Anant K. Sundaram

Visiting Professor of Business Administration

E-Mail: anant.sundaram@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-8248

BSc, MSc, Madras Christian College, 1976; PGDM (MBA), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, 1978; PhD, Yale University, 1987

Areas of expertise

Corporate valuation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, international corporate finance

Current research topics

Mergers and acquisitions and value creation, mergers and acquisitions and strategic competition, governance transformations in the European Union

Selected Publications

With K. John and T. John, "An Empirical Examination of Strategic Competition and Firm Values: The Case of R&D," Journal of Financial Economics, 1996, reprinted in Essays in Honor of Stephen Ross, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007; with D. Logue, "Valuation Effects of Foreign Company Listings on U.S. Exchanges," Journal of International Business Studies, 1996; with M. Bradley, C. Schipani, and J. Walsh, "The Purposes and Accountability of the Corporation in Contemporary Society: Corporate Governance at a Crossroads," Law and Contemporary Problems, 1999; with A. Inkpen and K. Rockwood, "Cross-Border Acquisitions of U.S. Technology Assets," California Management Review, 2000; with A. Inkpen, "The Corporate Objective Revisited," Organization Science, 2004; "Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance," in Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, JAI Press, 2004; "Tending to Shareholders," Financial Times, 2006

Working Papers

With M. Bradley, "Acquisitions and Performance: A Re-Assessment of the Evidence"; with M. Bradley, "The Emergence of Shareholder Value in the German Corporation"; with M.P. Narayanan, "A Safe Landing? Golden Parachutes and Corporate Behavior"

Awards

Co-recipient, Sloan Foundation Grant, 1994; Distinguished Paper Award, The Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 1999; numerous teaching awards

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, 1987–94; Visiting Associate Professor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 1994–96; Associate Professor, Garvin School of International Management, Thunderbird, 1996–2005; Tuck School of Business, 1987–94, 2001–02, 2005–present

Nonacademic positions: Consultant, Systems Research Institute, 1978–79; Consultant, Operations Research Group, 1979–81; Consultant, A.F. Ferguson and Company, 1981–82; Consultant, World Bank, 1983–84

Editorial positions: cSpecial Issue Coeditor, Law and Contemporary Problems; Editorial Board, Journal of International Business Education, Journal of Multinational Financial Management; Ad Hoc Reviewer for major journals