Our Faculty

EDUCATION

• RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Cross-functional focus with interest in areas such as:

  Climate change and Carbon neutrality

  Innovation and Sustainable Development

  SDGs

  Digital Disruptions

  Consumer, Investor, Employee and Firm behaviour

• SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  Talwar, S., Jain, M., Rastogi, R., Kaur, P., & Dhir, A. (2024). Policy stimulation for the electric vehicle industry: An analysis of mainstream media discourse. Business Strategy and the Environment. Published.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3750

  Talwar, S., Dhir, A., Raj, S., Sampat, B., & Nicolau, J. L. (2024). A Time-lagged Examination of Voluntary and Task-related Green Behavior in the Travel Industry. Journal of Travel Research. Published. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875241230008

  Talwar, S., Luqman, A., Zhang, Q., Bhatia, M., & Dhir, A. (2024). Artificial intelligence and corporate carbon neutrality: A qualitative exploration. Business Strategy and the Environment. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3689

  Talwar, S., Dhir, A., Luqman, A., Gupta, J., & Gugnani, R. (2023). Charting the path toward a greener world: A review of facilitating and inhibiting factors for carbon neutrality. Journal of Cleaner Production, 423, 138423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138423

  Talwar, S., Luqman, A., Kaur, P., Srivastava, P., & Mishra, S. (2023). How social networking ties mediate the associations between enterprise social media affordances and employee agility?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 195, 122759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122759

  S. Talwar, R. Nawaz, J. Sithipolvanichgul, B. Gupta and A. Dhir. (2023). “Strategic and Serendipitous Knowledge Arbitrage: What We Know and What Remains Underexplored?,” in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, doi: 10.1109/TEM.2023.3293170

  A. Shankar, S. Talwar, N. Islam, S. Mukhtar Alshibani and P. Sharma. (2023). “Demystifying the Impact of Service Recovery Strategies: Evidence From Healthcare and Telecom Sectors,” in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, doi: 10.1109/TEM.2023.3285152

  Habib, M. D., Kaur, P., Sharma, V., & Talwar, S. (2023). Analyzing the food waste reduction intentions of UK households. A Value-Attitude-Behavior (VAB) theory perspective. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 75, 103486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2023.103486

  Talwar, S., Dhir, A., Islam, N., Kaur, P., & Almusharraf, A. (2023). Resistance of multiple stakeholders to e-health innovations: Integration of fundamental insights and guiding research paths. Journal of Business Research, 166, 114135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114135

  Dhir, A., Talwar, S., Islam, N., Alghafes, R., & Badghish, S. (2023). Different strokes for different folks: Comparative analysis of 3D printing in large, medium and small firms. Technovation, 125, 102792. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102792

  Umesh, B., Shalini, T., Vijay, P., Corazza, L., & Amandeep, D. (2023). Disruptive digital innovations in healthcare: Knowing the past and anticipating the future. TECHNOVATION, 1-14. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102785

  Abuljadail, M., Khalil, A., Talwar, S., & Kaur, P. (2023). Big data analytics and e-governance: Actors, opportunities, tensions, and applications. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 193, 122612. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122612

  Talwar, S., Dhir, A., Madanaguli, A. T., & Ractham, P. (2023). SDG-Embeddedness in Business School Operations: State-of-the-Art Literature, Ground Realities, and Measurement Parameters. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. doi: 10.1109/TEM.2023.3236609

  Talwar, S., Kaur, P., Kumar, S., Laroche, M. and Dhir, A. (2023). “Caged, helpless but not bored: consumption values derived from over-the-top platforms during pandemic”, Information Technology & People, Emerald Insight. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-11-2021-0837

  Talwar, S., Kaur, P., Ahmed, U., Bilgihan, A. and Dhir, A. (2023). “The dark side of convenience: how to reduce food waste induced by food delivery apps”, British Food Journal, Vol. 125 No. 1, pp. 205-225. Emerald Insight. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-02-2021-0204

  Jabeen, F., Dhir, A., Islam, N., Talwar, S., & Papa, A. (2022). Emotions and food waste behavior: Do habit and facilitating conditions matter? Journal of Business Research, 155, 113356. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113356

  Talwar, S., Kaur, P., Dhir, A., Islam, N., Salo, J. (2022). The effect of the valence of forgiveness to service recovery strategies and service outcomes in food delivery apps. Journal of Business Research. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.04.020

  Iyanna, S., Kaur, P., Ractham, P., Talwar, S., & Islam, A. N. (2022). Digital transformation of healthcare sector. What is impeding adoption and continued usage of technology-driven innovations by end-users? Journal of Business Research, 153, 150-161. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.08.007

  Shankar, A., Dhir, A., Talwar, S., Islam, N., & Sharma, P. (2022). Balancing food waste and sustainability goals in online food delivery: Towards a comprehensive conceptual framework. Technovation, 117, 102606. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102606

  Talwar, S., Kaur, P., Escobar, O., & Lan, S. (2022). Virtual reality tourism to satisfy wanderlust without wandering: An unconventional innovation to promote sustainability. Journal of Business Research, 152, 128-143. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.07.032

  Khan, M., Ajmal, M. M., Jabeen, F., Talwar, S., & Dhir, A. (2022). Green supply chain management in manufacturing firms: A resource-based viewpoint. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32( 4), 1603– 1618. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3207

  Madanaguli, A., Dhir, A., Talwar, S., Clauss, T., Kraus, S. & Kaur, P. (2022). Diving into the uncertainties of open innovation: A systematic review of risks to uncover pertinent typologies and unexplored horizons. Technovation, 102582. doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102582

  Kaur, P., Talwar, S., Madanaguli, A., Srivastava, S., & Dhir, A. (2022). Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and hospitality sector: Charting new frontiers for restaurant businesses. Journal of Business Research, 144, 1234-1248. Elsevier ScienceDirect.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.067

  Talwar, S., Kaur, P., Kumar, S., Salo, J., & Dhir, A. (2022). The balancing act: How do moral norms and anticipated pride drive food waste/reduction behaviour?. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 66, 102901. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102901

  Talwar, S., Srivastava, S., Sakashita, M., Islam, N., & Dhir, A. (2022). Personality and travel intentions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: An artificial neural network (ANN) approach. Journal of Business Research, 142, 400-411. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.002

  Chaudhary, S., Kaur, P., Talwar, S., Islam, N., & Dhir, A. (2022). Way off the mark? Open innovation failures: Decoding what really matters to chart the future course of action. Journal of Business Research, 142, 1010–1025. Elsevier ScienceDirect. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.062 

  Talwar, S., Kaur, P., Nunkoo, R., & Dhir, A. (2022). Digitalization and sustainability: virtual reality tourism in a post pandemic world. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-28. Taylor & Francis Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2022.2029870

  Jabeen, F., Kaur, P., Talwar, S., Malodia, S., & Dhir, A. (2022). I love you, but you let me down! How hate and retaliation damage customer-brand relationship. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 174, 121183. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121183

  Tandon, A., Dhir, A., Talwar, S., Kaur, P., & Mäntymäki, M. (2022). Social media induced fear of missing out (FoMO) and phubbing: Behavioural, relational and psychological outcomes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 174, 121149. Elsevier ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121149

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• BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTERS

  Shukla, S., Talwar, S., & Talwar, M. (2023). It’s a time to crypto for retail investors: Cryptocurrencies as an alternative asset class for optimising an all-equity portfolio. In Digital Currencies and the New Global Financial System (pp. 28-44). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003310365-3/time-crypto-retail-investors-smita-shukla-shalini-talwar-manish-talwar

  Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Cengage Learning

  International Finance, Cengage Learning

• CASE STUDIES

  ITC Limited: Decoding Business Segment Betas, Asian Case Research Journal, 2020

  Sundaram Multi Pap Ltd.: Reviving Fortunes, IVEY PUBLISHING, 2019

  Jet Etihad Strategic Alliance: The Road Ahead, IIUM Journal of Case Studies in Management, 2016

• CONFERENCES

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter), International Odyssey Conference, University of Zagreb. “Bouncing Back And Bounding Forward: Role Of Entrepreneurial Orientation And Individual Ambidexterity In Shaping Employee Resilience”, Dubrovnik, Croatia. (May 22 – May 25, 2024).

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2023, “Blockchain for revitalizing trade finance: Enhancing governance and minimizing risks”, Hyderabad India. (December 10-13, 2023).

  Hina, M., Dhir, A., Najmul, Islam, A.K.M., Luukela Tandon, A., Talwar, S., “Blockchain post-implementation analysis in reverse logistics from a strategic alignment lens”, 2023 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023, Hyderabad. (December 2023).

  Talwar, S., (Author & Presenter), World Finance Conference, “How do orientation towards finances, financial well-being, and risk profile influence heuristics?,” WFC, Kristiansand, Norway. (August 4, 2023).

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter), Human Relations conference, “De-biased AI-based decision making and employee engagement: reduced opacity and increased transparency perspective,” London, UK. (April 19, 2023).

  Talwar, S. (Author). Cross-Cultural Business Conference, “The role of the theory of planned behavior in cause-related lottery systems: A cross-cultural study”, University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria. (May 12, 2022).

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter). SIMSR Finance Conference, “Assessment of the drivers of resistance among non-adopters and continuance intentions among adopters toward digital payments during the pandemic”, SIFICO, Mumbai. (January 30, 2021).

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter). SIMSR Finance Conference, “Understanding behavioral biases and financial attitude of retail Indian investors’ during COVID-19 pandemic”, SIFICO, Mumbai. (January 30, 2021).

  Talwar, S. (Author). Cross-Cultural Business Conference, “The interplay of firm value, corporate governance and performance of a firm: A structural modelling approach”, University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria. (May 17, 2018).

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter). International Management Research Conference 2014-15, “Freshly Minted: A Study of Causality Relationship among the Equity Markets of MINT Countries”, Alkesh Modi Institute for Financial and Management Studies, the University of Mumbai

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter). International Management Research Conference 2014-15, “Spot Exchange in a Spot of Trouble: The Unraveling of the NSEL Crisis”, Alkesh Modi Institute for Financial and Management Studies, University of Mumbai

  Talwar, S. (Author & Presenter). International Management Convention, 2013, “Inclusive Innovation: Transition to Inclusive Growth Driven by Affordability and Sustainability”, Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar & Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA)

• TEACHING

  26 years in academics and research

• NON-TEACHING

  2 years in industry

• TEACHING INTERESTS

  Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

  Infrastructure and Project Finance

  Financial Decision-making

  Corporate Finance

  Finance for non-finance professionals

  Research Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative Research Designs in Social Science)

  Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• AWARDS & HONOURS

  Outstanding Researcher in the country in the field of Decision Sciences, Careers360 (October 6, 2023).

  Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Research Scholar Award (2022).

• WORK EXPERIENCE

  Professional Positions 

  Officer, Alpic Finance Limited, New Delhi & Jaipur

• MDPs/FDPs

  FDP on Research in Financial Markets, 2015

  Finance for Non-finance Professionals conducted for various groups in 2014-15 and 2015-16

  Financial Analysis, Owens Corning 2015

  Project Finance, NSE-SIMSR certification programme 2015-16

  Advanced Financial Management, INS HAMLA 2016

  Business Finance, Arkema, 2017

  SAPM, INS HAMLA 2017

  Business Finance, NSE IPA 2017

  Portfolio Management, NSE IPA 2017

  Fundamental Analysis, NSE IPA 2017

  Understanding Financial Markets, Customized residential MDP, Life Insurance Corporation of India, 2020

  Online FDP (ATAL academy) on Academic paper writing, Plagiarism, and the Role of Ethics, 2022

• EDITORIAL POSITIONS

  Special Issue Editor, Journal of Business Research (ABDC A, ABS 3). (2023-present).

  Associate Editor, Journal of Public Affairs, (ABDC B). (2023 – present).

  Editorial Review Board Member, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Appointed. (2023 – present).

  Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald Publishing, Scopus Indexed). (2023 – present).

  Senior Editor, International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald Publishing, Scopus Indexed). (2022-2023).

  Associate Editor, Business Perspectives and Research (Sage Publication, ABDC C, ABS 1). (2021-2022).

  Special Issue Editor, IEEE TEMS (ABDC A, ABS 3). (2021-22). 

  Editor, Conference Book, Contemporary Issues in Modern Finance, SIFICO 2015

  Editorial Board member, Oorja, International Journal of Management & IT. (2011-present).

  Founding Editor-in-Chief, Oorja, International Journal of Management & IT. (2003-2011).

  Editor, Book of Proceedings, National Conference on Restructuring of Global Economy: Challenges Ahead, 2011

  Editor, Research Compendium, National Research Conference on India in the New World Order: The Road Ahead, 2011

  Editor, Book of Proceedings, National Seminar on Revolutionizing HR: The New Ways of Managing People, 2003

• REVIEWER EXPERIENCE

  A*Journals: International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and International Journal of Information Management

  A-cat Journals: Information Technology & People, Business Strategy and the Environment, Internet Research, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, International Journal of Consumer Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Cleaner Production

• CONTRACTS, GRANTS AND SPONSORED RESEARCH

  Fully funded research visit invite, LUT University, Finland (2020)

  Invited Adjunct Fellow (Honorary), School of Business & Management, Fiji (2021)

  Visiting scholar scholarship, University of Agder, Norway (2022)

  SPARC Grant, Government of India (2023)

  Fully funded research visit, University of Agder, Norway (2024)

  Funded

  Talwar, Shalini, ‘Adoption of Circular Economy Approaches in Sustainable E-waste management in India and Russia: Cross Learning Opportunities and Solution Strategies’, Sponsored by SPARC, GoI, State, $93,808.00. (July 28, 2023 – July 28, 2025).

  Talwar, Shalini, ‘Research visit’, sponsored by UiA, Norway. (2024).