Doctor Vanita Yadav
Research/Senior Research Fellow People Centred Sustainable Precinct Design,
Urban Transformation Research Centre
Biography
Dr Vanita Yadav is a Senior Research Fellow/ Senior Lecturer at the Urban Transformations Research Centre and also teaches in the School of Business, Western Sydney University. She specializes in strategic management, innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and governance. Vanita has more than 12 years of diverse experience in research and academia spanning multiple countries like Australia, the USA and India. She is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright fellowship award for postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in the area of sustainability driven entrepreneurship and innovation. She was also a research affiliate at the South Asia Institute, Harvard University for her work on innovation management 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 Management and Innovation discipline at the School of Business & Law, Central Queensland University Australia, and founding leader of a Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Strategy & Policy area chairperson at IRMA India.
At Western Sydney University, Dr Vanita is currently working on research projects examining issues of multi-stakeholder governance for climate challenges (like heat and housing), sustainable strategies for enhancing urban green spaces, regenerative business models for sustainable development, and sustainability and entrepreneurship. She has 50+ research publication outputs including Best Paper Awards, supervises Business PhDs and also serves on editorial boards, and speaks at international events as a keynote speaker and expert panelist.
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Professional Memberships
- Healthy Urban Environments Collaboratory (HUE) (2023)
- Australian Fulbright Alumni Association (2023)
- Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), Western Sydney University (2023)
- Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (2023)
Awards
- Mid-Career Researcher Fellow, Central Queensland University Australia 2020-11-06
- Best Doctoral Thesis Paper Award, COSMAR, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore INDIA 2007-12-13
- Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA 2013-07-18
- Research Affiliate Fellow, South Asia Institute, Harvard University, USA 2012-07-18
Interests
- Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Governance
- Innovation Management
- Strategic Management
- Sustainable Development
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Urban Transformation Research Centre
Committees
- Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chains, Central Queensland University Australia
- International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy
- International Journal of Rural Management
- IMA Educational Case Journal
Contact
| Email: | vanita.yadav@westernsydney.edu.au |
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Teaching
Current Teaching Areas
- 200919 Innovation and Professional Practice
Publications
Books
- Unni, J., Yadav, V., Naik, R. and Dutta, S. (2021), 'Women Entrepreneurship in the Indian Middle Class: Interdisciplinary Perspectives', : Orient BlackSwan 9789354421457.
Chapters in Books
- Yadav, V. (2023), 'SME sustainability in turbulent times of COVID-19 : a review of literature and future directions', Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and Business Uncertainty: Just Surviving or Thriving?, Palgrave Macmillan 9789819948437.
- Yadav, N. and Yadav, V. (2017), 'Higher education and sustainable development : an exploratory study of Indian management institutions', Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education. Volume 4, Springer 9783319478760.
- Yadav, V. (2013), 'Research review : globally distributed requirements engineering and agility', Business Innovation, Development, and Advancement in the Digital Economy, Business Science Reference 9781466629349.
Journal Articles
- Goyal, P., Gupta, P. and Yadav, V. (2023), 'Antecedents to heuristics : decoding the role of herding and prospect theory for Indian millennial investors', Review of Behavioral Finance, vol 15, no 1 , pp 79 - 102.
- Le, H., Gopalan, N., Lee, J., Kirige, I., Haque, A., Yadav, V. and Lambropoulos, V. (2023), 'Impact of work and non-work support on employee well-being : the moderating role of perceived organizational support', Sustainability, vol 15, no 22 .
- Walker, G., Rahman, A., Yadav, V. and Akbar, D. (2023), 'Rise and fall of the dairy industry in New South Wales : a supply-demand relationship analysis', Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, vol 29, no 1 , pp 27 - 48.
- Yadav, V., Unni, J., Naik, R. and Dutta, S. (2022), 'Gender differentials in entrepreneurship : insights from a multi-method study', Journal of Entrepreneurship, vol 31, no 1 , pp 30 - 64.
- Shaikh, A., Modi, P., Yadav, V. and Kumar, P. (2018), 'A paradigmatic and methodological examination of market orientation research', Marketing Review, vol 18, no 3-4 , pp 371 - 400.
- Shaikh, A., Biswas, S., Yadav, V. and Mishra, D. (2017), 'Measuring fairness in franchisor-franchisee relationship : a confirmatory approach', International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, vol 45, no 2 , pp 158 - 176.
- Yadav, V. (2017), 'Saral Rozgar : jobs on mobile phone for the blue-collared workers', Vikalpa, vol 42, no 3 , pp 164 - 167.
- Yadav, V. and Unni, J. (2016), 'Women entrepreneurship : research review and future directions', Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, vol 6, no 12 .
- Banerjee, S., Yadav, V. and Banerjee, S. (2016), 'A social marketing framework for innovation and technology adoption : the case of agricultural extension in India', Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics, vol 4, no 2 , pp 63 - 82.
- Yadav, V. (2016), 'A flexible management approach for globally distributed software projects', Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, vol 17, no 1 , pp 29 - 40.
- Yadav, V., Adya, M., Nath, D. and 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, vol 39, no 1 , pp 188 - 213.
- Mitra, S., Yadav, V. and Biswas, S. (2015), 'Child in need institute (CINI) : changing lives of homeless children on railway stations', South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, vol 4, no 1 , pp 122 - 134.
- Shah, T., Kumar, M., Yadav, V. and Venkatesh, A. (2015), 'Celebrating a decade of research in rural management', International Journal of Rural Management, vol 11, no 1 , pp 1 - 2.
- Yadav, V. (2015), 'Social entrepreneurship : innovative solutions to social problems', International Journal of Rural Management, vol 11, no 2 , pp 83 - 84.
- Yadav, V. and Goyal, P. (2015), 'User innovation and entrepreneurship : case studies from rural India', Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, vol 4, no 1 .
- 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, vol 6, no 1 , pp 38 - 48.
- Yadav, V. (2014), 'Learning in a global cross-cultural work environment : the expatriate experience', Journal of Business and Economic Policy, vol 1, no 2 , pp 70 - 78.
- Goyal, P. and Yadav, V. (2014), 'To be or not to be a woman entrepreneur in a developing country?', Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management, vol 2, no 2 , pp 68 - 78.
- Yadav, V., Adya, M., Sridhar, V. and Nath, D. (2013), 'Control, process facilitation, and requirements change in offshore requirements analysis : the provider perspective', Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, vol 14, no 3 , pp 30 - 47.
- Shah, T., Modi, P., Kumar, M. and Yadav, V. (2012), 'Message from the new editorial team', International Journal of Rural Management, vol 8, no 1 & 2 , pp 1 - 2.
- Yadav, V. and Metri, B. (2010), 'Outsourcing contract success : a quality management perspective', International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy, vol 1, no 4 , pp 41 - 53.
- Yadav, V., Adya, M., Sridhar, V. and Nath, D. (2009), 'Flexible global software development (GSD) : antecedents of success in requirements analysis', Journal of Global Information Management, vol 17, no 1 , pp 1 - 31.
- Yadav, V. and Gupta, R. (2008), 'A paradigmatic and methodological review of research in outsourcing', Information Resources Management Journal, vol 21, no 1 , pp 27 - 43.
Conference Papers
- Dutta, S., Unni, J. and Yadav, V. (2024), 'Entrepreneurial intentions of female students in Indian higher education institutions : the impact of entrepreneurial education, family background and attitudes', Advancing Human Development in the Global South, New Delhi, India.
- Yadav, V., Adya, M., Unni, J. and Morrison, N. (2023), 'What is your true entrepreneurial identity? : the conundrum of femininity and identity in female entrepreneurs', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. International Conference, Wellington, N.Z..
- Morrison, N., Harris, P., Yadav, V., Jacques, K., Bruinsma, J. and Gee, K. (2023), 'Maximising climate governance for liveability : heat mitigation in Western Sydney, Australia', State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference, Wellington, N.Z..
- Walker, G., Akbar, D., Yadav, V. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Australian dairy business models : research review and future directions for survival and sustainability', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. Conference, Gold Coast, Qld..
- Vera, I., Chapman, R. and Yadav, V. (2021), 'Has COVID-19 made SMEs more open to ICT adoption? : insights from the Philippines', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. International Conference, Virtual Online.
- Yadav, V. and Goyal, P. (2017), 'User innovation : an inquiry in the rural context', Academy of Management. Conference, Vancouver, B.C..
- Yadav, V. (2013), 'Unique identification project for 1.2 billion people in india : enabling big bang 'inclusive' innovations', Strategic Management Society. Conference, Switzerland.
- Yadav, V., Adya, M., Nath, D. and Sridhar, V. (2007), 'Investigating an 'agile-rigid' approach in globally distributed requirements analysis', Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Auckland, N.Z..
Research Projects, PhD Supervision and Teaching Areas:
- Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Regenerative, Inclusive and Sustainable Business
- Sustainability and Climate Governance
This information has been contributed by Doctor Yadav.
Media
| Title: | Media mention |
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| Description: | Singapore largest omnichannel media network SPH Media for their Daily Newspaper Lianhe Zaobao (print and online) published a piece titled Taylor Swift takes the Little Red Dot by storm. Dr Vanita Yadav is quoted for her insights on how global entertainment events shape economy and sociocultural fabric of cities. |
| Title: | Case Study: Harvard Business Review Online |
| Description: | Tecnovate: Challenges of Business Process Outsourcing |
| Title: | Case Study: Harvard Business Review Online |
| Description: | Corporate Governance Failure at Satyam |
| Title: | Working Paper: South Asia Institute at Harvard University |
| Description: | Yadav, V. (2013). Unique Identification Project for 1.2 billion People in India. |
| Title: | Podcast |
| Description: | Barriers & opportunities for female led businesses. Who gets to be an entrepreneur? According to the World Bank, just one in three businesses globally is owned by a woman. And in South Asia, the figure is as low as 18 per cent. On this episode, Dr Vanita Yadav explains the cultural and social expectations that hold women back from taking the leap into entrepreneurship. But the right support and education can boost female-led businesses into the big time. |