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Dr. Pallavi Shukla serves as Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Management & Global Business within Rutgers Business School at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Newark and New Brunswick. In the Business & Economics faculty, she earned her Ph.D. in Management from Rutgers University in 2016, with a dissertation titled "Migrants, Institutional Change and the Geography of Foreign Direct Investment." She also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India (1996). Before academia, Shukla accumulated over a decade of experience in financial services, working on IT projects for the National Stock Exchange of India via Tata Consultancy Services, and holding positions from Software Developer to Associate Director at Bear Stearns & Company and JP Morgan in Mumbai and New York City. Her academic career at Rutgers includes roles as Part-time Instructor (2013, 2015), Instructor (2016-2017), Assistant Professor of Professional Practice (2017-2025), and current Associate Professor position since July 2025. Additionally, she served as Academic Researcher at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (2015-2018) and Editorial Assistant for the Journal of International Business Studies (2010-2013).
Professor Shukla’s research explores the intersection of global strategy, migration, and institutions, particularly how migrants bridge cross-border locations and shape multinational firms' strategies using a socioeconomic lens. Her work also addresses the evolution of international business activity from institutional and business history perspectives. Notable publications include "Migrants, Knowledge Connections, and Digital Trade in the Information Age" with John Cantwell (International Migration Review, 2025), "Spatial development of technological knowledge and the evolution of international business activity across technological paradigms" with Cantwell (International Business Review, 2025), "Migrants and multinational firms: The role of institutional affinity and connectedness in FDI" with Cantwell (Journal of World Business, 2018), "Migrants and the foreign expansion of firms" with Cantwell (Rutgers Business Review, 2016), and the book chapter "Skilled migrants: Stimulating knowledge creation and flows in firms" (Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business, 2023). She has presented at annual meetings of the Academy of International Business and Academy of Management since 2012. Awards include the Rutgers Business School Dean’s Meritorious Teaching Award (2023) and Journal of World Business Best Reviewer Award (2019). Shukla contributes as Communications Officer for the Academy of International Business U.S. Northeast Chapter, multi-section course coordinator for International Business, and reviewer for leading journals.