Teaching
Empirical Management Research in Sports Contexts - PhD elective
Competitive Strategy: the Game of Poker (CSP) - MBA elective
Patterns of Strategy and Sports (POSS) - MBA elective
Philosophy of Manaagement (POM) - PhD core
Design Thinking and Innovation (DTI) - MBA core
Strategy Analytics (SA) - Exec MBA elective
Corporate / Public Sector Leadership
Trustee, Aspire Foundation.
Advisor, Sports Education and Promotion Trust (SEPT). Implementation partner of Directorate of Sports and Youth Affaris, Govt of Kerala
Conferences, Seminars & Talks
Mukherjee S. & Dhayanithy D. 2017. How Does Inter-organizational Network Moderate TMT-Entry Mode Choice Relationship? Board Interlocks Effects on Internationalization of Indian Firms. Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Dubai, UAE.
Bhagyanathan A., Kasthurba A. K., Thampi S. G., Dhayanithy D. 2017. Sacred Groves by Design - Community Participation for Resilient Landscapes. Peri-Urban Development, IGCS, IIT Madras, India.
Bhagyanathan A., Kasthurba A. K., Thampi S. G., Dhayanithy D. 2017. Sacred Groves and Ecological Design - Cultural Insights for Stormwater Regulation. ISOLA Annual Conference, Panjim, Goa.
Dhayanithy D. & Mukherjee S. 2016. Network Memory, Cultural Distance and the Ebb and Flow of International Resources - Evidence from 20 years of Professional Player Transfers to Big-five European Soccer Leagues. ICOM2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Dhayanithy D. & Singh V. 2015. Accentuated Loss Aversion in PGA Tournaments - Is there a Veteran-Rookie Divide? Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SAMAANZ) Conference, Hobart, Australia.
Dhayanithy D. & Ashok DS. 2015. Attending classes in a premier management institution - content or convenience? An Action Research. 12th AIMS International Conference on Management, Kozhikode, India.
Dhayanithy D. & Singh V. 2015. Accentuated Loss Aversion in PGA Tournaments - Does Company Matter? MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) 2015, Boston, US.
Academic Positions
Chairperson, Fellow Program in Management (FPM), Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
Significant Publications
Bhagyanathan & Dhayanithy, 2023. A canal, urban sprawl & wetland Loss: the case of Kozhikode, India from colonialism to climate change era. AREA (forthcoming)
Football: Technology, rules, tactics, migration and human agency of the Beautiful Game, Forbes India,, Thought leadership series, Mar 2023
Bhagyanathan A & Dhayanithy D, 2023. Association of Socioeconomic factors, State of the environment and Disaster occurrences with Environmental Attitudes in Kerala, India. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 87 (Mar 2023)
Sharan Kushagra; Dhayanithy D; Sethi D. 2023. Inter-relationship between Strategic Factors, Technology and Organizational Learning: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Knowledge Management , forthcoming
Yadav S, Dhayanithy D. 2023. Do IPL teams escalate commitment for costly players? When does player status and reputation matter? IIMB Management Review, forthcoming
Amblee N, Ertl H, Dhayanithy D. 2022. A More Relevant MBA. The Role of Across-the-Curriculum Delivery of Intercompetency Coursework in Aligning the Required Curriculum With Required Managerial Competencies. Journal of Management Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629221121700.
Why Indian B-Schools must play an active role in larger climate action dialogue, Forbes India, Thought Leadership series, IIM Kozhikode, Nov 2022
Ramachandran, R., Dhayanithy, D. (2022). Psychological Undercurrents in the Struggles Faced by Women Employees in Fulfilling Their Career Aspirations: An Image Theatre-Based Exploration. In: Sia, S.K., Crane, L.S., Jain, A.K., Bano, S. (eds) Understanding Psychology in the Context of Relationship, Community, Workplace and Culture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2693-8_13
Krishnan & Dhayanithy, 2022. Book review: S. Ninan & V. Anand, 2019, Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life. IIMK Society & Management Review, 11(1)
Dhayanithy D. 2021. Strategy Huddle: Management Lessons from Sports, SAGE - IIMK Corporate / Public Sector Leadership Series, Ed. Chatterjee D., SAGE
Dhayanithy D & Mukerjee S. 2020. Network memory, cultural distance and the ebb and flow of international resources - Evidence from 20 years of professional player transfers to big-five European soccer leagues. European Management Journal 38 (2).
Amblee N & Dhayanithy D. 2018. How Faculty Members Develop Views on Internationalization: The Case of a Top-Ranked Indian Business School. Research in Comparative & International Education, 13 (3), 397-417.
Bhagyanathan, A.; Kasthurba, A. K.; Thampi, SG.; Dhayanithy, D. 2018. Terrain attributes of sacred grove locations point towards conscious spatial delineation. Current Science, 114 (5): 957-959.
Dhayanithy D. 2018. Review of the book Understanding Sport Management: International Perspectives, 1st ed., Bradbury T. & O Boyle I. Routledge NY US (2017). Sport Management Review 21 (1).
Bhagyanathan M, Dhayanithy D, Parambath VA, Bijayraj R. 2017. Acanthosis nigricans: A screening test for insulin resistance - An important risk factor for diabetes mellitus type-2. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 6 (1): 43-46.
Dhayanithy D. 2017. Review of the book Managing Intercollegiate Athletics, 2nd ed., D. Covell, S. Walker. Holcomb Hathaway, Arizona, US (2016). Sport Management Review (in press), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2017.03.001
Bhagyanathan A, Kasthurba AK, Thampi SG, Dhayanithy D. 2017. Sacred groves in peri-urban areas: an opportunity for resilient urban ecosystems. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 10 (1): 75 - 82.
Dhayanithy D & Singh V. 2015. Accentuated loss aversion in PGA tournaments: does company matter. MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Boston, MA. http://www.sloansportsconference.com/?p=16585
Dhayanithy D & Anderson B. 2013. Aspire Foundation - Charting a Social Bricoleur,s Growth. Ivey Cases.
Dhayanithy D. 2022. Varaha Roopam’ and ‘Navarasam’ Conundrum. IIMK Cases. IIMK/CS/170/SM/2022/07
Entrepreneur Voice – keeping cool in the desert. In conversation with Arya Nishant , Case Studies, 2022
Keeping cool in the desert – embarking on an entrepreneurial journey , Case Studies, 2022
Pedagogical Innovation – the case of Simultaneous Tournaments , Case Studies, 2022
Stump Talk , Case Studies, 2022
Completed Projects
Environmental Attitudes in Kerala. Study funded by Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, India. Co-investigator. https://icssr.org/impactful-policy-research-social-science-impress
Research Areas
Strategy, Analytics
Sport, Poker
Health, Environment
Patents
Erbey WE, Faris RM, Pandey A, Saluja A, Dhayanithy D, Chawla S, Carter SE. 2014. Method and System for an Integrated Approach to Collections Cycle Optimization. US Patent no: 8838491.
Erbey WC, Pandey A, Saluja A, Gupta A, Dhayanithy D, Guglani R, Giri S, Dhall S. 2011. Apparatus and Method for Modelling Loan Attributes. US Patent Application no: 20110047058.
Current Projects
Indian Knowledge Systems Approach to Deep Ecology: Integrating Sacred Geography and Sustainability (funded by Ministry of Education, Govt of India)
Co-Principal Investigator
