\"Center for Emerging Markets\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/center-for-emerging-markets\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cemnortheastern\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLMomnP8g6kQRWu-nT8dhemlCyYsSE7biW\"],\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ravi Sarathy - Center for Emerging Markets","description":"Professor, International Business and Strategy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ravi Sarathy - Center for Emerging Markets","og_description":"Professor, International Business and Strategy","og_url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/","og_site_name":"Center for Emerging Markets","article_modified_time":"2026-04-30T20:17:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":520,"height":520,"url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["WebPage","ProfilePage"],"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/","url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/","name":"Ravi Sarathy - Center for Emerging Markets","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-21T00:51:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-30T20:17:52+00:00","description":"Professor, International Business and Strategy","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/sarathy_ravi121418.jpg","width":520,"height":520,"caption":"Ravi Sarathy, man with gray hair wearing glasses and a bowtie"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ravi Sarathy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#website","url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/","name":"Center for Emerging Markets","description":"Leveraging emerging markets for global good.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#organization","name":"Center for Emerging Markets","url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/cem-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/cem-logo.png","width":277,"height":47,"caption":"Center for Emerging Markets"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/center-for-emerging-markets\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cemnortheastern\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLMomnP8g6kQRWu-nT8dhemlCyYsSE7biW"],"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/ravi-sarathy\/"}}]}},"rewrite_and_republish_copy":false,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Center for Emerging Markets","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_person\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dmsb_person"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_person\/605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"dmsb_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_audience?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"dmsb_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_group?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"dmsb_person_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_person_type?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"dmsb_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_expertise?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"dmsb_person_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_person_industry?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"dmsb_person_geography","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmsb_person_geography?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}