Associate Dean (Research)

Professor Bobby Banerjee

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Professor Bobby Banerjee is Associate Dean of Research at the College of Business.

Prior to taking up this position, he was Professor of Strategic Management and Director of Research at the International Graduate School of Business, University of South Australia.

Prof. Banerjee has also held positions at: RMIT University where he was the Director of the Doctor of Business Administration Program, University of Wollongong where he was Director of the PhD and MBA programs, and the University of Massachusetts. Prior to his academic career, he spent 5 years working for multinational corporations in the chemicals industry.

He has taught undergraduates, MBAs and doctoral students. Courses include Corporate Strategy, International Business, Management Research - Theory and Methodology, Marketing Research, Research Methods and Principles of Marketing.

Prof. Banerjee has over 100 publications including articles in highly ranked international journals, chapters in books and conference papers, and is the recipient of 29 internal and external research grants. His book Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Edward Elgar, UK) was published in November 2007.

He has published extensively in several internationally renowned scholarly journals including Journal of Marketing, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Human Relations, Organization & Environment, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Business Research, Management Learning, and Media, Culture & Society.

Prof. Banerjee regularly presents papers in international conferences such as the Academy of Management, European Group of Organization Studies and Critical Managment Studies.

He serves on the editorial board of several journals including Organization & Environment, Culture & Organization, Organization Management Journal, International Journal of Management Research, Critical Perspectives on International Business, and The Management Case Study Journal.

Awards and Recognition

• Research Excellence Award - Division of Business, University of South Australia, 2006.
  
• Citation of Excellence for Journal of Marketing paper by Emerald Management Review: voted one of the top 50 management articles fo 2003.
  
• Paper for the 2002 Academy of Management conference, nominated for Carolyn Dexter Award.
  
• Harold Hardy Award, School of Management, University of Massachuesetts, 1992 and 1993.
  
• Beta Gamma Sigma, University of Massachuesetts, 1993.

Learning and Teaching Interests

• Corporate Strategy
  
• International Business
  
• Business and Society
  
• Critical Management

Research Interests

Professor Banerjee's research interests are diverse and multidisciplinary and include:

• Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder theory
  
• Organizational sustainability
  
• Corporate environmental strategies
  
• Socio-cultural aspects of globalization
  
• Indigenous enterprise development and governance
  
• Postcolonial studies, cultural studies and media studies

Professor Banerjee's current research projects include:

• two ARC funded projects on enterprise development in remote Indigenous communities
  
• an international study of Corporate Strategies and Environmental Governance for Climate Change: involving collaborators from the University of Massachusetts, Erasmus University and University of East Anglia 

Engagement Interests

• Environmental organizations
  
• Indigenous social enterprises

Publications

• Books
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• Book Chapters
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• Refereed Journals
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• Conferences