Dr Babita Bhatt
Areas of expertise
- Business And Management 1503
- Organisation And Management Theory 150310
- Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation And Social Impact Assessment 160801
- Social Change 160805
Research interests
- Hybrid Business models: Social enterprises, social business, Farmer Producer companies
- Sharing Economy, Platform Economy, and emerging business models
- Community resilience, social cohesion, and intersectionality
Biography
Research Objective: My research mainly focuses on the role of innovative business models in addressing societal challenges. I explore the interaction between organizational hybridity, resource constraints, and social complexity and their effects on social outcomes.
My research has been published in many top-ranked journals including Organization Science (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50), Journal of Management Studies (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50), Organization Studies (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50), and Journal of Business Ethics (ABDC Rank: A; FT-50).
Research Grants
Social cohesion, Diversity and Inclusion, ANU Grand Challenge project, 2019 to 2023
Researcher's projects
a) Research projects
- Strengthening social cohesion in the communities through social innovation (from 2019)
- Microentrepreneur and the missing middle (Ongoing)
- Exploring Hybrid business model in Australia (Ongoing)
- Women-led social enterprise and resource acquisition (Ongoing)
- Social Impact of Social Enterprises: Exploring hybridity through Inclusive Social Capital (Ongoing)
b) Refereed Publication in 2022
- Bhatt, B, Qureshi, I, & Sutter, C. (2022). The process of building Inclusive Markets: Examining the role of social context. Journal of Management Studies (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50)
- Bhatt. B. (2022). Ethical Complexity of Social Change: Negotiated Actions of a Social Enterprise. Journal of Business Ethics [ABDC Rank: A; FT-50)
- Sutter, C, Bhatt, B, & Qureshi, I. (2022) Re-Envisioning Resources: An Exploration of Affordances and Social Complexity in Resource Scarce Settings, Organization Science, (ABDC Rank: A*; FT-50)
- Qureshi, I., Bhatt, B., Parthiban, R., Sun, R., Shukla, D. M., Hota, P., & Xu, Z. (2022). Knowledge Commoning: Scaffolding and Technoficing to Overcome Challenges of Knowledge Curation. Information and Organization (ABDC Rank: A*)
c) Co-Edited Books
- Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid: Opportunity and Challenges, Singapore: Springer Nature.
- Causes and Symptoms of Socio-Cultural Polarization: Role of Information and Communication Technologies, Springer Nature.
Publications
- Bhardwaj, A, Mishra, S, Qureshi, I, Kumar, K K, Konrad, A., Siedel, M D, Bhatt, B 2021, 'Bridging Caste Divides: Middle-Status Ambivalence, Elite Closure, and Lower-Status Social Withdrawal', Journal of Management Studies, vol. 58, no. 8 Special , pp. 2111-2136.
- Parth, S, Manoharan, B, Parthiban, R, Qureshi, I, Bhatt, B, Rakshit, K. 2021, 'Digital technology-enabled transformative consumer responsibilisation: a case study', European Journal of Marketing, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 2538-2565.
- Parthiban, R, Qureshi, I, Bandyopadhyay, S et al. 2020, 'Leveraging ICT to Overcome Complementary Institutional Voids: Insights from Institutional Work by a Social Enterprise to Help Marginalized', Information Systems Frontiers, vol. 22, pp. 633-655.
- Bhatt, B, Qureshi, I & Riaz, S 2019, 'Social entrepreneurship in non-munificent institutional environments and implications for institutional work: Insights from China', Journal of Business Ethics.
- Qureshi, I, Sutter, C & Bhatt, B 2018, 'The Transformative Power of Knowledge Sharing in Settings of Poverty and Social Inequality', Organization Studies, pp. 1-25.
- Qureshi, I, Kistruck, G & Bhatt, B 2016, 'The Enabling and Constraining Effects of Social Ties in the Process of Institutional Entrepreneurship', Organization Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 425-447pp.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- World Vision Technical Support to Evidence Building on the SGB/MMM Project (Secondary Investigator)
