Debtanu LAHIRI
Doctorant
Stratégie et Politique d'Entreprise

Biographie
I am a PhD Candidate in Strategy and Business Policy at HEC Paris. I started my PhD studies in the Fall of 2017 and aim to graduate in the summer of 2022.My research interests primarily lie in the domain of Non-market strategy - an area that has seen increasing popularity among strategy scholars over the years. Among the various sub-streams that characterize this domain, my primary interests lie in corporate political activity (CPA) and social activism.
Despite there being considerable volume of research on CPA, a significantly large part of it has been skewed towards the examination of its benefits. Although certain scholars have talked about its liabilities in specific contexts, a systematic analysis of its costs is rather scarce. Furthermore, research on the extent of sustainability of the benefits is almost completely missing. I believe that for an appropriate assessment of the value of a strategic resource, a nuanced understanding of its costs and of the transiency of its benefits is necessary. Besides, what is also missing is a finer examination of the various forms of CPA and the role of geopolitics in domestic CPA. My interest in non-market research is motivated by the desire to contribute towards fulfilling some of these existing voids.
Dissertation Title (proposed): Three essays contextualizing the benefits and the costs of firm’s non-market strategies [Proposal defended in Sep’ 2019]
Advisors:
Prof. Bertrand Quelin, Strategy & Business Policy, HEC Paris
Prof. Goncalo Pacheco de Almeida, Strategy & Business Policy, HEC Paris
Actes de conférence
2020 AOM Annual Meeting , 2020 , 2020 , 1 (G. PACHECO DE ALMEIDA)
2019 AOM conference , 2019 , Boston , 2019 , 1 (A. L. HAWK, G. PACHECO DE ALMEIDA)
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting , 2019 , Copenhagen (B. QUELIN)
Actes de conférence
2020 AOM Annual Meeting , 2020 , 2020 , 1 (G. PACHECO DE ALMEIDA)
2019 AOM conference , 2019 , Boston , 2019 , 1 (A. L. HAWK, G. PACHECO DE ALMEIDA)
Academy of International Business Annual Meeting , 2019 , Copenhagen (B. QUELIN)
Formation
Nominations académiques
Responsabilités académiques à HEC
- 2017- Doctorant, Stratégie et Management HEC Paris
- 2017- GREGHEC HEC Paris
Prix & honneurs
- 2020 Co-recipient along with Prof. Gonçalo Pacheco-de-Almeida of a research grant of USD 6,000 from HEC Paris in Qatar and Qatar Foundation, June 2020.
- 2019 Recipient of the Best Reviewer Award, Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB)
- 2017 HEC Paris Foundation PhD scholarship 2017, 2018, 2019