Biography
Dr. Rakesh Pati is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Deputy Director of Women’s Entrepreneurship Research Alliance (WERA) at Deakin University, Melbourne. Rakesh’s current research and teaching interests are in the areas of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He holds extensive experience in research, teaching, industry collaborations, and consulting that spans across USA, Australia, and Asia. His research has been published in top management journals, such as Personnel Psychology, Harvard Business Review, Long Range Planning, R&D Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, among others. Rakesh teaches undergraduate, graduate, and executive education subjects in Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Behavioral Strategy, and Business Judgement. He also has been awarded various research grants, including a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship. During his career, Rakesh has worked on numerous consulting projects with several large publicly listed companies as well as with other privately held companies, government agencies, NGOs and entrepreneurs in Australia, USA and India. Rakesh also actively mentors several entrepreneurs during their inception and growth phases.
Read more on Rakesh's profileResearch interests
Topics: Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Internationalization and Quantitative Research Methods
**Business Models, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Outsourcing, Behavioral Strategy, Business Judgement & Decision-Making
Methods: Quantitative techniques - panel data, structural equation models, multi-level models, experiments, surveys
Affiliations
Academy of Management
Teaching interests
- Strategic Management
- Strategic Analysis
- Evidence-Based Decision Making
- Value Creation
- Entrepreneurship and New Ventures
- Global Strategy
- International Management
Units taught
MBA701 - Strategy and Value Creation
MBR701 - Strategy and Value Creation (Residential)
MMM306 - Global Strategy and International Management
MPM703 - Business Strategy and Analysis (MBA International)
Conferences
- Academy of Management Annual Conferences – 2022 (3), 2018 (2), 2017 (1), 2016 (2), 2014 (1), 2013 (1)
- Strategic Management Society Annual – 2017 (1), 2013 (1); Special Conference – 2013 (2)
- Babson Annual Entrepreneurship Conference – 2018 (1), 2014 (1)
- British Academy of Management - 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1)
- Australia and New Zealand Annual Management (ANZAM) Conference – 2017 (2), 2015 (1)
- EGOS (APROS) Conference – 2015 (2) - Winner: Best Doctoral Paper Award
- Globelics International Annual Conference – 2017(1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1) - Winner: Travel Grant
- Decision Science Institute (DSI) Annual Conference – 2013 (1)
- European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) – 2013 (1), 2019(1)
- European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference – 2013 (1)
- IIM World Conference – 2013 (1) - Winner: IIM World Conference Travel Grant
- IPID International Symposium – 2013 (1) - Winner: IPID Travel Grant
Awards
- BPS Junior Faculty Consortium, (amongst top 20 papers globally), AOM Conference. 2016
- Entrepreneurship Early Career Development Consortium, (top 20 papers globally), AOM Conference. 2016
- BPS Global Representatives Paper Development Workshop, (top 25 papers globally), AOM Conference. 2016
- Best Doctoral Paper Award, EGOS (APROS) Conference, Sydney. 2015
- BPS Dissertation Consortium (amongst top 20 papers globally), AOM Conference. 2013
- ENT Doctoral Consortium (top 25 papers, ENT Division’s Grant US$750), AOM Conference. 2013
- Winner, Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies Competition (including research grant prize). 2011
- Doctoral Fellow, oikos UNDP Young Scholars Development Academy (amongst top 15 papers globally). 2010
- Winner, TCS Smart Manager Case Study Contest (with grant prize). 2009
Publications
Rationalize or reappraise? How envy and cognitive reappraisal shape unethical contagion
C Thiel, J Bonner, J Bush, D Welsh, R Pati
(2021), Vol. 74, pp. 237-263, Personnel Psychology, C1
Role of feedback on innovative outcomes: moderating role of resource-constrained environments
R Pati, N Garud
(2021), Vol. 68, pp. 685-698, IEEE transactions on engineering management, Piscataway, N.J., C1
R Pati, N Garud
(2021), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, C1
Entrepreneurial behavior and firm performance: The mediating role of business model novelty
R Pati, A Ghobadian, M Nandakumar, M Hitt, N O’Regan
(2021), Vol. 51, pp. 551-567, R and D Management, C1
Rakesh Pati, M Nandakumar, Abby Ghobadian, R Ireland, Nicholas O'Regan
(2018), Vol. 51, pp. 750-769, Long range planning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
How does counterproductive entrepreneurship undermine social wealth creation?
S Zahra, R Pati, L Zhao
(2013), pp. 11-33, Entrepreneurial Business and Society: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research, B1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Women entrepreneurs leading sustainable development across Australia and Latin America
Dr Andrea North-Samardzic, Dr Jane Menzies, A/Prof Ambika Zutshi, Dr Arpit Raswant, Dr Rakesh Pati
CAT1-5 DFAT Council on Australia Latin America Relations
- 2022: $48,206
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report