Education

BSc, MSc, Madras University, India, 1976; MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, 1978; PhD, Yale University, 1987.

Areas of Expertise

Corporate valuation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, financial strategies for profitable growth, and international finance

Consulting/ Executive Education

Professor Sundaram has taught executives and MBA students in a wide range of programs and business schools in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. He has helped to found innovative new executive programs, including the pioneering “Back In Business” program. He has led director/officer forums on the corporate governance implications of Sarbanes-Oxley and U.S. stock exchange rules. A sample list of companies that Professor Sundaram has been involved with include Alcatel, American Electronics Association, Autodesk, Baker-Hughes, BMW, Constellation Brands, Ericsson, GM, Honeywell, Motorola, ON Semiconductor, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Schneider Electric, Textron, UBS, and the World Bank.

Awards

Professor Sundaram has won over a dozen teaching awards and research awards. He was co-recipient of a large Sloan Foundation grant to examine issues related to the purposes and accountability of U.S. corporations.

Publications

Professor Sundaram has published in leading journals in finance, law, international business, and organizational studies, including Journal of Financial Economics, Law and Contemporary Problems, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, and Organization Science. He has co-edited a special issue of Duke University Law School’s Law and Contemporary Problems on corporate governance. He is coauthor of the book The International Business Environment (Prentice-Hall) and author of over fifty classroom cases. He has served on many editorial boards. Professor Sundaram has also published in the popular press, including articles in The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, and has been quoted in leading media outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, ABCnews.com, Business Week, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, Marketplace, Fox Business News and CNBC.

Background

Professor Sundaram has held teaching positions at Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, and at the University of Michigan Business School. Before embarking on his doctoral work, Professor Sundaram was a consultant with the World Bank.