Arzi Adbi is an Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Strategy & Policy at National University of Singapore Business School. He holds a Research Affiliate appointment at the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) and serves Strategic Management Journal as an Editorial Review Board Member. His research investigates grand challenges at the intersection of competitive strategy, nonmarket strategy, and sustainable development, with a focus on firm behavior in emerging markets. His works have been published in Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Academy of Management Journal, Nature Cities, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. His research has won the best paper prizes at major academic associations: the Strategic Management Society, the Academy of Management, and the Academy of International Business. He teaches Strategic Management, Corporate Strategy, Business Model Innovation in Asia, and Ph.D. Seminar in Innovation & Entrepreneurship. He serves the Strategic Management Society as Associate Program Chair for Stakeholder Strategy IG. Leading media and practitioner outlets such as BBC, CNN, South China Morning Post, The Hindu, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and EIX have quoted his research and published his op-eds and commentaries on crucial questions at the intersection of business strategy and sustainable development. To learn more, download his CV or click the "Journal Publications" tab.
2025-current: Associate Professor (with tenure), Strategy & Policy, National University of Singapore Business School
2020-2024: Assistant Professor, Strategy & Policy, National University of Singapore Business School
2025: Associate Program Chair, Stakeholder Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society (SMS)
2024-current: Research Affiliate, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN)
2022-current: Editorial Review Board Member, Strategic Management Journal (SMJ)
2015-20: PhD in Management (Strategy), INSEAD
2006-08: MBA, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
2000-04: Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2010-15: Emerging Markets Strategy, General Manager, Lanco International, Singapore and Indonesia
2008-10: Emerging Markets Trading, FX Options Trader, Goldman Sachs, UK
2004-05: Wireline Logging Operations, Junior Field Engineer, Schlumberger, USA and India