Affiliate Faculty Profile

Vikas Anand

Associate Professor

WCOB412
(479) 575-6232
VAnand@walton.uark.edu
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Degrees
  • B.E., Birla Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering, 06/1988
  • MSc, Birla Institute of Technology, Physics, 06/1988
  • MBA, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, International Business, 06/1990
  • Ph.D., Arizona State University, Business, 07/1999
Teaching Areas
  • Business Strategy
  • International Management
  • Capstone

Research Interests
  • Business Ethics
  • Organizational knowledge
  • Globalization of business practices

Vikas Anand received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University, and an MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and a Master's Degree in Physics. His major areas of research include corruption and ethics in organizations, knowledge management in organizations, and trends in the globalization of business practices such as outsourcing. He has published and presented his work on business ethics and knowledge management in several research and practitioner outlets such as the Academy of Management Review, Research in Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management Executive and so on. Prior to his academic career, he was a manager in two large multi-national corporations and worked extensively on marketing and strategic planning positions in various parts of Africa and Asia. He has taught at the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph. D. levels and has given lectures on aspects of international business in several countries around the world. His research has included working with several large multinational corporations with respect to business process outsourcing and inter-cultural issues. He was the recipient of the Walton College of Business Award in 2007, and the University of Arkansas Teaching Excellence Award in 2008, and currently serves as the Management Department's Doctoral Program Coordinator.

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