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Aneel G. Karnani

Associate Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business
Michigan Ross School of Business

Professor Karnani's research interests are focused on the basic question in strategic management: Why do firms succeed? This involves understanding the structure of industries (the rules of the game) and the sources of sustainable competitive advantage (how to be a good player). He studies how firms can leverage existing competitive advantages and create new ones to achieve rapid growth. He is also interested in global competition, particularly in the context of emerging economies. He studies both how local companies can compete against large multinational firms, and how multinational firms can succeed in these unfamiliar markets.

Professor Karnani is also actively involved in executive development programmes both in companies and through the Michigan Ross School of Business. He consults with firms on strategic planning systems, and strategy analysis and formulation. Professor Karnani serves on the board of directors of A.M. Todd Group and has served a number of organisations as consultant or management educator, including GenCorp, Volvo North America, GTE, Dow Corning, Dow (Japan), IBM, Holnam, GE, NAC Re, DSM (Netherlands), Upjohn, Singapore Airlines, Budd Company, Whirlpool and General Motors.

In addition to having extensively lectured internationally, he has held visiting appointments to teach in the MBA and executive development programmes at Northwestern University, London Business School, the Kiel Institute of World Economics (Germany), INSEAD (France), HEC (France), Helsinki School of Business Administration, Bocconi (Italy), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), INCAE (Costa Rica), and the National University of Singapore.