• Batra, S., Gupta, V. K., Kumar, V., & Pierce, C. A. (2023). Effects of founder gender and workplace romance status on recruits’ evaluations of early-stage ventures. Journal of Small Business Management.
• Chaudhary, S., Karwasara, A., Gupta, V. K., Marino, L., & Batra, S. (2023). CEO Humility, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and the Moderating Influence of Discretionary Forces in the Task Environment. Group & Organization Management.
• Batra, S., Gupta, V. K., Sharma, S., & Yadav, R. (2022). Seeds of demand-side legitimacy: when do existing companies procure from B2B startups?. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 37(12), 2432-2441.
• Javadian, G., Gupta, A., Foo, M. D., Batra, S., & Gupta, V. K. (2022). Taking the Pulse: State of the (He) art of Entrepreneurial Emotion Research. Group & Organization Management, 47(2), 255-299.
• Batra, S. (2021). Case Analysis II: AGR Challenge for Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Vision, 25(2), 258-260.
• Gupta, A., Batra, S., & Gupta, V. K. (2020). Gender, culture, and implicit theories about entrepreneurs: A cross-national investigation. Small Business Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00434-9
• Batra, S., & Yadav, R. (2019). Case Analysis-II: A Puff of Smoke, a Hole in the Pocket, Fissure in the Lungs and Profit in Millions. Vision, 23(3), 320-321.
• Batra, S., Sharma, S., Dixit, M. R., & Vohra, N. (2018). Does strategic planning determine innovation in organizations? A study of Indian SME sector. Australian Journal of Management, 43(3), 493-513.
• Chaudhary, S., & Batra, S. (2018). Absorptive capacity and small family firm performance: Exploring the mediation processes. Journal of Knowledge Management. 22(6), 1201-1216.
• Chaudhary, S., & Batra, S. (2018). Proposing a sequential operationalization of absorptive capacity. Measuring Business Excellence, 22(1), 64-74.
• Batra, S., & Sharma, S. (2017). Stronger may not be better: organizational identity strength and performance of Indian SME s. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 55(2), 234-254.
• Batra, S. (2017). How do new ventures attract and retain talented employees? The case of Shaadisaga. Human Resource Management International Digest, 25(2), 1-3.
• Batra, S. (2017). Controlling volatility but not growth: Firms’ strategic orientations. Strategic Direction, 33(3), 5-7.
• Gupta, V. K., & Batra, S. (2016). Entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance in Indian SMEs: Universal and contingency perspectives. International Small Business Journal, 34(5), 660-682.
• Batra, S., & Vohra, N. (2016). Exploring the linkages of cognitive style and individual innovativeness. Management Research Review, 39(7), 768-785.
• Batra, S. (2016). Do new ventures benefit from strategic change or persistence? A behavioral perspective. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 29(2), 310-319.
• Batra, S., Sharma, S., Dixit, M., & Vohra, N. (2016). Measuring the effectiveness of strategic planning: Proposing a second order operationalization. Measuring Business Excellence. 20(3), 15-25.
• Batra, S., Sharma, S., Dixit, M. R., Vohra, N., & Gupta, V. K. (2015). Performance implications of industry appropriability for manufacturing SMEs: The role of technology orientation. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 26(5), 660-677.
• Batra, S., Sharma, S., Dixit, M. R., & Vohra, N. (2015). Strategic orientations and innovation in resource-constrained SMEs of an emerging economy. The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 24(1), 17-36.
• Batra, S. (2015). Fighting for innovation: Exploring the role of conflicts in enabling team innovation. Strategic Direction, 32(1), 11-12.
• Batra, S., & Pollitt, D. (2014). Building a culture of creativity at Moving Pixels Company: Informality, openness and respect support hard-working employees. Human Resource Management International Digest, 22(6), 24-26.
• Sonal, G., Chaudhary, S., & Batra, S. B. A New Approach for Efficient Clustering Using CECM Algorithm in WSN.
• Batra, S. (2104). Fostering Learning and Creative Thinking in Small Businesses. Biz and Bytes, 1(5).

1. Entrepreneurial Organizations and Society
2. Strategic Management

Projects

• Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare RKVY RAFTAAR Project In-charge at IIM Kashipur

Awards

• Paper titled “The seeds of legitimacy: Why some new ventures are more desirable than others” presented at the Southwest Academy of Management awarded the McGrawHill Distinguished Paper Award.
• Awarded IFCI Best Thesis Award at IIM Ahmedabad.
• Awarded scholarship to attend Academy of Management 2013 BPS Global Representatives Workshop. August, 9, 2013, Orlando.
• Awarded SAMS/JMS sponsorship to attend ‘Journal of Management Studies doctoral workshop’. Cambridge, March 2014.
• Awarded full sponsorship to attend ‘Annual Global Conference of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovations’, IIT Kanpur, December 9, 2012.
• Awarded conference scholarship to attend Strategic Management Society's special conference, Singapore, June 7, 2012.

• Managing Director – IIM Kashipur FIED (The incubation centre of IIM Kashipur)
• Chairperson – Entrepreneurship Cell
• President – Institute Innovation Council

PhD: Business Policy, IIM Ahmedabad
Masters: PGDM, IIM Calcutta
Bachelors: BE, Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh

• Evaluation of 13 FPOs of Uttarakhand – NABARD
• Evaluation of 05 Watersheds of Uttarakhand – NABARD
• Creating a strategic plan for start-up ecosystem development in J&K – International Fund for Agricultural Development.

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Small Business Management, Entrepreneurial Cognition and Emotions, Entrepreneurship at the grassroots