{"id":28537,"date":"2023-07-14T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=28537"},"modified":"2023-07-14T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T13:25:16","slug":"professor-profiles-vijay-govindarajan-dartmouth-college-tuck-school-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/professor-profiles-vijay-govindarajan-dartmouth-college-tuck-school-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Profiles: Vijay Govindarajan, Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school. However, the educational experience you will have is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Today, we focus on <\/em>Vijay Govindarajan<\/em><\/strong><\/a> from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vijay Govindarajan<\/strong>, affectionately known by students as simply \u201cVG,\u201d is the Coxe Distinguished Professor at Tuck and has been cited by Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>, Forbes<\/em>, and The Times<\/em> as a top-ten strategy professor. His research focus includes global strategy, strategic innovation, strategy execution, and strategic controls. Govindarajan has been a consultant to several well-known companies, including Walmart, FedEx, and Microsoft, and in 2008, he served as chief innovation consultant to General Electric. In addition to his residency at Tuck, Govindarajan was named a Marvin Bower Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School in 2015 for a two-year period. He was also the 2015 recipient of the Association of Management Consulting Firms Award of Excellence.<\/p>\n

One alumnus told mbaMission, \u201cVG\u2019s class is great, and the cases have been interesting. Most of the cases are about manufacturing companies; however, they are not boring at all. He\u2019s a great speaker and great lecturer.\u201d Another graduate described Govindarajan\u2019s classroom style to mbaMission by saying, \u201cVG maintains a balance between lecture and class participation. He never cold-calls because he believes that students will be prepared. He doesn\u2019t want students to comment for the sake of commenting and wants people to say something meaningful, which might be different from the approach at other schools.\u201d Another alumnus shared that Govindarajan often brings great speakers to class.<\/p>\n

For more information about Dartmouth Tuck and 16 other top-ranked MBA schools, check out our free <\/em>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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