Deepak Jena
Deepak Jena is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He researches on innovation management and examines questions in two interrelated areas (1) what enables inventors and invention teams to generate high-value inventions and (2) what factors aid or abet a firm’s pursuit to appropriate value from its innovations. In the first area, Professor Jena examines factors such as gender composition of invention teams and the role of inventor’s prior patenting experience in influencing invention outcomes. In the second area, he examines how the possession and assertion of (or the lack of) intellectual property rights from patents influences the capture of economic value for the firms.
At ISB, he teaches electives on Growth Strategy and Strategic Innovation Management. Prior to his PhD from UNC Chapel Hill, Professor Jena worked for several years in the industry with Deloitte, TCS, LG Electronics, and WNS (Now part of Capgemini), primarily in the area of business and corporate strategy.
- PhD in Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel Hill, 2019
- MBA, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India, 2004
- B.E. in Electrical Engineering, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, 2002
Academic positions
- 2019 - Present: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
Professional Positions
- 2012 - 2013: Research Associate, Indian School of Business
- 2010 - 2012: Senior Manager- Strategy, LG Electronics
- 2008 - 2010: Senior Manager – Corporate Strategy, WNS Global Services
- 2006 - 2008: Senior Analyst – Strategy Development, Deloitte US Firms
- 2004 - 2006: Business Analyst, Tata Consultancy Services
