Nikhil Celly

Instructional Associate Professor - Assistant Dean of Strategic & Global Initiatives

Management & Leadership 

Nikhil Celly

Bio

Dr. Nikhil Celly is the Assistant Dean of Strategic & Global Initiatives, and a faculty member in the Department of Management and Leadership. He set up and developed Bauer's Office of Global Initiatives, and leads Bauer's strategy and development of global partnerships and programs across Latin America, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has received the University of Houstons' Global Faculty Award for his work on global initiatives in the Bauer College, and has been an invited speaker at several prestigious International education conferences such as the QS Reimagine Education and Global Business School Network Conferences.

Nikhil conducts multidisciplinary research on firm competitiveness, restructuring, ambidexterity and innovation. He currently supervises executive DBAs on thesis topics including AI and strategic actions such as digital transformation, mergers and acquisitions, robotics and risk management. Nikhil has published in top academic journals including the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems and the Journal of Management Studies, and presented at numerous conferences including the Academy of Management, Academy of International Business and Strategic Management Society conferences. He is an award winning case writer who has authored several strategy cases on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and diversification that have been featured in various strategic management texts, and employed in Graduate, executive and corporate training programs. He has also conducted Case teaching workshops globally, and mentored winning student teams for global case competitions.

Nikhil teaches the Global Strategic Leadership class in Bauer's Executive DBA. He also teaches global strategy, ethical leadership and AI, critical thinking, international business courses, and leads/co-leads learning abroads. Prior to Bauer, he taught at various top ranked Universities in North America and Asia including the Ivey School of Business, Canada and the University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Celly has a keen interest in smart technologies, AI, healthcare, and worked in software and people consulting firms and startups, prior to academia. He has led various strategy and executive workshops, and consulted for global organizations and clients including Cisco, Sinopec, The World Bank, JP Morgan and non profits.

Nikhil earned his PhD in General Management and Strategy from the Ivey Business School, Canada and an MS in EE with a specialization in Medical Imaging from the University of Rochester, New York.

Research Interests

  • MNE restructuring, divestments and layoffs
  • Organizational ambidexterity
  • Competitive strategy
  • Organizational innovation and entrepreneurship

Areas of Expertise

  • Corporate and competitive strategy
  • Ambidexterity
  • Global Strategy
  • Innovation

Selected Publications

  • Chiu, S., Kong, D., & Celly, N. (2024). CEO Regulatory Focus and Environmental Resource Scarcity on Employee Downsizing. Management Decision. (Accepted).
  • Khuntia, J., Kathuria, A., Saldhana, T., Roja, M. & Celly, N. (2021). How Foreign and Domestic Firms Differ in Leveraging IT-enabled Supply Chain Information Integration in BOP Markets: The Role of Supplier and Client Business Collaboration. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 22(3), . DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00677.
  • Wang, S.L., Luo. Y., Maksimov, V., Sun, J. & Celly, N. (2018). Achieving Temporal Ambidexterity in New Ventures. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12431
  • Celly, N., Kathuria, A. & Subramanian, V. (2016), 'Overview of Indian Multinationals' in Thite, M., Wilkinson, A & Budhwar, P. (eds), Indian Multinationals: Taking India to the World. Oxford University Press.
  • Wang, S.L., Luo, Y., Celly, N. & Sun, Y. (2014). A temporal ambidexterity view towards emerging market firms. Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, Philadelphia Conference, August, 2014. Received the Best paper award by the International Management Division, Academy of Management, Philadelphia Conference, 2014
  • Lim, D.S.K., Celly, N., Morse, E.A, & Rowe, W.G. (2013). Rethinking the Effectiveness of Asset and Cost Retrenchment: The Contingency Effects of the Firm's Rent Creation Mechanism. Strategic Management Journal, 34(1), 42-61.
  • Celly, N., Prabhu, J. & Subramanian, V. (2013). 'Innovation in Indian firms' in P. J. Williamson, R. Ramamurti, A. Fleury & M. Fleury (eds), The Competitive Advantage of Emerging Market Multinationals. Cambridge University Press.
  • Han, M., & Celly, N. (2011). Professional CEO, independent directors, innovation and family controlled firms' performance. International Council for Small Business (ICSB), World Conference Proceedings: (January 1) 1-28.
  • Han, M. & Celly, N. (2008) Strategic Ambidexterity and Performance in International New Ventures. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 25(4): 335-349.

Academic Associations & Editorial Boards

Academy of International Business

Activities & Interests

  • Travel
  • Tennis
  • Music

Contact Info

Phone:
 713-743-7114 
Email:
  ncelly@bauer.uh.edu
Room:
 MH 315D
Website:
 No Web Site Currently

Courses

  • Global Strategic Leadership-EDBA
  • Managing Global Organizations-MBA
  • Strategic Leadership in Emerging Markets-MBA
  • Strategic Analysis-MBA
  • International Business Residency-EMBA
  • International Management

Education

PhD (Western, Ivey, Canada)
MS EE Medical Imaging (Rochester, US)