Research

Publications:

  • When Bulldozers Loom: Informal Property Rights and Marketing Practice Innovation Among Emerging Market Entrepreneurs,” with Jaideep Prabhu, Rajesh Chandy and Om Narasimhan, Marketing Science: Accepted February 2022.
  • Big Data for Good: Insights from Emerging Markets,” with Rajesh Chandy and Prokriti Mukherji, Journal of Product Innovation Management: forthcoming. “Big Data for Good: Insights from Emerging Markets,” with Rajesh Chandy and Prokriti Mukherji, Journal of Product Innovation Management: July 2017.
  • Marketing to the poor: An institutional Model of Exchange in Emerging Markets,” with Jaideep Prabhu and Paul Tracey, Academy of Marketing Science Review: August 2017.

Working Papers:

  • “Redefining Perspectives: Digitising Supply Chains for FMCGs in Subsistence Markets,” with Jaideep Prabhu and Leandro Galli. (Under review in  Harvard Business Review).
  • “The Impact of Resource Inequality on Signalling Theory in Informal Markets,” Fahad Mansour, Leandro Galli and Nick Lee. (Write up)
  • “Access Inequality: How Considering the Informal Sector improve Access Inequality,” with Jarrod Vassallo, Sourindra Banerjee and Jaideep Prabhu. (Write up)

Work In Progress:

  • “Buyer Dependency in Micro-enterprises: The Interplay of Age and Gender,” with Jaideep Prabhu, Soniya Gupta, Rajesh Chandy and Om Narasimhan. (Data analysis)
  • “Marketing Practices of Small and Medium Enterprises in Emerging Markets: A Systematic Literature Review,” with Farhan Ashik, Jarrod Vassallo, Panagiotis Sarantopoulos. (Data collection)
  • “The Business Lives of the Poor: Financial and Business Diaries for Micro-entrepreneurs,” with Jarrod Vassallo and Jaideep Prabhu. (Data Analysis)

Conference Presentations:

Buyer Dependency in Micro-enterprises: The Interplay of Age and Gender.’

  • Winter AMA, February 2024

‘Access Inequality: How Considering the Informal Sector improve Access Inequality.‘

  • Winter AMA, February 2024
  • Marketing Science Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Dallas, USA, March 2023
  • JAMS Thought Leadership Forum, King’s College London, London, UK, June 2022

‘The Marketing Lives of Micro-entrepreneurs: Why Do Some Differentiate More than Others?’

  • American Marketing Association, Las Vegas, USA, February 2016
  • European Marketing Association, Leuven, Belgium, May 2015
  • Theory and Practice in Marketing Conference, Atlanta, USA, July 2015
  • 39th Annual Macromarketing Conference, Royal Holloway, Sussex, UK, July 2014
  • Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries Conference, London, December 2013
  • Marketing Science, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013
  • European Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2013
  • Cambridge Judge Business School Doctoral Winter conference. Cambridge, United Kingdom, December 2012″

Blog Posts

‘Digitizing Payments in India: Inducing Behavioral Change Through Peer Comparison’ – Bharat Inclusion Initiative

‘The many challenges of doing research in the field’ – Bharat Inclusion Initiative

‘Financial Ecosystems and Digital Payments: Initial Insights from Coffee Plantations in Karnataka’

Invited Talks and Events:

‘The Impact of Resource Inequality on Signalling Theory in Informal Markets’

  • Cardiff Business School, February 2023

‘Big Data for Good: Insights from Emerging Markets’

  • Cardiff Business School, July 2017
  • Haslam College of Business, Innovation in Data Rich Environments, JPIM/MSI Research Workshop, June 2016″

‘The Lives of Micro-marketers: Why Do Some Differentiate More than Others?’

  • Aston Business School, United Kingdom, February 2016
  • Marketing Research Camp, London Business School, United Kingdom, July 2014
  • Business Solutions to Poverty Conference, London Business School, United Kingdom, December 2012

‘Micro-enterprises in Egypt: Challenges and Opportunities’

  • London Business School and INSEAD Alumni Event, Cairo, Egypt, 2012

‘Social Entrepreneurship’

  • Namaa School for Sustainable Development, Cairo, Egypt, 2012
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cairo, Egypt, 2012

Doing Business in a Different Way: CSR & Beyond

  • Nahdet El Mahrousa, Cairo, Egypt, 2012