Ajai Gaur

Professor and Department Chair

Area of expertise

973-353-5762 ajai@business.rutgers.edu Curriculum Vitae

Ajai is working on understanding the strategic adaptation of emerging economy firms during institutional transition. Ajai has also worked on issues related to the institutional distance between different governance environments, MNCs' ownership strategies, staffing strategies and entry mode choice in international investments. Empirically, he has examined firms based in Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, UK and the USA. Some of his research has appeared in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business and Organization Research Methods.

Ajai served as the President of the Asia Academy of Management for two terms from 2015 to 2019. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of World Business.

To learn more about Ajai's work, please visit his website.

Academic degrees

Ph.D., National University of Singapore

Media Mentions

Yale Global, Ajai Gaur and Ram Mudambi analyze four fallacies associated with trade, globalization and manufacturing in advanced economies

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Dissertations Supervised

Name: Sethuram, Shyamala

Graduation Date: 2023/January

Name: Kim, Kyungjoong

Graduation Date: 2022/October

Name: Nuruzzaman, Nuruzzaman

Graduation Date: 2020/October

Name: Kim, Hyun Gon

Graduation Date: 2017/May

Thesis Title: The Effects of Added Distance on Ownership Decision and Market Reactions in Cross-border Acquisitions