Dr. Radha Chaganti

Professor

• Email Address: chaganti@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 895-5529
• Office: Sweigart Hall 235
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Areas of Expertise: Strategic management of small businesses; ethnic and women entrepreneurship

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1979, State University of NY - Buffalo, Planning and Policy in Organizations; Organization Theory
• Master of Business Administration, 1969, Indian Institute Management, Calcutta, Finance
• Master of Arts, 1967, Osmania University, India, Economics
• Bachelor’s of Arts, 1964, Osmania University, India, Economics, Political Sciences, English

Refereed Articles

• Haksever, C., Chaganti, R., & Cook, R. G. (2004).  A Model of Value Creation: Strategic View. Journal of Business Ethics, 4, 219-305.
• Chaganti, R. & Brush, C. G. (2002).  Stakeholder Influence Strategies and Value Creation by New Ventures. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 13 (2), 1-15.
• Chaganti, R., Cook, R. G. , & Smeltz, W. (2002).  Effects of Styles, Strategies, and Systems on Growth of Small Businesses. Journal of Development Entrepreneurship, 7 (2), 175-192.
• Chaganti, R. & Green, P. G. (2002).  Who are Ethnic Entrepreneurs? A Study of Entrepreneurs’ Ethnic Involvement and Business Characteristics. Journal of Small Business Management, 40 (2), 126-143.
  

Book Chapters
Not Refereed

• Haksever, C., Chaganti, R., & Cook, R. (2007). A Model of Value Creation: Strategic View. Business Ethics and Strategy, Volume I, (pp. 291-305). Aldershot, England:  Ashgate Publishing.
• Chaganti, R. & Greene, P. G. (2003). Levels of Resources for Ethnic Entrepreneurs. In Elsevier Science (Ed.) Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Structure and Process. Oxford, UK:  Stiles, C. & C. Galbraith .

Presentation of Refereed Papers
International

• Chaganti, R.S. & Chaganti, R. (2007, March). Pathways to Failure of New Ventures: Markers of Failed Internet New Ventures.   Presented at Annual Silicon Valley Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference, San Francisco, California.
• Chaganti, R., Chaganti , R., & Brush, C. G. (2005, July). Explaining Economic and Non-economic Value Creation in Small Ventures: A Study of the Effects of Opportunity, Resources and Team.   Presented at Singapore Management University BRIDGE Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore.

National

• Chaganti, R.S., Watts, A., Chaganti, R., & Zimmerman , M. (2003, August). Ethnicity & New Ventures: A Study of Effects of Ethnic Presence on Prospector Strategy and Performance of Internet-based New Ventures.   Presented at Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management , Seattle , Washington.
• Chaganti, R., Brush, C., Haksever, C., & Cook, R. G. (2002, February). Stakeholder Influence Strategies of Entrepreneurial New Ventures and Their Value Outcomes.   Presented at Small Business Institute Directors' Association, San Diego, California.

Honors
2005:  Paid Research Leave.
2004:  Davis Research Fellowship.
2003:  Davis Research Fellowship.

Awards:
2002:  Best Reviewer, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management.
2002:  Distinguished Conceptual Paper Award (2002) for the co-authored paper, Chaganti, R.; Brush, C.G.; Haksever, C. and Cook,R.G., “Stakeholder Influence Strategies of Entrepreneurial New Ventures and Their Value Outcomes” – – San Diego, CA – February, 2002, Small Business Institute Directors’ Association.