Ram Mudambi

Papers

Total Citations

313

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About

Ram Mudambi is a leading scholar at the intersection of international business, innovation, and economic geography, best known for his pioneering work on the global strategies of knowledge-intensive firms. His research fundamentally reshapes how we understand the relationship between multinational enterprises, innovation ecosystems, and regional economic development. Among his most influential contributions is his exploration of how digitalization—with its core characteristics of reprogrammability, infrastructural elementality, and intangibility—is transforming global value chains and corporate organization. His highly cited 2021 paper, “Digitalization and globalization in a turbulent world” (313 citations), examines how digital forces create both centrifugal (dispersing) and centripetal (concentrating) pressures on economic activity. Mudambi’s work has profoundly impacted policy and practice, earning him a place among the most cited scholars in his field, with tens of thousands of citations across his career. A Temple University professor and former Editor-in-Chief of the *Journal of International Business Policy*, he is celebrated for bridging rigorous theory with real-world relevance, making his research essential reading for students and scholars navigating the complexities of a digitally driven, turbulent global economy.