Research Spotlight

Much is said about starting a startup, but how do you effectively run one?
Doctoral scholar Bidisha Bhattacharjee, Entrepreneurship area, studies the organizational design of startups with a focus on how they integrate work amid uncertainty, resource constraints, the newness that comes with liabilities, and the pressures of scaling.

His research is at the intersection of entrepreneurship and business history. He investigates how entrepreneurial actions bring about regional transformation. He deep dives into the history of the old Mysore region, hailed as an industrial pioneer in the 1950s. Meet doctoral scholar Manjunath AN to know more about his research

Pivoting can significantly impact a venture’s performance. It shows that founders can be agile in the face of adversity. But why do new businesses pivot? To empirically demonstrate whether or not pivoting results in improved performance, Sukhanya Roy also investigates whether or not ventures that pivot perform better than those that do not.

PhD scholar Aman Bhuwania points out that research on funding and VC funded firms has dominated Entrepreneurship research. But, given that only 27% of IPOs are VC funded, where do others get their “funding” from? Can ventures scale without capital?