Dr Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada is associate professor at the department of strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Southampton. He lectures on entrepreneurship and international growth strategies modules. Previously, he was on the faculty of Aston Business School, and held visiting fellowships at Harvard and Kellogg. He completed his PhD at the University of Goettingen in Germany on a doctoral scholarship from the Max Planck Institute of Economics. Prior to joining the University of Southampton he was affiliate fellow at the Centre of India and Global Business, University of Cambridge and a senior research fellow/research fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany.