Smita Trivedi

Title: Adjunct Professor, Doctoral Candidate
Department: Strategic Management and Public Policy
Address: Funger Hall Suite 615
E-mail: trivedi@gwu.edu
Phone: (202) 994-6677

 

Degrees:
Ph.D. in Business Administration, GWU expected 2013
Ed.M. in Administration, Planning and Social Policy, Harvard University 2004
B.A. in Public Policy Studies, Spanish, and Secondary Education, Duke
University 2001

Area of Expertise: Base of the Pyramid Strategy, International Business Ethics

Working Papers:
“Ethical Employee Behavior through Social Network Analysis”

“Bases of Trust within Social Networks” (with Dr. Michelle Westermann-Behaylo)

“Tool of the Devil or Instrument of Peace” (with Dr. Timothy Fort and Lili Yan)
Book chapter on Effect of Globalization and Business on Peace

Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases Book Review (with Dr. Jennifer J. Griffin)

“Palm Oil Perspectives” Teaching case (with Gaston de Los Reyes and Alberto Willi)

Teaching Experience:
The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- Adjunct Professor - Strategy Formulation and Implementation Fall 2012
- Teaching Assistant to Dr. Timothy Fort
- “Reflections on the Federal Reserve” Spring 2012
- Global MBA Business Ethics Fall 2011
- MBA elective entitled “Cultural Norms in Global Business” Spring 2011

Social Studies Teacher, Sunnyvale, New York City and Bangalore (2001-2003, 2004-2006).

Honors and Awards: 
Founders Award Recipient, Society for Business Ethics August 2011.
Doctoral Fellow, The George Washington University School of Business 2009-2013.
Urban Policy Graduate Intern, White House Domestic Policy Council 2009.

Current Research:
Trust networks in the BoP