Subi Rangan

Subi Rangan is a professor of strategy & management at INSEAD. He received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University. In his research, Subi explores the evolution of capitalism and in particular how enterprises and all economic actors may better integrate performance and progress. In 2013 he initiated the Society for Progress, a fellowship of eminent philosophers, social scientists, and business leaders (www.societyforprogress.org). They have published three volumes respectively entitled Performance & Progress (Oxford University Press, 2015); Capitalism Beyond Mutuality? (OUP, 2018); and Core Assumptions in Business Theory: A Wedge between Performance & Progress (OUP, 2025). Based on this work, Subi has been developing new courses that aim to deepen not only the competence but also the character of business students and executives.

Subi’s other research explores the business economics and political sociology of transnational firms. In 1998 he won the Academy of International Business’ Eldridge Haynes Prize for the best original work in international business. In 1995 that academy awarded their Best Dissertation Award to his doctoral thesis. In 2010 his research won the Emerald award for Top 50 papers in management. He has published articles in the Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Sloan Management Review, and Harvard Business Review. Subi has served as associate editor of the Academy of Management Review, and the Global Strategy Journal. He is a member of the board of trustees of Fundação Dom Cabral, a leading business school in Brazil. He directs INSEAD’s top executive seminar AVIRA: Awareness, Vision, Imagination, Role, and Action.