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Balaji Koka
Strategy and Environment

Balaji Koka

Associate Professor of Strategic Management

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McNair Hall 322
713-348-4708 brk2@rice.edu
Balaji Koka
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

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