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Research Interest:
Dr. Pani’s area of research broadly relates to socio-economic strategy, ESG Strategy, business model innovations, and entrepreneurship.

Journal Articles, Monographs and Book Chapters:

• "Managing Plastic Packaging Waste in Emerging Economies: The Case of EPR in India” in Journal of Environmental Management. 2021, Vol. 288. (With A. Pathak)
• “The effects of economic and political events on the movements of BSE Sensex: A study of outliers from 1991 to 2014” in Finance India, 2019, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2. (with R. Bhat and G. Himatsinghka)
• “Corporate Political Activity: An Integrated Model” in Asian Social Science, 2015, Vol. 11, No. 16. (with Kumar V., and Thakur M.)
• “Power Imbalance in Inter-firm Exchange Networks: Its Effect on Value Appropriation Potential of Firms in Embedded Structures” in Emerging Issues in Management (ed. Book), Emerald, 2014.
• “Reinventing the Artisan Community Ecosystem: The Evolving Engagement of Fabindia with Indian Handloom Artisans” in Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2012, 29 (1). (With Ramachandran J., and Pant A.)
• Case note on “Infosys: Transition at the top”, Indore Management Journal, 2012: 3(2).
• “The Effect of Economic and Social Embeddedness of Firms”. Research Monograph, 2011
• Case note on “Euthanasia: Should it be Lawful or Otherwise”, Indore Management Journal, 2011: 2(2).
• “A dependency based view of Organizational Social Capital (OSC): Understanding the structural and reputational aspects of OSC, and its effect on performance” in Changing Ideas in Strategy, (ed. book), Narosa, 2010.
• ‘Enhancing Business Sustainability and Gaining Competitive Advantage through CSR Initiatives: A Process Model for Corporations’, Vishleshak, 2008, 2(2).
• “Facets of organizational social capital: How network renovation is key to favourable strategic space”, SSRN, (IIMB Research Paper No- 278), 2009.
• “Exploring the strategic edge of Corporate Social Responsibility: A process model to uncover the missing links”, SSRN, (IIMB Research Paper No- 283), 2009.

• "Campushash: Evolving Business Model of an Entrepreneurial Venture" , 2019 (With A. Pathak and A. Agarwal)
• “LifeCarft: The Birth of a Social Entrepreneur”, 2017. (with H. Singh)
• “Divine Chocolates: Family Farmed, Farmer Owned”, 2016. (with S. Samuel and P. Rathi)
• “Tata Steel India’s Project PRIDE”, 2014. (with S. Bose)
• “Finally the Elephant danced: Foray into cellular jungle, a case of BSNL”, 2006 (with A. Mishra)

Conference Papers and Proceedings:

• “The social aspect of ESG: How firms create social impact and business advantage”. Strategic Management Forum (SMF) Annual Conference, IIM Nagpur, India, December, 2021.(with Pathak A.)
• “Urban tree protection framework in emerging economies”. Strategic Management Forum (SMF) Annual Conference, IIM Nagpur, India, December, 2021. (with Pathak A.)
• “Re-creating the context: Pedagogical innovations for non-ideal case participants”. Strategic Management Forum (SMF) Annual Conference, IIM Lucknow, India, December, 2019.
• “The Active Case Method: Re-creating context with participants’ involvement”. Strategic Management Forum (SMF) Annual Conference, IIM Trichy, India, December, 2018.
• “Collective Mindfulness in Teams: View from the Strategy Lens”. SMS Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, December, 2018. (with Chaterjee A.)
• “What do I get? A study on firms’ social investments on their own wellbeing”. ICSBS Conference on Enriching Global Societal Wellbeing, Singapore, August, 2017.
• “Lessons from the Failures at the Bottom of the Pyramid”. Sixth Subsistence Market Place Conference, Illinoi, USA, June, 2016. (with Chaterjee A.)
• “CSR Internalization and Competitive Advantage of Firm”. 16th BESSH Conference, Indonesia, September, 2015.
• “Innovative Management Practices and Interventions at the Base of the Pyramid: An Organizing Framework”. Strategic Management Society (SMS) special conference, Mohali, India, December, 2013. (With Pant A.)
• “Embeddedness and value appropriation” Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Conference, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, USA, August, 2013. Included in Academy of Management Proceedings, January, 2013.
• “Power Imbalance in Inter-firm Exchange Networks” pan-IIM World Conference on Emerging Issues in Management, Goa, India, May, 2013. Best paper award.
• “Value appropriation in economic networks: Does relational strength matter?” Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August, 2012.
• “Inter-firm dependencies and firm’s profit potential”. Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Conference, San-Antonio, Texas, USA, August, 2011.
• “Why and how do firms gain from CSR actions?” Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Conference, San-Antonio, Texas, USA, August, 2011.
• “Base of the Pyramid Strategies: A Contingency View and an Organizing Framework’, Strategic Management Society (SMS) special conference, San Diego, June, 2011 (With Ramachandran J., and Pant A.)
• “A Case Survey on CSR Process, Internalization, and Competitive Advantage” Managing in Global Economy XIV, Eastern Academy of Management (EAM) Conference Proceedings, June, 2011.
• “Society as source of competitive advantage: A case survey on CSR actions and firm performance”. Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, August, 2009.
• “Why do some firms gain from Corporate Social Responsible (CSR) actions, while others do not? A case survey on CSR process, internalization and competitive advantage”. IMR Doctoral Conference, IIMB, Bangalore, November, 2009. This paper was among the finalists for best research paper award.
• “Firm performance in socio-economic networks: Understanding network dynamics with Nodal Power”. Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Conference, Anehiam, CA, USA, August, 2008.
• “Organizational Social Capital: A Theoretical and Mathematical Treatment”. Strategic Management Forum (SMF) Annual Conference, IIT Kanpur, India, May 2008. This paper was awarded “Cummins Best Paper Award”.
• “Ability to compete: Creating fortune for the bottom of the pyramid”. Strategic Management Society (SMS) special conference, ISB, Hyderabad, December, 2008. (With Ramachandran J., and Patvardhan S.)
• “From Corporate Social Responsibility to Competitive Advantage: A Process Model Exploring the Strategic Edge of CSR”. Accepted for presentation in third CORE conference, NBS, UK, June, 2008.
• “Business Sustainability and Competitive Advantage through CSR Initiatives: A Process Model”, DRIEMS International Management Seminar, Bhubaneswar, India, March, 2007.

Dr. Pani has been involved with business firms as well as government organizations as a consultant and trainer for over a decade and half. He has conceptualized and delivered customized programs and consulting solutions to organizations of repute such as:

Training (selected client organizations)

• Ashok Leyland
• Canara Bank
• EISAI Pharmaceuticals
• Indian Oil
• Mahindra Finance
• ONGC
• PowerGrid Corporation
• Rajya Sabha Secretariat
• SBI Life
• ZIM Labs

Consulting (selected client organizations)

• BSNL
• Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd.
• Tata Steel
• ZIM Labs.

Advisory Board Member

• NRDC-IPFS & TISC Visakhapatnam (Govt. of India), 
• Board of Studies, RCOEM, Nagpur (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University)
• Kislay Agro Tech (Agritech Startup)
• CIVN (VNIT Innovation council)