Ashish Malik is Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle Australia, and his research interests lie in strategic human resource management and human resource development, international human resource management, people management in high-tech services sector, strategic capabilities and resources. Dr. Malik has collaborated with a number of leading academics from the UK, New Zealand, China, and India, and is on the editorial board of the Asian Business & Management, and Journal of Asian Business Studies and Jindal Journal of Business Research, and is the Area Editor of Journal of Asia Business Studies. Dr Malik has co-edited and authored several books on HRM practices and its relationship with business models, human capital formation, and culture in the context of service firms operating in India.