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Dr. Mona Bahl MonaBahl

Associate Professor
Department of Management
Office
State Farm Hall of Business - SFH 238
Office Hours
Fall 2023 - MW - 2.30-3.30 pm on zoom and / or by appointment.
Office Phone
(309) 438-5192office
phone
Email
mbahl@ilstu.eduemail
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Biography

Dr. Mona Bahl is currently an Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business at Illinois State University in USA. She received Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Purdue University (USA) She holds dual Masters degrees – MBA (Finance major) from Mumbai University and Masters in Commerce from Panjab University in India.

Her research interests converge the fields of strategy and international management. More specifically, she focuses on the following areas: a) innovation and internationalization behavior of firms, b) knowledge sharing and corporate governance practices and c) impact of global value chain dynamics and supply chain management on firm strategies.
Dr. Bahl’s research has been published in top ranking Journals including the Journal of World Business, Strategic Management Journal and Global Strategy Journal.

Dr. Bahl actively serves the profession as an Associate Editor (Strategy) of Journal of Business Research and as an ad-hoc reviewer for journals such as Journal of International Management, Journal of World Business, and Global Strategy Journal.

Dr. Bahl is an avid reader, enjoys travelling and outdoors and occasionally dabbles in creative arts.

Current Courses

485.001Advanced Organizational Strategy

485.002Advanced Organizational Strategy

385.004Organizational Strategy

385.006Organizational Strategy

385.001Organizational Strategy

485.001Advanced Organizational Strategy

485.002Advanced Organizational Strategy

350.001International Management

350.002International Management

Teaching Interests & Areas

Strategic Management
International Management

Research Interests & Areas

Innovation, Internationalization, Knowledge Management, Emerging Markets and Corporate Governance.

PhD Strategic Management

Purdue
West Lafayette, IN

MBA

Mumbai University
Mumbai, India

Other

Panjab University
Chandigarh, India

Other

Panjab University
Chandigarh, India

Book, Chapter

Bahl, M., & Mockaitis, A. Country Choice of Manufacturing SMEs in Central and Eastern Europe: The Importance of Foreign Partner Relations and Level of Market Entry. Thai, M. T. T., & Turkina, E (EDs), Internationalization of Firms from Economies in Transition. Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. (2014)

Journal Article

"Bahl, M., Lahiri, S., & Mukherjee, D. (2021). Managing internationalization and innovation tradeoffs in entrepreneurial firms: Evidence from transition economies. Journal of World Business, 56(1), 101150 "
Bahl, M., & Lahiri, S. Managing Global Value Chain Triversity and Innovation Performance Using Social Mechanism.. No. Thunderbird International Business Review 63.5 (2021): 565-576.
"Bahl, M., Kriauciunas, A., & Brush, T. H. (2020). How do ownership type and knowledge transfer influence success of change? A study of transition economy firms. Global Strategy Journal, 10(4), 861-884."
Bahl, M., & Kos, A. The effect of transformational obstacles on new product development by emerging market firms. International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets 9.4 (2017): 393-413.
McCann, B., & Bahl, M. The influence of competition from informal firms on new product development. Strategic Management Journal 38.7 (2017): 1518–1535.

Magazine/Trade Publication

Buckley, P., Clegg, J., Khorana, S., Munjal, S., Sewak, M., Bahl, M., & Zaman, A. (2023). Enhancing Intra-Commonwealth Trade and Investment:: An International Business Research Agenda. Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics, (187).

Presentations

Can Bad Lead to Good?: Effect of Crime on Innovation by Transition Economy Firms. AIB- USNE. (2023)
Effect of Crime on Innovation by Emerging Market Firms. AIB. (2023)
Effect of Crime on Export Intensity of Innovative Emerging Market Firms.. AIB 2022. (2022)
Effect of Crime on Innovation by Emerging Market Firms. AIB. (2022)
How Do Entrepreneurial Firms Manage Internationalization and Innovation Trade-offs?. Academy of International Business. (2020)
How Do Entrepreneurial Firms Manage Internationalization and Innovation Trade-offs?. Academy of International Business. (2020)
Effect of Crime on Export Intensity of Emerging Market Firms. Academy of Management. (2019)
The Influence of Social Capital on GVC "Triversity" - Innovation Performance Relationship. Academy of International Business. (2019)
Effect of Crime on Export Intensity of Emerging Market Firms. Midwest Academy of Management. (2018)
How do Ownership Type and Knowledge Transfer Influence Success of Change. Academy of Management Annual Conference. (2016)

Grants & Contracts

University Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2019)
Junior Faculty Scholarship. Midwest Academy of Management. Other. (2018)
University Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2018)