Department of Management

Anju Seth

Pamplin Professor/Department Head

anju seth

 

Office: Pamplin 2007

Office Hours:

  • T 1:00-2:00 & by appointment

Phone: 540-231-6353

Fax: 540-231-3076

Email: aseth@vt.edu

Education
B.A., University of Delhi, India, 1976
M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, 1978
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1988

Biography

Anju Seth joined Virginia Tech in 2008 as Pamplin Professor of Management and Head of the Department of Management. She has held the positions of Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Associate Professor/Assistant Professor at the University of Houston.  Professor Seth also spent several years with the Management Consultancy Division of A.F. Ferguson and Co., India.  Professor Seth takes a multi-disciplinary approach to her teaching and research in the areas of corporate strategy, acquisitions, restructuring, strategic alliances and joint ventures, corporate governance and ethics, and globalization and strategy in emerging economies. Current research projects examine the motives and value consequences of cross-border acquisitions, the causes and effects of cross-national corporate governance systems, contract design in strategic alliances and joint ventures, and corporate strategy in business groups. Many of her scholarly papers have appeared in Strategic Management Journal and Journal of International Business Studies. She has also published papers in Review of Economics and Statistics, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, California Management Review, and Handbook of Business Strategy.  She continues to present her research at seminars and conferences both nationally and internationally.  Professor Seth has received numerous awards for her teaching and research. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Strategic Management Journal and the Journal of Management, and has held various committee positions in the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management.