Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Balagopal Vissa
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Chair, Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise Area
Contact
Email: balagopal.vissa@insead.edu
Phone: +65 6799 5382
Campus: Singapore
Research Areas
Building effective entrepreneurial teams and networks, Business group networks, Entrepreneurial leadership in emerging markets
Teaching Areas
New Venture Formation and Growth, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Expert in Using Simulation based Approach to Teach Entrepreneurship
Biography
Bala Vissa is Associate Professor and Chair of the Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise Area at INSEAD. His research and teaching interests focus on entrepreneurial leadership in the context of creating and growing new ventures. He is an invited speaker and advises / mentors start-up teams on these topics.
Prof. Vissa has received numerous research awards and serves on the editorial review boards of leading academic journals. He teaches topics related to leadership and new venture creation & growth in the MBA program as well as in executive training programs, using a variety of approaches including simulations and case based learning. Currently he is directing INSEAD Leadership Programme for Senior Executives - India and Certificate in Leadership Effectiveness.
Prior to finishing his doctoral studies at London Business School, Prof. Vissa was involved in setting up and growing new businesses in different specialty chemical niches for Unilever in India.
