Ravi Roshan
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Ravi Roshan

Assistant Professor, Strategy

Ravi Roshan holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, awarded in 2025. Before embarking on his doctoral journey, he served for over six years with NHPC Limited, a Navratna public sector undertaking, where he held various technical and managerial roles. His rich industry experience informs both his research and teaching. His doctoral thesis focuses on the influence of founders’ spiritual and socio-psychological characteristics on sustainable business model innovation—an emerging area that bridges strategy, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.

Prof. Roshan’s research interests include sustainable entrepreneurship, business model innovation, founders’ characteristics, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, and International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research. His work has been accepted for presentation at prestigious international and national conferences, including the Academy of Management, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), International Conference on New Business Models, QCA Conference of the Americas, India Strategy Conference, and INDAM.

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Ph.D., 2025

Strategic Management

NTPC School of Business

PGDM (Executive), 2020

General Management

BIT Sindri

B.Sc. Engineering, 2009

Electrical Engineering

  • Research interests

    Sustainable Business Model Innovation

    Founder’s Characteristics

    Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

  • Selected publications

    Roshan, R., Balodi, K. C., & Theodoraki, C. (2025). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Typologies for Entrepreneurial Dynamism: A Configurational Theorizing. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08985626.2025.2475898?src=

    Roshan, R., Balodi, K. C., Datta, S., Kumar, A., & Upadhyay, A. (2024). Circular economy startups and digital entrepreneurial ecosystems. Business Strategy and the Environment. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378785811_Circular_economy_startups_and_digital_entrepreneurial_ecosystems

    Roshan, R., & Balodi, K. C. (2024). Sustainable business model innovation of an emerging country startup: An imprinting theory perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 475, 143687. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384091113_Sustainable_Business_Model_Innovation_of_an_Emerging_Country_Startup_An_Imprinting_Theory_Perspective

    Jha, V. K., Roshan, R., & Sinha, S. (2024). Accelerating start-ups’ leap to unicorns: the role of founders’ ambidextrous orientation. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381875552_Accelerating_start-ups’_leap_to_unicorns_the_role_of_founders’_ambidextrous_orientation

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  • Case studies

    Singh, S., Roshan, R., & Balodi, K. C. (2024). The emergence of the Indian Paymentech industry: Paytm vs PhonePe. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, 20438869241275131. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20438869241275131

  • Conferences

    Roshan R., Balodi K. C., Gupta V., Shukla D.M. (2025). Construction of a Measure of Sustainable Business Model Innovation and Its Psychometric Properties Examination. 10th INDAM Conference 2025. IIFT Kolkata.

    Roshan R., Balodi K.C., Shukla D.M. (2025). The Founder’s Edge: Spiritual and Socio-psychological Drivers of Sustainable Business Model Innovation. IIM Udaipur Research Day.

    Roshan R. and Awasthi K. (2024). Board Age and Tenure Diversity & Innovation: A Reconciliation of Previous Findings. 9th INDAM Conference 2024, Goa Institute of Management, India.

    Roshan R., Balodi K. C., Datta S., Kumar A., Upadhyay A. (2024). Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Circular Startups: A Configurational Study. 9th International Conference on New Business Model 2024, Spain.

    Roshan R., and Balodi K. C. (2024). Sustainable Business Model Innovation of an Emerging Country Startup: An Imprinting Theory Perspective. 9th International Conference on New Business Model 2024, Spain.

    Roshan, R., & Balodi, K. C. (2024). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Kirznerian and Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship in an Emerging Economy. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 15824). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.

    Roshan, R., Jha, V. K., & Sinha, S. (2024). Corporate Accelerators: A Systematic Literature Review and Agenda for Future Research. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 18337). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.

    Roshan, R., Balodi, K. C., & Theodoraki, C. (2023). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Typologies for Entrepreneurial Dynamism: A Set Theoretic Method Analysis. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 18118). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

    Jha, V. K., Roshan, R., & Sinha, S. (2023). The Role of Founders’ Ambidextrous Orientation in Unicorn Valuation: A Study of Indian Start-Ups. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 13303). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

    Roshan R., and Balodi K. C. (2023). Firm Failure and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: A Configurational Study. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2023, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States. Accepted.

    Roshan R., and Balodi K. C. (2023). Exploring Firm Failure Through Set Theoretic Method: An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective. QCA Conference of the Americas 2023, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, United States.

    Roshan R., and Balodi K. C. (2023). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Configurations for Productive Entrepreneurship in an Emerging Economy. 1st India Strategy Conference, 2023, IIM Bangalore, India.

  • Working papers

    Measuring Sustainable Business Model Innovation: Scale Development and Validation

    The Founder’s Edge: Spiritual and Socio-psychological Drivers of Sustainable Business Model Innovation

    Sustainable Business Model Innovation: A Systematic Literature Review

    Developing the Green Economy: The Impact of Female-led Green Innovation

    Corporate Accelerators: A Systematic Literature Review and Agenda for Future Research

  • Courses

    Strategic Management

  • Teaching interest

    Strategic Management

    Sustainable Entrepreneurship

    Technology and Innovation

  • Awards and honours

    Received 2024 Kauffman Foundation Scholarship (USD 2500) from the ONE division Academy of Management

    Awarded International Travel Grant (full funding) to attend the 9th International Conference on New Business Models (Spain) by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

    Awarded Travel Grant for QCA Conference of the Americas 2023 (USD 1000)

    Awarded full funding to attend and present research work at IIM Udaipur Research Day 2025

  • Work experience

    Industry

    NHPC Limited (September 2009 – November 2015)

    Assistant Manager and Engineer

  • Reviewer experience

    Academy of Management, INDAM, India Strategy Conference, Asian Academy of Management

  • Professional memberships

    Academy of Management

    Indian Academy of Management

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