PhD Defence: Prakash Raj Paudel

PhD Candidate Prakash Raj Paudel, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, will hold a public lecture and defence of his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD in BI Norwegian Business School's PhD programme.

Title of the Thesis:

“Essays on Competitive Positioning: Exploration, Internationalization, and Vertical Integration”

Public lecture on a given topic.

Time for Public Lecture: 10:00 - 10:45 CET (door closes sharp at 10:00)

Time for Disputation: 12:00 (door closes sharp at 12:00)

For the disputation, the academic procession will arrive at 12:00 sharp, and the public must take their seat before this time. From this time on, the doors will be closed, and no additional guests will be allowed in/or out.

Please arrive at both the Public Lecture and the Disputation some minutes before they start. The doors will be closed at both 10:00 and 12:00 sharp, and no more guests will be allowed in.

ZOOM link

The link is open for the committee members from 09:45; however, for guests who are not able to attend the Final Defence on campus, the link opens at 09:50.

Time: May 20th, 2025 (10:00 CET)

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Meeting ID: 694 8870 1687
Passcode: 537606

The Final Defence Evaluation Committee:

• First opponent
  Orietta Marsili, Professor of Entrepreneurship, School of Management, University of Bristol
• Second opponent
  Zilin He, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University 
• Chairman of the committee
  Erik Aadland, Associate Professor, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship,  BI Norwegian Business School 

Supervisor: 

• Pengfei Wang, Professor, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School 

Co-supervisor:

• Alessandra Luzzi, Associate Professor, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School

After the Final Defence all guests and faculty are welcome to the reception at A7.