Faculty & Staff

Business

Deepraj Mukherjee, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Business/Economics
Phone: 641-585-8258
Fax: 641-585-8194
Email: deepraj.mukherjee@waldorf.edu

Education:
Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Memphis, August 2010
M.A. in Economics, University of Memphis, July 2007
M.S. in Applied Economics, University of Calcutta, Presidency College, India, May 2005
B.S. in Economics (Honors), Mathematics, Statistics, University of Calcutta, India, May 2003

Biography:
Dr. Deepraj Mukherjee received a Ph.D. in business administration with concentration in economics from the University of Memphis. He joined the business department at Waldorf College in 2010. Dr. Mukherjee received the prestigious Barbara Tuckman Fellowship award while working on his PhD in business at the University of Memphis. He was also awarded a national scholarship of merit by the Government of India.

Teaching Philosophy:
The guiding principle of Dr. Mukherjee’s teaching philosophy is to create a classroom environment that stimulates interest inbusiness, and help students in envision important factors that influence today’s business.

Courses Taught:

Macroeconomics	Microeconomics
International Business	International Economics
International Trade	Production/Operations Management
Introduction to Business	International Management

Research Presentations:
81st Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association in Washington DC, 2011
Federation of Business Disciplines Conference in Houston, TX, 2011
80th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association in Atlanta, GA, 2010
79th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association in San Antonio, Texas, 2009
73rd Annual Meetings of the Midwest Annual Meetings in Cleveland, Ohio, 2009
European Association for Comparative Economic Studies Workshop in Perugia, Italy, 2009
78th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association in Washington D.C., 2008
77th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association in New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007
6th World Health Economic Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark

Refereed Publications:
“Is Informal Institution a determinant of Financial Development? A Panel Analysis with Emerging Countries,” with Nabamita Dutta, published at Applied Economics Letters
“Leading virtual teams: How do social, cognitive, and behavioral capabilities matter?” with Debmalya Mukherjee, Somnath Lahiri, and Tejinder Billing, forthcoming at Management Decision
“Development of Inter organizational Trust in Virtual Organizations: An Integrative Framework,” with Debmalya Mukherjee, Robert Wenn, and Ben L. Kedia, accepted at European Business Review
“Do Formal and Informal Institutions Jointly Matter for Financial Development?” with Nabamita Dutta, under review at European Journal of Political Economy
“The PTA Factor: Role of Preferential Trade Agreements in the Trade-Institution Relation,” with Nabamita Dutta and Sanjukta Roy, submitted at European Journal of Development Research