Innovation | Peer-Reviewed Research
Stronger firm-employee relationships can come at the expense of other types of innovation.
Balaji Koka
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Academic Director of Global Programming
Strategy and Environment
Balaji Koka is an associate professor in the area of strategic management. He joined the Jones School in 2008 from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He teaches in the Executive MBA and Full-time MBA programs and received the Teaching Excellence Award from the EMBA program in 2014. Professor Koka received his BE from Madurai Kamaraj University in India, his MBA from Indian Institute of Management in India and his PhD in strategic management from the University of Pittsburgh.
Teaching Interests:
- Alliances and networks
- Institutions and firm performance
- Offshore outsourcing
Research Interests:
- Strategic Alliances
- Interfirm networks
- Institutional context
- Government trade and investment policies
- Social Entrepreneurship
- International Business
- Global Steel Industry
Rice Business Wisdom
Collaboration | Peer-Reviewed Research
Without a coordinated fight against hunger, the hungry don’t eat.
Contracts | Peer-Reviewed Research
When it comes to contracts, relationships matter more for the weaker party.