Dr Vanita Yadav
Dr Vanita Yadav is a Senior Research Fellow (Senior Lecturer- Research) at the Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University. She specialises in Sustainable Business Strategies, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Strategy and Business Model Innovation. She has more than 12 years of diverse experience in research and academia spanning three countries- Australia, the USA and India. Dr Vanita is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright fellowship award for research in sustainable entrepreneurship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. She was also a research affiliate at the South Asia Institute, Harvard University for her work on inclusive innovation which was cited by the government of India. She has led and worked on interdisciplinary international research projects/grants like the US State-Fulbright Foundation, the Government of India, the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the European Union, CRC and others. Dr Vanita has held many leadership positions, like Discipline Leader of the Management and Innovation discipline at the School of Business & Law, Central Queensland University Australia, and founding Chairperson/coordinator of a Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Policy Area Chairperson at IRMA India. She has 50+ research publication outputs, supervises PhDs (business management area), serves on editorial boards, and speaks at international events as a keynote speaker and expert panellist.
Research Focus
- Business Model
- Innovation Entrepreneurship
- Innovation Management
- Strategic Management
- Sustainable Development
Recent Awards and Recognition
- Fulbright Research Fellowship Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA 2013.
- Mid-Career Researcher Fellow, Central Queensland University Australia 2020.
- Best Doctoral Thesis Paper Award, COSMAR, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore INDIA 2007.
- Teaching Award- Student Voice Commendation 'On-campus Educator of the Year' Award, Central Queensland University Australia 2019.
Selected Publications
Unni, J., Yadav, V., Naik, R. & Dutta (Nov 2021). Women Entrepreneurship in the Indian Middle Class: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Orient BlackSwan. *Research Book based on findings of Indian Council of Social Sciences Research funded project, Chief Investigators- Unni & Yadav.
Yadav, V., Unni, J., Naik, R. & Dutta, S. (2022). Gender differentials in entrepreneurship: Insights from a multi-method study. The Journal of Entrepreneurship, Sage. https://doi.org/10.1177/09713557211069283
Yadav, V. & Unni, J. (2016). Women Entrepreneurship: Research Review and Future Directions. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 6(12). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40497-016-0055-x
Yadav, V., Adya, M., Nath, D., & Sridhar, V. (2016). Considerations for Effective Requirements Analysis in offshore software development projects: Lessons from multi-method research. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Issue 39. . https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03911
Yadav, V. (2016). A Flexible Management Approach for Globally Distributed Software Projects. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 17(1), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-015-0118-9
Yadav, V. & Goyal, P (2015). User Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Case studies from rural India. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 4(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-015-0018-4
Yadav, V. (2014). Unique Identification Project for 1.2 billion People in India: Can it fill Institutional Voids and enable ‘Inclusive’ Innovation? Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, 6(1), 2014. Harvard Working Paper- Open access
Banerjee, S., Yadav, V. & Banerjee, S.C. (2015). A Social Marketing Framework for Innovation and Technology Adoption- Case of Agricultural Extension in India. Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics, 4(2), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.22381/JSME4220163
Yadav, V. & Gupta, Rajen K. (2008). A Paradigmatic and Methodological Review of Research in Outsourcing. Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), 21(1), 27-43.https://doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2008010102
Yadav, V. & Baxi, CV (2010). Corporate Governance Failure at Satyam. Case Study. Harvard Business Review and Asia Case Research Centre, University of Hong Kong. Business Case Studies collection.
