Dr. Abhirup Chakrabarti

Associate Professor

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Biography

Abhirup Chakrabarti is an Associate Professor at the Smith School of Business. He studies organizational intelligence, focusing on how organizations identify challenges, select alternatives, integrate across units, and overcome institutional constraints. His research program investigates business reconfiguration, exploring how firms engage in mergers and acquisitions, refocusing, relocating, and divesting. Chakrabarti examines interactions among regulators, investors, and firms, particularly during upheaval events, leading to significant economic, environmental, and socioeconomic outcomes. His research has been published in prestigious journals including Global Strategy Journal, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal. He has received accolades from notable organizations such as the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society. In teaching, he emphasizes organizational intelligence and experimentation, instructing in the Smith Commerce and MBA programs, as well as in seminars for PhD and EMBA students. Before joining Queen’s University, he was an Assistant Professor at McGill University and has taught at Duke University and the National University of Singapore.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2013-01-01 — 2018-01-01

McGill University • Montreal

Taught courses on strategy and organizational behavior.

Lecturer

2010-01-01 — 2011-01-01

Duke University • Durham

Lectured on strategic management.

Lecturer

2009-01-01 — 2010-01-01

National University of Singapore • Singapore

Instructed courses in international business strategy.

Requirements for Queen's University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:88
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor degree Background in Computing, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Research Interest
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Two academic references
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Specialization Notes

Department of Computing offers research-based, project-based, and course-based patterns.