Nitin Pangarkar is an associate professor of business policy at NUS Business School. Previously, he held academic positions at the University of Minnesota (USA) and the Helsinki School of Economics (Finland). His research interests lie in the areas of strategic management and international business - specifically cross-border strategic alliances and global strategy. Dr Pangarkars research has been presented in several international conferences around the world and published in more than 30 international journal articles, conference proceedings, cases, and books. He is a member of several professional organisations and serves as the vice president of the Asia Academy of Management, the leading regional association for management scholars in Asia. He also serves on the editorial boards of two international journals.