Digital transformation among Indian MSMEs has accelerated dramatically since COVID-19, yet aggregate data mask substantial heterogeneity in transformation depth, quality, and performance outcomes. This study examines dig…
Supply Chain Resilience Strategies and Post-Disruption Recovery — Lessons from Indian Pharmaceutical and Automotive Industries
Kavitha Sundaram, Prabhu Nataraj, Anjali Krishnan
COVID-19 exposed critical supply chain vulnerabilities in India's globally integrated manufacturing sectors. Five years on, the Red Sea crisis (December 2023–2024), Taiwan Strait tensions, and post-pandemic chip su…
Board Composition, Corporate Governance Quality, and Firm Value — Panel Evidence from NSE-Listed Indian Companies
Corporate governance has been at the forefront of Indian capital market regulation since the Clause 49 reforms of 2004, the Companies Act 2013, and SEBI's Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) Regulation…
Employee Engagement and Organizational Performance — Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms
Priya Nair, Suresh Babu Krishnamurthy, Meenakshi Rajan
Employee engagement has emerged as a foremost determinant of organisational performance in the post-pandemic landscape, yet its measurement, antecedents, and productivity consequences remain underexplored in India's larg…
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Quality and Technology Startup Survival in India
India’s startup ecosystem has expanded from 471 DPIIT-recognised startups in 2016 to over 1,17,000 in March 2024, making it the third-largest globally by recognised startup count. This rapid quantitative expansion …
Dual Mediation Through Green Organisational Identification and Environmental Psychological Ownership in Indian Manufacturing Firms
The manufacturing sector accounts for approximately 27% of India’s total greenhouse gas emissions and is subject to escalating environmental regulatory pressure through the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s Perfo…
Panel Data Evidence from NSE-500 Firms Using Fixed Effects and Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation
Swati Verma
India’s corporate governance landscape has undergone substantive regulatory evolution through SEBI’s Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) Regulations 2015, subsequent amendments mandating at…
A Mixed-Methods Study of Disruption Response Capabilities Across Auto Ancillary, Pharmaceutical, and FMCG Sectors Post-COVID-19
Ravi Shankar Mishra, Arun Babu
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic fragility in Indian manufacturing supply chains: automobile plants in Chennai and Pune suspended production for 6-12 weeks due to semiconductor and wiring harness shortages from Eas…
A PLS-SEM Investigation of Digital Transformation Intensity as a Mediator Among NSE-Listed Firms
Ananya Bhattacharya
Digital transformation has emerged as the defining strategic imperative of the current decade for listed Indian corporations, yet empirical evidence on the specific leadership and organisational capabilities that convert…
Algorithmic Bias in AI-Driven Recruitment Systems in India
Namrata Singh Bhattacharya, Rajeev Krishnaswamy
Artificial intelligence-based applicant tracking systems (ATS) and automated resume screening tools have achieved widespread adoption in Indian corporate recruitment, with estimates suggesting that over 73% of large Indi…