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Dr. Shyam S
Dr. Shyam S

Associate Professor, General Management, Chairperson (PGDM Program)

Shyam offers courses in Strategy and General Management. His research interests include Geopolitics, Technology Management and Science & Technology Policy.

Academic Biography
  • PhD in Management. 2012. Dept of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Thesis Title: “An exploratory study of the influence of patent latent variables and firm variables on price of auctioned singleton patents”.
  • MA Economics. 2005. Dept of Economics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • BA Economics. 2003. Mar Ivanios College, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
Work Experience
  • Associate Professor, IMT Nagpur (Since July 2022)
  • Assistant Professor, IMT Nagpur (July 2013 – June 2022)
  • Research Associate (Post Doctoral Fellow), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Dec 2011 – May 2013)
Academic Unit
  • Strategic Management
  • Geopolitics and Business
  • Multisided Platforms
Research Interest
  • Geopolitics
  • Science & Technology Policy
  • Technology Management
Professional Activities

Reviewer for peer reviewed Journals

Technovation (ABDC ‘A’), Technology Forecasting and Social Change (ABDC ‘A’), Scientometrics (ABDC ‘A’), Thunderbird International Business Review (ABDC ‘B’), Technology Analysis & Strategic Management (ABDC ‘B’), International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness (ABDC ‘C’), Current Science (Journal of Indian Academy of Sciences) and Triple Helix.

Membership of professional bodies

  • Academy of International Business
  • Strategic Management Society
  • American Economic Association
Research Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

ABDC ‘A’ Category Publications

  • Perumal, S. & Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2022). Impact of views about knowledge and workplace relationships on tacit knowledge sharing. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 20 (3). 410-422 [Impact Factor: 2.744]
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S., Mathew, M. & Nag, D. (2011). Dynamics between patent latent variables and patent price, Technovation, 31 (12), 648-654. [Impact Factor: 11.373]

ABDC ‘B’ Category Publications

  • Santhi Perumal and Shyam Sreekumaran Nair. Psychological factors influencing patent filing among faculty in Higher Educational Institutions in India. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2023, 35 (12), 1591-1604. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2021.2011852 [Impact Factor: 2.9]
  • Shyam Sreekumaran Nair, Santhi Perumal and MH Bala Subrahmanya, The New E-Commerce Industry Policy (2019): How Adequate is it to Achieve its Objectives? Economic & Political Weekly, 2022, 57 (38), 47-53.
  • Perumal, S., Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Unnikrishnan, R. (2020) Triple Helix in practice in Indian HEIs using lens of academic patenting. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 32 (11), 1322-1334. [Impact Factor: 2.874]
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S., Mathew, M. & Nag, D. (2012). Effect of firm variables on patent price, IIMB Management Review, 2012, 24 (1), 40-47.

Other Publications

  • Nilakanthan, K., Tagare, S., Perumal, S., Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2024), Is there an optimal market withdrawal decision? A simple mathematical model and analysis. Decision. In Press.
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Mathew, M. (2015). The dynamics between forward citations and price of singleton patents. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. 12 (3), 1-12.
  • Mathew, M., Mukhopadhyay, C., Raju, D., Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Nag, D. (2012). An analysis of patent pricing. Decision. 39 (1), 28-39.
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Mathew, M. (2011). Invited Book Review – “Shadows of Consumption” by Peter Dauvergne, MIT Press for Current Science. 101 (5), 680-681. [Invited Book Review]

Conference Publications

  • Santhi Perumal and Shyam Sreekumaran Nair. Comparitive study of Ecological Footprints based on Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Solar Energy Usage, Asian Society for Innovation and Policy 2022 Meeting, IISc and MSRUAS, 24-26 November 2022.
  • Perumal, S. & Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2019). POSCO boxed out of Odisha – The power of unfriendly nonmarket forces, Annual Management Conference and Workshop (AMWC) 2019, IMT Nagpur 2-4 January.
  • Perumal, S. & Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2018). Effect of future citations and patent renewal on singleton patent’s price, International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI) 2018, Indian Institute of Science, 20-22 December.
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Mathew, M. (2012). The dynamics between forward citations and price of singleton patents, Technology Management for Emerging Technologies (PICMET), 2012 Proceedings of PICMET’12, pp.1000-1005 July 29 – August 2.
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S., Mathew, M. & Nag, D. (2011). Patent price dynamics in the context of patent age and patent latent variables, Technology Management for Global Economic Growth (PICMET), 2010 Proceedings of PICMET ’10. pp.1-7, 18-22 July.

Broad Audience Publications

  • “Patent maintenance costs for SMEs and start-ups in India and US: A comparison” for SME World (February 2019).
  • “Do patents create monopoly?” for SME World (April 2019)
Academic Achievements and Grants
  • Received best paper presentation award, for the paper entitled ‘Comparative study of Ecological Footprints based on Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Solar Energy Usage’, in the climate change track at Asian Society for Innovation and Policy 2022 Meeting, held at IISc and MSRUAS, 24-26 November 2022.
  • Recipient of the Indian Economic Association Medal for the best PhD thesis in Management Studies at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  • National Eligibility Test (for Lectureship) awarded by University Grants Commission in Economics (December 2005 and December 2006).
  • Recipient of CSIR Foreign Travel Grant to attend PICMET 2012 “Technology Management for Emerging Technologies”, Vancouver, Canada. INR 1,20,000.