• PhD Middlesex University, London
• Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE) Middlesex University, London
• MSc (Research Methods in Business and Management) – Middlesex University, London
• MBA – Middlesex University, London
• Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering) – University of Calicut, India

Academic Positions

• University of Salford, United Kingdom
• Middlesex University, United Kingdom
• University of East London, United Kingdom

Awards

Highly Commended Award for the paper entitled "Business-level Strategy and Performance - The Moderating Effects of Environment and Structure" published in Management Decision (Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011)

Conferences, Seminars & Talks

Conference Chair of the Eleventh Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management held at IIM Kozhikode from 9th to 12th of December 2011. It was co-hosted by (1) Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management; (2) Department of Management Studies IIT Delhi and (3) Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey

Co-chair of an international conference on "Global Strategies for an Emergent India" held at IIMK on 27th and 28th of December 2012. University of Sydney Business School was a co-host for this conference

Research Areas

• Business Models and Business Model Innovation
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Significant Publications

• Mankavil Kovil Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2009) Business-level Strategy and Performance – Evidence from Manufacturing Firms” Academy of Management Conference, Chicago
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010). Business-level Strategy and Performance The moderating effects of environment and structure. Management Decision, Vol.48, pp 907-939 (Chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011)
• Nandakumar, M.K. (2010). Book Review: Outsourcing-Design, Process and Performance Michael J. Mol (2007). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 218 pp., ISBN: 978-0-521-68278-7 In Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 27(3), pp. 272-273
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2012) Strategic Planning and Performance – The Moderating Effect of Structure. British Academy of Management Conference, Cardiff, UK
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A.and O’Regan, N. (2011). Generic strategies and performance - evidence from manufacturing firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 60(3), pp. 222-251
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2011) Experience-based and Readiness-based Approaches for Implementing Business-level Strategies. British Academy of Management Conference, Birmingham, UK
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010) Strategic Planning and Performance – the moderating effect of environment. British Academy of Management Conference, Sheffield, UK
• Ram Dhurkari and Nandakumar M.K. (2010) Innovative Capability Assessment and Partner Selection for Innovation in Strategic Alliances. Strategic Management Society Conference, Rome, Italy (Accepted but not presented)
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2012) Strategic Planning and Performance – The Moderating Effect of Structure. British Academy of Management Conference, Cardiff, UK
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2011) Experience-based and Readiness-based Approaches for Implementing Business-level Strategies. British Academy of Management Conference, Birmingham, UK
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A.and O’Regan, N. (2011). Generic strategies and performance - evidence from manufacturing firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 60(3), pp. 222-251
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010). Business-level Strategy and Performance The moderating effects of environment and structure. Management Decision, Vol.48, pp 907-939 (Chosen as a Highly Commended Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011)
• Nandakumar, M.K. (2010). Book Review: Outsourcing-Design, Process and Performance Michael J. Mol (2007). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 218 pp., ISBN: 978-0-521-68278-7 In Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 27(3), pp. 272-273
• Nandakumar, M.K., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2010) Strategic Planning and Performance – the moderating effect of environment. British Academy of Management Conference, Sheffield, UK
• Ram Dhurkari and Nandakumar M.K. (2010) Innovative Capability Assessment and Partner Selection for Innovation in Strategic Alliances. Strategic Management Society Conference, Rome, Italy (Accepted but not presented)
• Mankavil Kovil Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2009) Business-level Strategy and Performance – Evidence from Manufacturing Firms” Academy of Management Conference, Chicago
• Mankavil Kovil Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan, N. (2009) An Integrative Framework for Strategy Process based on its Theoretical Roots. British Academy of Management Conference, Brighton
• M.K. Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan (2008) Generic strategies and Performance, British Academy of Management Conference, Harrogate.
• M.K. Veettil, N., Ghobadian, A. and O’Regan (2007) Strategy Formulation and Implementation – the Impact on Performance in Manufacturing Organisations, British Academy of Management Conference, Warwick.
• Ghobadian, A., M.K. Veettil, N. and O’Regan, N. (2006) Operationalising Business-level Generic Strategies, British Academy of Management Conference, Belfast.

Working Papers

1.   Strategy making theory and the dominant perspectives - A synthesis
Nandakumar M. K    (2010)    Abstract

2.   Strategic Planning And Organisational Performance - The Moderating Effect Of Environment
Nandakumar, M. K.    (2013)    Abstract
3.   Strategic Planning and Performance - A Systematic Review of the Literature
Nandakumar, M. K.    (2014)    Abstract