Sonali Kaur Bhatia

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Strategy Department at IE Business School- IE University. My research interest centers on corporate strategy, particularly corporate diversification, with a specific emphasis on resource redeployment. The two key questions that I investigate in my dissertation are: (1) how dynamics of capital redeployment influence a firms' business segment disclosure strategy, and (2) how vertical and horizontal organizational configurations—such as the number of organizational layers and the degree of functional concentration—affect the relationship between inducements and corporate value.

My research has been presented at various conferences such as the Academy of Management and Strategic Management Society. My paper titled ““Examining the Impact of Capital Redeployment on Strategic Business Segment Disclosures”, was nominated for the SMS Annual Conference Paper Prize in 2023. Another paper titled “Unpacking the Organizational Factors Shaping Firm Value in Multi-Business Firms”, earned a nomination for the SMS Annual Conference Ph.D. Paper Prize, in 2024.