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Jitendra Singh
Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management


Education

PhD, Stanford University, 1983; MA, Stanford University, 1982; MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad India, 1975; BS, Lucknow University, India, 1972

Recent Consulting

Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Pune, India, 2003-2006.

Academic Positions Held

Dean & Shaw Foundation Chair, Professor of Strategy, Management and Organization, Nanyang Business School, & Member, University Cabinet, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2007-2009. Wharton: 1987-present. (Vice Dean for International Academic Affairs, 1998-2003; Joseph Wharton Term Associate Professor of Management, 1987-92; Director, Emerging Economies Program, 1996-99). Previous appointment: University of Toronto. Visiting appointment: Singapore Management University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, University of Paris-Dauphine, France

Professional Leadership

Editorial Review Board, Organization Science, 1988-present; Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal, 1994-present; Editorial Board, Strategic Organization, 2001-present.

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership

Member, Board of Directors, & Chairman, Management Policy Advisory Committee, SPRING Singapore (www.spring.gov.sg), 2008-2010; Member, Board of Governors, SAFTI Military Academy, Singapore (www.mindef.gov.sg/safti/), 2008-2009; Member, Committee for the Development of the Accounting Sector in Singapore & Chairman, Education Working Group, 2009.

Publications
Jitendra Singh (2010), "Chance Encounters, Ecologies of Ideas and Career Paths." In Kaye Schoonhoven and Frank Dobbin (eds.),, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Organizational Studies: The Stanford Legacy, 1970-2000, forthcoming
Jitendra Singh, Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Michael Useem (2010), The India Way: How India’s Top Business Leaders are Revolutionizing Management, Harvard Business Press.
Jitendra Singh, Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Michael Useem (2010), Leadership Lessons From India, Harvard Business Review, 90-97
Jitendra Singh, R. Ramamurti, (ed.) (2009), Emerging Multinationals from Emerging Economies, Cambridge University Press

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Knowledge@Wharton
Wharton's Harbir Singh: How Indian Firms Can Take Advantage of Global Opportunities 10/20/2011
When Your Job Makes You Sick: Employees Find Little Leverage in Today's Workplace 09/28/2011
The Problem with Financial Incentives -- and What to Do About It 03/30/2011
Tata Consultancy Services' Girija Pande: China and India Are on Different Roads to a Common Destiny 07/15/2010
Corporate Affairs Secretary R. Bandyopadhyay: 'CSR Is Not Charity -- It's a Win-Win Situation' 06/17/2010
Is Indian Business Ready for a Brave New World of Tough Corporate Governance? 12/14/2005

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Singh Jitendra

Jitendra  Singh
2207 SH-DH
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA19104
Phone: (215) 898-6605
Fax: (215) 898-0401
singhj@wharton.upenn.edu

Research Interests:
Indian Business Leadership; Developing Firm Capabilities; Organizational Evolution; Organizational Change