Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen

Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 1989. From January 2005 until December 2010, she served as the chief editor of one of the flagship journals of the Association of American Geographers—The Professional Geographer. She has served on the editorial board of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Applied Geography, and The Canadian Geographer. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on economic and urban geography. She has published over sixty articles in refereed journals and has co-edited two books. She has received five different research awards from the National Science Foundation and several others from the Canadian Embassy. Her research covers topics in economic geography and international business. In economic geography, her interests are in understanding firm and industry dynamics and the interplay between firms’ internal and external environments. Her specific industrial interests are in biotechnology, bioenergy, and pharmaceutical industries. She continues to work on foreign direct investment; her current focus is on multinationals from emerging markets and their investments in Europe and the United States.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Luís M. Carmo Farinha, João J. M. Ferreira, Helen Lawton Smith, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen. © 2015. 780 pages.
As businesses seek to compete on a global stage, they must be constantly aware of pressures from all levels: regional, local, and worldwide. The organizations that can best build...
Vulnerability to Internet Crime and Gender Issues
Vulnerability to Internet Crime and Gender Issues
Tejaswini Herath, S. Bagchi-Sen, H. R. Rao. © 2006. 6 pages.
A tremendous growth in the use of the Internet has been observed in the past two decades. More than 75% of Americans participate in online activities (University of Southern...
Gender Divide in the Use of Internet Applications
Gender Divide in the Use of Internet Applications
S. Banerjee, H. Kang, S. Bagchi-Sen, H.R. Rao. © 2005. 16 pages.
There is mounting evidence of an increasing gender gap in computer education, which translates into a similar gap in the information technology workforce in the United States....