Business Research Talk

Seyed Emadi

Business Research Talk is a podcast about how business school research actually gets made, and how it reaches the classroom. Each episode is a conversation with a researcher about a specific line of work: what they set out to do, what surprised them along the way, what they learned that did not make it into the paper, and how it shapes what they teach. Guests come from business schools and from industry research teams, across strategy, finance, accounting, marketing, operations, organizational behavior, information systems, and economics. The show is for anyone interested in business research and education, whether you work in a school, in industry, or simply want to follow how ideas about organizations take shape. Hosted by Seyed Emadi, Associate Professor of Operations Management at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. More at https://businessresearchtalk.com

Episodes

  1. Oct 3

    Saravanan Kesavan on Research, AI, and Why MBA Students Must Become Builders | Ep. 1

    In the first episode of Business Research Talk, I sit down with Saravanan Kesavan, Dean of BITS School of Management (BITSoM) in Mumbai and my longtime colleague at UNC Kenan-Flagler. We talk about how he convinced a national retail chain to run a randomized scheduling experiment across 28 stores, what it takes to do research inside real companies, and why he thinks AI makes it urgent for MBA students to become builders, not just learners. He also shares why he believes the biggest open question for researchers today is how organizations actually adopt AI, and how his research training still shapes his work as a dean. Plus: his first-night food pick for Mumbai. 🎧 More episodes: https://businessresearchtalk.com

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About

Business Research Talk is a podcast about how business school research actually gets made, and how it reaches the classroom. Each episode is a conversation with a researcher about a specific line of work: what they set out to do, what surprised them along the way, what they learned that did not make it into the paper, and how it shapes what they teach. Guests come from business schools and from industry research teams, across strategy, finance, accounting, marketing, operations, organizational behavior, information systems, and economics. The show is for anyone interested in business research and education, whether you work in a school, in industry, or simply want to follow how ideas about organizations take shape. Hosted by Seyed Emadi, Associate Professor of Operations Management at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. More at https://businessresearchtalk.com

Information

  • Creator
    Seyed Emadi
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Seyed Emadi
  • Show Website
    Business Research Talk