Dr Shameen Prashantham is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow Business School in Scotland. He is engaged in research on the internationalization of smaller, young knowledge-intensive firms within the Centre for Internationalization and Enterprise Research (CIER). He has a specific interest in how these firms interface with large multinational corporations – which he refers to as “dancing with gorillas”. In addition, he has a research interest in episodic strategy-making.

His work has been published in British Journal of Management, California Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, European Management Journal, International Business Review and Journal of Management Studies, among other journals. He also has produced a book, The Internationalization of Small Firms: A Strategic Entrepreneurship Perspective (London: Routledge, 2008). In addition to his academic writing and talks, Dr Prashantham has addressed practitioner forums under the auspices of the UK Advanced Institute of Management Research, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) India, and The British Council, among others.

Dr Prashantham earned a PhD from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland; his doctoral research won the Most Original Research Prize at the Academy of International Business (UK) and was a finalist for the Barry Richman Award at the Academy of Management (USA). He also holds an MSc with Distinction from Strathclyde and a BA with Distinction in Economics from Loyola College; in both instances he graduated at the top of his class. 

In the Fall Dr Prashantham will join the Nottingham University Business School China in Ningbo, China as Associate Professor in International Business and Strategy.