* Entrepreneurship
* Negotiation
* Business Ethics

Rama Velamuri teaches Entrepreneurship and Negotiation in the MBA, EMBA and executive development programs at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He is the Academic Director of CEIBS’s International Executive MBA and was the Academic Director in 2009 and 2010 of the Global CEO Program for Latin America, which is offered jointly with the Wharton School and IESE Business School. He was previously on the faculty of IESE Business School for four years (2003-2007), where he was the Academic Director of the Global Executive MBA and the Inside India programs. He has taught as a Visiting Professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB) since 2004.

Dr. Velamuri has been a facilitator in programs for senior managers of Unicef, Henkel Adhesives Technologies, Abbott Laboratories, Goodyear-Dunlop, Nissan Europe, Vodafone, Telefonica, Grupo Santander, Degussa-Huels, Felix Schoeller AG, Diebold and BBVA. He has also been a facilitator in the CEO Collaborative Forum, which brings together 30 European technology entrepreneurs who have received venture capital backing.

Dr. Velamuri has two main areas of research focus: the first explores how the ethical behaviors of entrepreneurs influence their ability to mobilize stakeholder support. The second investigates the relationship between entrepreneurial strategies and firm growth. His research has been published or is forthcoming in both academic and practitioner journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Long Range Planning, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Development, and Financial Times Mastering Management among others. He is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Business Venturing. He was co-editor of a book entitled Entrepreneurship in Emerging Regions Around the World (Edward Elgar Publishing) and has also published several book chapters and approximately 30 case studies. One of his case studies “South Beauty ? In Quest of a Beautiful Growth Story” (co-authored with Xu Leiping) received the 2008 EFMD award for the best case in the category Emerging Chinese Global Competitors, and another “Easyfinance: Developing the Capabilities for Growth” was among the bestselling cases in Entrepreneurship at the European Case Clearing House.

Dr. Velamuri has six years experience as a manager in the International Division of Grupo Tudor, one of Spain’s largest manufacturing companies. During his tenure at Grupo Tudor, he lived for three years in Britain and one year in Germany. He also has eight years experience as a full time consultant to US, Indian and Spanish clients. He has carried out a number of assignments for the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He has experience as an investor, board member and advisor to entrepreneurial companies, and regularly coaches entrepreneurs on operational and fund-raising strategies.