Nandini Rajagopalan

Nandini Rajagopalan is the Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organization at the USC Marshall School of Business. With a 33-year tenure, she has held leadership roles including Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Research Director at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.

• Primary research areas: Platform-based markets, CEO succession, corporate governance, and strategic alliances
• Past Associate Editor for Academy of Management Journal
• Recipient of USC’s Provost’s Mentoring Award (2017) and Excellence in Service Award (2021)

Her work spans corporate governance in India, platform mobility, and acquisition dynamics. Publications in Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, and Journal of International Business Studies highlight her influence. She advocates for diversity in business education through partnerships with The PhD Project.

Notable awards include Fellow of the Strategic Management Society (2018) and the DeBell Chair. She teaches the online MBA course GSBA-501 and actively mentors students, reflecting her commitment to creating equitable opportunities shaped by her early experiences in India.