Ravi Chinta is Associate Dean and Professor, Management at School of Business and Public Administration, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC. Ravi has 43 years of experience with 21 in academia and 22 in industry. Ravi brings a unique blend of skills that span across academia and industry; across 14 diverse nations with business and living experience; across venture-capital funded start-ups and very large multi-billion global firms; and across strategic planning & business development and operations management. Ravi has over 118 publications in journals such as Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Small Business Management, Long Range Planning, Management Research News, Journal of Technology Management in China, International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, and International Journal of Business and Globalization, etc.