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Prakash Raj Paudel

Prakash Raj Paudel

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Business, History and Social Sciences
USN School of Business
Campus Vestfold
+47 35 57 53 86
Prakash Raj Paudel obtained his PhD in Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship from BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway. His research covers competitive dynamics, exploration and exploitation strategy, internationalization, innovation strategy, and entrepreneurship.

Competences

Core IT and Analytical Skills

  1. Programming and Data Analysis: Python, R, SQL, STATA
  2. Data Visualization Skills: Power BI, Python, R
  3. Machine Learning: Supervised and Unsupervised Learning using Python and R
  4. Natural Language Processing (NLP): Text Mining and Text Analysis in Python
  5. Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) using Python: Prompt Engineering and Fine-tuning
  6. Python Web Scraping
  7. Econometrics: Panel Data Econometrics and Micro Econometrics

CV

Education

2025 PhD in Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo

2019 MSc Strategy and Business Analytics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen

2015 MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Oslo, Norway

2010 Bachelor's in Information Management (BIM), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

LinkedIn profile: Prakash Raj Paudel

Publications

Orcid id:Prakash Raj Paudel (0009-0005-5599-9207) - ORCID

Publications:

  1. Paudel, P. R., & Wang, P. (2026). Follow the Tide?: Firms’ Exploration and Spatial Competition in the Product Space. Long Range Planning (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2025.102602) 

Conference Presentations:

  1. Paudel, P. R., & Wang, P. (2023). Go with the Flow: Competitive Dynamics and Firms’ Exploration. In the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2023, Boston
  2. Paudel, P. R., & Wang, P. (2024). Expanding Beyond the Primary Market: Competitive Positioning and Internationalization. In the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024, Chicago.