Nandini Lahiri is Associate Professor of Management at the Kogod School of Business at American University. Her research lies at the intersection of strategy, international business and technology. She studies the implications of geographic and vertical scope of firms in the context of alliances, R&D and innovation. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science and Journal of International Business Studies. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management and Global Strategy Journal. Her dissertation won the Business Policy and Strategy Best Dissertation Award at the Academy of Management. At Kogod, she teaches strategy in the BSBA and MBA programs.