Deepak Nayak’s research focuses on the interplay between strategic human capital management, organizational design and firm-level innovation outcomes. He investigates how firms respond to external pressures through structural adaptations and the consequences of these responses on their ability to innovate utilizing both cross-border and local contexts.
Deepak earned his PhD in business administration from Temple University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka in India and a MBA from the SP Jain School of Global Management, Dubai-Singapore. Prior to his academic career, Deepak worked in the corporate sector for over 12 years leading new product introduction and post-merger integration projects in the automotive and logistics industries.