Why large corporations engage with start-ups?: Analyzing the drivers and barriers through the MCDM tool of Fuzzy AHP Available to Purchase

Sonika Jha is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Area at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. Her research interest areas include Open Innovation (OI), Corporate Engagement with Start-ups (CEWS), Qualitative Research, Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Higher Education, Knowledge Spillovers, Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR), Gig Economy and Entrepreneurship, AI and Knowledge Management, AI and Global Innovation. She has publications in top-ranked ABDC and ABS journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Computer Information Systems, European Business Review, Higher Education Quarterly, and others. She has presented her research at international conferences such as the British Academy of Management (BAM), Academy of Management (AOM), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) and International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), and national conferences such as at the IIMs. Additionally, she has editorials and opinion pieces published on platforms like The Economic Times, The Geopolitics, The Diplomatist and Modern Diplomacy. She has also been a contributor to the MISQ Insider initiative by MIS Quarterly.

Dr Anil Kumar Singh is Professor of Strategy and Professor-In-Charge Centre for Research and innovation at Frugal Technology Management (CRIFT) at FORE School of Management, New Delhi. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Lucknow, with a thesis on “An examination into determinants of the competitive advantage-a case study of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry in retail pharmaceuticals,”. He is an MBA in Finance, PGDM in Marketing, M.Phil in Labour studies and for more than 24 years, he has been instructing MBA students in the area of strategy, competitive advantage, change, innovations and disruptive strategies which maps with his research orientation. He is actively engaged in Training through Management Development Programmes in area of strategy and strategic thinking. He has published in Technology Forecasting and Social Change (TFS), IJSKD, IJMBR and IJSCM.

Dr Sriparna Basu, Professor of Communication at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, India. Sriparna Basu, holds an M.A. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata (Gold Medallist) and obtained her Masters and Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Her current research is in the intersection of technology and culture, app-based behaviour, and human-tech. She has also worked in policy projects relating to digital policy impact evaluation in rural India. She has been involved in training and consulting activities with several public and private sector organizations like ONGC, Power Grid, NHPC, Indian Oil, Tata Motors, Mitsui, Bayers etc. She has published in various journals such as, Industrial Marketing and Management, Journal of Business Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Computer Information Systems, European Business Review. She has presented papers in international conferences such as AOM, BAM, AIB etc.