Prof. Rishika Nayyar

Assistant Professor

(Ph.D, IIFT Delhi)

Biography:

Dr Rishika Nayyar is an Assistant Professor of Strategy in the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. She holds a PhD in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. Prior to joining IIT Delhi, she served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sussex Business School, United Kingdom, for four years, where she also co-convened the Research Mobilizer Group on International Business & Development. She is a holder of the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE) from the University of Sussex. Her prior teaching experience also includes appointments at the FORE School of Management, New Delhi, and the University of Delhi.

Her research examines the internationalisation of emerging market firms, with a particular focus on outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from India, institutional environments, and sub-national influences on multinational enterprise strategy. Her work has been published in leading journals such as Journal of World Business, Management International Review, Journal of International Management, and Journal of Institutional Economics, among others. She has received several prestigious recognitions, including the Alan Rugman Scholarship and nominations for the AIB-UNCTAD Award for Investment and Development. She has presented her research extensively at reputed international conferences including the Academy of International Business (Global, UKI, and South Asia Chapters), the Indian Academy of Management, and the Reading International Business Conference.

Dr Nayyar has taught a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral-level courses in strategy, international business, and international management. She has supervised PhD scholars and MSc dissertations, led curriculum development initiatives, and played key roles in academic administration, including accreditation processes and the organisation of nationally funded academic programmes and conferences. She is deeply committed to innovative pedagogy and mentoring the next generation of management scholars.

Teaching:

In the past, Rishika has taught the following courses:

  • International Business
  • International Business Environment
  • International Business Strategy
  • Globalisation & Integration
  • Export-Import Management
  • International Financial Management
  • Trade Data and Trade Opportunities
Publications:
  • Shirodkar, V., Nayyar, R., and Sinha, P. (2025) When do firms overspend on CSR? The impacts of foreignness and institutional distance. Journal of International Management, 31(1). (ABS-3, ABDC-A).
  • Nayyar, R., and Luiz, J.M. (2024) Institutional complementarity and substitution in Indian multinational enterprises’ cross-border investment decisions in Management International Review, 64, 1053-1089. (ABS-3, ABDC-A)
  • Shordkar, V., Nayyar, R. and Varma, S. (2023) Institutional fragility and internationalization of Indian firms: Moderating effects of inward FDI and linkages, Journal of World Business, 59(3). (ABS- 4, ABDC-A*)
  • Nayyar, R. and Luiz, J., (2023) Location choice and Indian outward foreign direct investment: Institutional thresholds and differentiating between institutional quality and institutional distance. Journal of Institutional Economics, (20). (ABS-3, ABDC-A)
  • Nayyar, R., Mukherjee, J., & Varma, S. (2022). Institutional legitimacy as a determinant of outward FDI from India. International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Publications, 17(10): 2529-2557. (ABS-1, ABDC-B).
  • Nayyar, R., & Maity, R. (2021). Overcoming institutional voids in the home country for internationalization: An exploratory examination of institutional strategies of Indian MNEs, Transnational Corporations, United Nations Publication, 28(3): 97-126. (ABS-2).
  • Nayyar, R., & Prashantham, S. (2021). Subnational institutions and EMNEs acquisitions in advanced economies: Institutional escapism or fostering, critical perspectives on international business, 17(3): 417-443. (ABS-2, ABDC-B).
  • Nayyar, R., & Mukherjee, J. (2020). Home country impact on Outward FDI from India, Journal of Policy Modelling, 42 (2): 385-400. (ABS-2, ABDC-A).
  • Nayyar, R. (2018). Advancing research on the determinants of Indian MNEs: The role of sub-national institutions, International Journal of Emerging Markets, 13 (3): 536-556. (ABS-1, ABDC-B).
  • Nayyar, R., & Mukherjee, J. (2018). Outward FDI from India: An exploratory examination of home country effects in the presence of structural. The Empirical Economics Letters, 17 (2). (ABDC- C).
  • Varma, S., Nayyar, R., & Bansal, V. (2016). What drives precocity? A study of Indian technology intensive firms, Journal of East-West Business, 22(4): 242-269. (ABS-1, ABDC-C).
  • Varma, S., Bhasin, N., & Nayyar, R. (2015). Motives as locational determinants: A study of FDI between India and LAC, Transnational Corporations Review, 7(3): (ABDC-C).
  • Varma, S., Awasthy, R., Narain, K., & Nayyar, R. (2015). Cultural determinants of alliance management capability – An analysis of Japanese TNCs in India, Asia Pacific Business Review, 21(3): 424-448. (ABS-2, ABDC- B).
Conference Presentations:
  • Varma, S., Nayyar, R., & Gautam, S. (2025). Manager’s experience and early internationalization of Indian firms: The moderating role of institutional hazards in the home country, Academy of International Business (South Asia Chapter) Conference, January 13-14, 2025, World University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Nayyar, R., & Shirodkar, V. (2024). Entrepreneurial Orientation and Internationalization of Indian MNEs: The moderating role of institutional fragility. Academy of International Business – United Kingdom & Ireland (AIB-UKI) Chapter Conference, April 3-6, 2024, Aston Business School, Aston University, United Kingdom.
  • Nayyar, R., & Luiz, J. (2023). Location choice and Indian outward foreign direct investment: Institutional thresholds and differentiating between institutional quality and institutional distance, Academy of International Business (Annual) Conference, July 5-9, 2023, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland. Accepted as competitive submission.
  • Shriodkar, V., Nayyar, R., & Varma, S. (2023). Subnational institutions, Linkages and Indian Firms’ OFDI, Academy of International Business- United Kingdom & Ireland (AIB-UKI) Chapter Conference, April 13- 15, 2023, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
  • Shriodkar, V., Nayyar, R., & Varma, S. (2022). Outward FDI of Indian firms: Impact of subnational institutional fragility, inward linkages and firm performance, European International Business Academy (EIBA), December 8-10, 2022, Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway.
  • Nayyar, R., & Maity, R. (2021). Overcoming Institutional Voids in the Home Country for Internationalization: Effectiveness of Market and Non-Market Strategies for Indian MNEs, Academy of International Business (UNCTAD-AIB Special track), Annual Meeting (Online), June 28- July 2, 2021.
  • Nayyar, R., & Mukherjee, J. (2020). Home country institutional environment and outward FDI from India: The moderating role of firms’ network resources, Academy of International Business, Annual Meeting (Online), July 6-8, 2020.
  • Nayyar, R., Mukherjee, J., & Varma, S. (2019). Extending the economic efficiency perspective on FDI location choice: The case of Indian MNEs, 10th International Conference on Economics of Global Interactions: New perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development, September 8-10, 2019, University of Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
  • Nayyar, R., Mukherjee, J., & Varma, S. (2019). Location choice of Indian MNEs: A dual perspective, Academy of International Business, Annual Meeting, June 24-27, 2019, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Nayyar, R., & Mukherjee, J. (2019). Institutional reforms and outward foreign direct investment from India: The moderating role of firm traditional and institutional advantages, Academy of International Business (India Chapter) Conference on Going International: Challenges and Opportunities, April 22-13, 2019, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE), Hyderabad, India.
  • Nayyar, R. (2018). Does developed market supporting institutions discourage or facilitate Indian MNEs acquisitions in advanced economies? (Analysis at sub-national level) at the Academy of International Business (India Chapter) Conference on International Business and “Make in India” Perspective, April 9-10, 2018, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, MSME Centre, Shimla, India.
  • Nayyar, R. (2018). India’s foreign acquisitions in advanced economies: The role of sub-national institutional development at the Academy of International Business, Annual Meeting, June 25-28, 2018, Minneapolis, USA.
  • Nayyar, R. (2017). Outward FDI from India: Sub-national institutions matter at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, July 2-5, 2017, Dubai, UAE.
  • Varma, S., & Nayyar, R. (2017). Evolution and growth of Indian technology intensive internationalisers at the Academy of International Business (India Chapter) Conference on Managing Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises and Innovation, April 19-20, 2017. Symbiosis International University, Pune, India.
  • Nayyar, R. (2016). Outward FDI from India- A case for sub-national level analysis of institutions at the 5th Copenhagen Conference on Emerging Multinationals: Outward Investment from Emerging Multinationals, October 27-28, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Varma, S., Nayyar, R., & Bansal, V. (2016). What drives precocity of firms from the Indian IT Industry? Examining entrepreneur, network and firm variables at the Academy of International Business India Chapter Conference on South-to-South FDI, 21-23 April 2016, Indian Institute of Management, Indore.
  • Varma, S., Nayyar, R., & Bansal, V. (2015). Drivers of Early Internationalisation of Indian Technology Intensive firms, Paper idea in JIBS Paper Development Workshop, Academy of International Business, Annual Meeting, June 2015, Bangalore, India.
  • Varma, S., Nayyar, R., & Bansal, V. (2015). What drives early internationalisation? A study of technology intensive firms from India at the Reading International Business Conference, 13-14 June 2015, Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom.
Contact

Prof. Rishika Nayyar

Assistant Professor

Area: Strategic Management

Phone No.: +91-11-2659-1171

Email Id: rishikan@dms.iitd.ac.in