Chandrika Raghavendra

Assistant Professor

Area of Expertise: Macro Economics, International Business, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance

Email: [email protected]

Chandrika Raghavendra is a PhD holder on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and an FDP from IIM Ahmedabad.

She has more than 10 years of teaching experience at the postgraduate level, having taught various economics and finance courses including managerial economics, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial derivatives, financial markets, banking practices, and econometrics. She is interested in teaching core courses such as Macro Economics, International Economics, International Business, and Mergers and Acquisitions. She has acted as a coordinator for various institutional-level committees and associations including the women empowerment committee, alumni association, and cultural committee in her previous institution. She was invited twice as a guest lecturer to give a lecture on women empowerment and IPR at VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Her research interests lie in the area of mergers and acquisitions, sustainable development, and environmental, social and governance practices of corporations. In particular, she holds a special interest in stakeholder theory and she is fascinated to explore how stakeholder perspective persuades corporate behaviour. These research interests have taken a shape into research papers, some are under review and a few more are in the process of construction and submission to reputed peer-reviewed academic journals. She has presented her research papers at various national and international conferences. She is also a reviewer of Journal of International Management (ABDC - A and Scopus-Q1), Applied Economics Letters (ABDC - B and Scopus Q2) and Humanities and Social Sciences Communication (Scopus-Q1).

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Chandrika Raghavendra*, Taimur Sharif, Rampilla Mahesh, Miklesh Prasad Yadav, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin, 2023, 'Do market, resource, and knowledge distance impact inbound cross-border acquisition?' Global Finance Journal (A-category of ABDC) (August 2023), Volume 57, pp. 100862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2023.100862
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Rampilla Mahesh, Naliniprava Tripathy. ‘Is India a pollution haven? Evidence from cross-border mergers and acquisitions’, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 376, 2022, 134355, ISSN 0959-6526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134355.
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Rampilla Mahesh, Venkata Ramana Thanikella, Isha Gupta. ‘Impact of Carbon Tax and Environmental Regulation on Inbound Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Volume: An Evidence from India’, International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022, Volume 10(4), 106. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijfs10040106
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Rampilla Mahesh, Isha Gupta. ‘Three Decades of Research on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda’ Corporate Governance and Control, 2022, Volume 20 (1), pp. 114-124. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv20i1art11
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Rampilla Mahesh. ‘Impact of economic freedom distance on India's inbound cross-border acquisitions volume: The moderating role of economic distance’, the Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 2023, 16(1), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16010039

Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations

• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Rampilla Mahesh. ‘Impact of Brain Drain on India's Inbound Cross-Border Acquisitions Activities: A Moderating Role of Economic Distance’. Presented at a 10^th International Conference on ‘Emerging Trends in Corporate Finance and Financial Markets’ held on 13^th and 14^th October 2022.
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Rampilla Mahesh, Naliniprava Tripathy. ‘Does CO2 Emissions Impact Cross-border Mergers and Acquisition decisions? Evidence from India’ Third SEBI-NISM Research Conference 2022 (Hybrid Mode) on ‘Investing in Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Securities Markets’ held at NISM, Patalganga on February 24-25, 2022
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Rampilla Mahesh, ‘Determinants of Inbound Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions (CBM&A): Evidence from India’. Presented at a 13^th Doctoral Thesis Conference organised by IBS, Hyderabad, on October 8-9, 2020
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Mahadevaswami. ‘Synergy Creation by M&A strategy- A case study of JK Tyres & Industries’. Presented and published in an International Conference on ‘Emerging Global Trends in Accounting and Finance’ held at Jain University, Bangalore on February 25, 2017. ISBN: 978-93-85327-26-1
• Raghavendra Chandrika. ‘A study on Impact of GST on various sectors of Indian Economy’. Presented and published in an International Conference on ‘Emerging Global Trends in Accounting and Finance’ held at Jain University, Bangalore on February 25, 2017. ISBN: 978-93-85327-26-1
• Raghavendra Chandrika. ‘Innovation in Indian Banking Sector - A Study on face of transformation and challenges’. Presented and published in an International Conference on ‘Inclusive Economic Growth and Sustainable Development’ held at SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore on November 18-19, 2016. ISBN: 978-93-83302-18-5
• Raghavendra Chandrika, ‘Women Labour Foce Participation Rate and Growth Rate- An Indian Case Study’. Presented and published in a National Conference on ‘Transforming India 2016- Challenges & Opportunities’ held at Adarsh Institute, Bangalore on September 27, 2016. ISBN: 978-163535278-8
• Raghavendra Chandrika*, Ravindra H V. ‘A study on Wilfull Defaulters with special reference to "King of Good Times, Dr. Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines’ Presented and published in an International Conference on ‘Financial Inclusion in India’ held at Basaveshwar Commerce College, Bagalkot on September 10, 2016. IJRCMEAS, Volume 9 (1), pp. 77-95, ISSN: 2454-6593
• Raghavendra Chandrika, ‘An Empirical Study on Impact of Flow of FDI & FII on Indian Stock Market’ presented and published in a National Conference on ‘Recent trends in Business’ held at Adarsh Institute, Bangalore on April 05, 2016. Adarsh Business Review, Volume 3(1), pp. 19-25; ISSN: 2394-4250
• Raghavendra Chandrika, ‘A study on CSR spending pattern of top 10 PSBs in India’ Presented and published in a National Conference on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ held at Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Education Centre, Mysore. Thematics Journal of Commerce and Management, Volume 5(1), pp. 203-218, ISSN: 2231-4881.
• Raghavendra Chandrika, Pooja Nagpal. ‘Creating the architecture of financial inclusion by Modi Government- An analytical study on Social Security Schemes in Mandya District’. Presented and published in an International Conference on ‘Global Economic Growth and Sustainability’ held at SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore on November 20-21, 2015. ISBN: 978-93-83302-12-3.
• Pooja Nagpal, Raghavendra Chandrika. ‘Leadership in Electronic Era-Opportunities and Challenges’. Presented and published in an International Conference on ‘Managing HR at Workplace’ held at SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore on December 5-6, 2014. ISBN: 978-93-83302-01-7
• Raghavendra Chandrika, Pooja Nagpal, Uma C. ‘An analysis of CSR activities of Top 10 IT Companies in India: Post Companies Act 2013’. Presented and published in a National Conference on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ held at SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore on November 5-6, 2014. ISBN: 978-93-83301-10-9
• Raghavendra Chandrika, Pooja Nagpal. ‘A Study on India's Top 10 Corporate Spenders towards CSR Activities’. Presented and published in a National Conference on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ held at SDM Institute of Management Development, Mysore on November 13-14, 2014. ISBN: 978-93-83302-01-1
• Raghavendra Chandrika, Pooja Nagpal. ‘The New CSR Rules- Articulation or Puzzlement’. Presented and published in a National Conference on ‘Contemporary Issues in Management’ held at Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore on September 27, 2014. ISBN: 978-93-83241-55-2