Gayani Ranasinghe

International Strategic Alliance Portfolio Expansion and Configuration

Office: PhD space, Level 1, Rutherford House, Pipitea campus, Wellington 6011

Supervisor: Prof Siah Hwee Ang and Dr Richa Chugh

Profile

Gayani is a PhD student at the School of Marketing and International Business. She is from Sri Lanka and has been working as a lecturer at the Department of Industrial Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka. She completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management and Statistics from the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka and obtained her Master of Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. As an individual pursuing an academic career, she is strongly interested in conducting novel research in the field of international business.

Qualifications

Master of Business Administration (MBA): Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Industrial Management and Statistics: Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Research interests

Internationalization, Corporate governance and internationalization, corporate green initiatives and green performance

Recent Publications

Ranasinghe, G.M., Badir, Y.F., Frank, B. (2022). Organisational resources as facilitators and inhibitors of green performance: non-linearities, interactions and international differences, European Journal of International Management, 18(1), 154-184. DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2021.10038238

Awards

Wellington Doctoral Scholarship - 2022

Most Outstanding Young Researcher Award – 2021 of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka

The Shoichiro Toyoda Prize for the most outstanding academic performance among female graduates of School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

His Majesty the King’s Scholarship to pursue Master of Business Administration, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

North Western Province Chief Minister’s Gold Medal for the best overall performance in the Faculty of Applied Sciences

Brandix Gold Medal for the best performance in Industrial Management of the B.Sc. (Joint Major) Degree Programme