Prothit Sen
Prothit Sen is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Indian School of Business (ISB). His research interests primarily include business model innovations and the impact of such innovations on corporate strategy decisions such as strategic alliances and private equity portfolio strategies. In terms of research methodology, Professor Sen performs empirical analyses over secondary data by using a combination of predictive models that use machine learning algorithms and classical econometric techniques for making causal inferences regarding the phenomena of his interest.
Prior to completing his PhD, Professor Sen worked for several years as a consultant at Bain & Company in Gurgaon, India. His advisory experience in India spanned across manufacturing, automotive, IT services, and private equity sectors.
- PhD in Management, INSEAD, 2019
- MBA, London Business School, 2012
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, St. Stephen's College, 2007
Academic positions
- 2019 - Present: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
- Deb, Palash., Sreekumar, Vipin., Sen, Prothit., Duru, Augustine., Brannon, David. (2024) "NEW VENTURE GOVERNANCE: AN INTEGRATIVE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY REVIEW", Academy of Management Annals
- Sen, Prothit., Puranam, Phanish. (2022) "Do Alliance Portfolios Encourage or Impede New Business Practice Adoption? Theory and Evidence from the Private Equity Industry", Strategic Management Journal, 43 (11)
- Sen, Prothit., Deb, Palash., Kumar, Nirmalya. (2021) "The Challenges of Work From Home for Organizational Design", California Management Review
- Jakkaraju, Mihir., Sen, Prothit. "How strategic alliances determine market choices under exploration and exploitation", Asian Management Research Consortium (AMRC)
- Sen, Prothit., Tandon, Vivek. "Using Machine Learning to Uncover the Role of Outside-Industry Catalysts in Multi-Party Alliances", Academy of Management Proceedings
