{"id":10091,"date":"2024-08-06T16:45:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/nalin-kulatilaka\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:09:26","slug":"nalin-kulatilaka","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/nalin-kulatilaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Nalin Kulatilaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nalin Kulatilaka\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/KulatilakaNalin.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-353-4603      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:nalink@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          nalink@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/FE_Kulatilaka_Nalin_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.assette.com\/\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          536        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f22d0a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Nalin Kulatilaka<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tWing Tat Lee Family Professor in Finance\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, MIT, 1982<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MS, Harvard University, 1977<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BS, Imperial College, 1976<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kaufmann, R., Kulatilaka, N., Mittelman, M. (2023). &#8220;Evaluating hedge fund activism: Engine Number 1 and ExxonMobil&#8221;, <i>Journal of Climate Finance<\/i>, <i>5<\/i> 100018-100018<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Carwile, M., Cintron, C., Jain, K., Buonomo, G., Oliver, M., Dauphinais, M., Narasimhan, P., Prakash Babu, S., Sarkar, S., Locks, L., Kulatilaka, N., Hochberg, N., Lakshminarayanan, S., Sinha, P. (2023). &#8220;Not business as usual: Engaging the corporate sector in India&#8217;s TB elimination efforts.&#8221;, <i>Glob Public Health<\/i>, <i>18<\/i> (1),  2120405-<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Sinha, P., Lakshminarayanan, S., Cintron, C., Narasimhan, P., Locks, L., Kulatilaka, N., Maloomian, K., Prakash Babu, S., Carwile, M., Liu, A., Horsburgh, C., Acuna-Villaorduna, C., Linas, B., Hochberg, N. (2022). &#8220;Nutritional Supplementation Would Be Cost-Effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: The Ration Optimization to Impede Tuberculosis (ROTI-TB) Model.&#8221;, <i>Clin Infect Dis<\/i>, <i>75<\/i> (4),  577-585<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Sinha, P., Carwile, M., Bhargava, A., Cintron, C., Acuna-Villaorduna, C., Lakshminarayan, S., Liu, A., Kulatilaka, N., Locks, L., Hochberg, N. (2020). &#8220;How much do Indians pay for tuberculosis treatment? A cost analysis.&#8221;, <i>Public Health Action<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (3),  110-117<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kolodziej, M., Kaufmann, R., Kulatilaka, N., Bicchetti, D., Maystre, N. (2014). &#8220;Crude oil: Commodity or financial asset?&#8221;, <i>Energy Economics<\/i>, <i>46<\/i> 216-223<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kulatilaka, N., Santiago, L., Vakili, P. (2014). &#8220;Reallocating risks and returns to scale up adoption of distributed electricity resources&#8221;, <i>Energy Policy<\/i>, <i>69<\/i> 566-574<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zik, O., Kulatilaka, N. (2013). &#8220;The Sustainability Babel Fish&#8221;, <i>Sustainability Science<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (2),  295-300<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kulatilaka, N., Bugg-Levine, A., Kogut, B. (2012). &#8220;A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kulatilaka, N., Ciriello, J. (2010). &#8220;Smart Health Community: The Hidden Value of Health Information Exchange&#8221;, <i>The American Journal of Managed Care<\/i>, <i>16<\/i> 31-36<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kulatilaka, N. (2010). &#8220;Green Revolution 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges in the Green Economy&#8221;, <i>Sustainable Development Insights<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Amram, M., Kulatilaka, N. (2009). &#8220;The Invisible Green Hand: How Individual Decisions and Markets Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions&#8221;, <i>California Management Review<\/i>, <i>51<\/i> (2),  194-218<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gao, L., Lin, L., Kulatilaka, N. (2008). &#8220;Coordination mechanisms in the development of complementary technologies&#8221;, <i>International Journal of Management and Network Economics<\/i>, <i>1<\/i> (1),  44-44<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lin, L., Kulatilaka, N. (2007). &#8220;Strategic options and firm value&#8221;, <i>Managerial Finance<\/i>, <i>33<\/i> (11),  893-903<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kulatilaka, N., Lin, L. (2007). &#8220;Post-IPO Governance: Venture Capitalists&#8217; Role in Strategic Decisions&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of 11th Annual International Conference on Real Options<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Joglekar, N., Kulatilaka, N., Anderson, E. (2007). Hierarchical Planning under Uncertainty: Real Options and Heuristics.&#8221;Research Handbook of New Product Development&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Joglekar, N., Kulatilaka, N., Anderson, E. (2007). Research Handbook of New Product Development.&#8221;Research Handbook of New Product Development&#8221;, <\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Kulatilaka, N., Lin, L. (2007). 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