PhD, IITD; M. Com, Delhi University; B. Com(H), Delhi University
Email: samta.jain@fsm.ac.in
Contact: 011-46485503
Total Years of Experience
5 years
Brief description of Experience
Dr Samta Jain is an Assistant Professor in the area of Finance at FORE School of
Management. She is a PhD (Finance) from the Department of Management Studies, Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi, in the area of Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions. Her PhD
thesis has been awarded the distinction in Doctoral Research by IITD and has also been
nominated for Amit Garg Memorial Research Award. She is a dual post-graduate (M. Com
and PGDM) in the area of finance. Dr Jain is UGC NET qualified with JRF and has received
research fellowship during her doctoral studies. She has published several research papers in
various International journals such as Emerging Markets Review, International Journal of
Emerging Markets, Journal of Business Strategy, Global Journal of Flexible Systems
Management, Review of International Business Studies. She also has a few book chapters in
Springer books to her credit. She has presented her work in various conferences of national as
well as international repute. She has also contributed as a quantitative research analyst in the
public policy area of education.
Dr Samta Jain is an academician with more than 5 years of experience in teaching, research
and consultancy. Dr Jain has been teaching courses on Financial Accounting, Corporate
Finance, Managerial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Business Valuation,
Working Capital Management, Investment Banking and others. She has also undertaken
management development programs for public sector managers.
Research Interest Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, ESG, Financial Inclusion and Financial
Stability, Fintech etc.
Consulting Interest Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions, Post-acquisition Integration, Business Valuation, Working Capital
Management, Capital Budgeting, Costing etc.
Selected Publications
1) Jain, S., Kashiramka, S., & Jain, P. K. (2020). Do Frequent Acquirers Outperform in Cross-Border Acquisitions? A Study of Indian Companies. Review of International Business and Strategy, Emerald 30(4), 491-514. https://doi.org/10.1108/RIBS-12-2019-0160 (Category C Journal, ABDC)
2) Jain, S., Lall, M., & Singh, A. (2020). Teachers’ Voices on the Impact of COVID-19 on School Education: Are Ed-Tech Companies Really the Panacea? Contemporary Education Dialogue, 1-32. (Scopus indexed)
3) Jain, S., Kashiramka, S., & Jain, P. K. (2019). Wealth Effects on Cross-border Acquisition Firms from Emerging Economies. Emerging Markets Review, 40, 100621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2019.100621 (Category A Journal, ABDC)
4) Jain, S., Kashiramka, S., & Jain, P. K. (2019). Cross Border M&As: Integration Practices from Emerging Economies. Journal of Business Strategy, Emerald 41(3), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-01-2019-0018 (Category B Journal, ABDC)
5) Jain, S., Kashiramka, S., & Jain, P. K. (2018). Impact of Organizational Learning and Absorptive Capacity on the Abnormal Returns of Acquirers: Evidence from Cross-border Acquisitions by Indian Companies. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer 19(4), 289-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-018-0193-9
6) Jain, S. (2018). Financial Inclusion in India- Contemporary Issues and Challenges. Research Bulletin, ICAI 44(3), 36-52.
7) Jain, S., Kashiramka, S., & Jain, P. K. (2019) Strategic Flexibility through Cross-Border Acquisitions: Market Response in Indian Context, in P. K. Suri, and Rajan Yadav (Eds.), Transforming Organizations through Flexible Systems Management, Flexible Systems Management, Springer: New Delhi.
This chapter was also presented at Seventeenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management organized by Delhi School of Management, Delhi Technological University, Delhi from 11-13 December 2017
8) Jain, S., Kashiramka, S., & Jain, P. K. (2018) Corporate Strategies: Evidence from Indian Cross-border Acquisitions, Flexible Strategies in VUCA Markets under the Book Series on Flexible Systems Management (Published by Springer).
This chapter was also presented at International Conference on Strategies in Volatile and Uncertain Environment for Emerging Markets, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India from 14 -15 July, 2017
9) Anand, K., Bali, M., Banerji, A., Ranjan, M., Jain, S., Khan, F., Singh, A. and Lall, M. (2019). Impact of Covid 19 on School Education in India. Accessible at: https://www.irdse.org/front/Policy-Brief-Covid-19-and-School-Education-final-new.pdf
10) Ranjan, M., Anand, K., Bali, M., Banerji, A., Jain, S., Khan, F., Singh, A. and Lall, M. (2019). COVID-19 and its Impact on Higher Education in India. Accessible at: https://www.irdse.org/front/Covid-19-and-its-impact-on-Higher-Education.pdf
