Research

My research falls broadly into three streams. First, research aimed at understanding how economic inequality in the society affects organizations, and vice versa. Second, research on global product safety and product recalls. Third, studies primarily aimed at understanding learning and innovation within organizations.

The papers listed below have already been published. If you would like a copy of any of these for your personal use, please write to me. If you are interested in my current research, please ask me for a list of my working papers.

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND BUSINESS (SELECTED PUBLICATIONS)

Bapuji, H., Ertug, G., & Shaw, J. D. In-press. Organizations and Societal Economic Inequality: A Review and way Forward. Academy of Management Annals.
Bapuji H, Chrispal S. Forthcoming. Understanding Economic Inequality through the lens of Caste. Journal of Business Ethics, doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3998-8.
Bapuji H, Husted B, Lane J, Mir R. 2018. Value Creation, Appropriation and Distribution: How Firms Contribute to Societal Economic Inequality. Business and Society, 57(6):983-1009.
Bapuji, H., & Mishra, S. 2016. Inequality and Organizations. In Mir, R., Willmott H., & Greenwood M. (eds). Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies. New York: Routledge.
Bapuji H. 2015. Individuals, Interactions and Institutions: How Economic Inequality Affects Organizations. Human Relations, 68(7):1059-1083.
Bapuji H, Neville L. 2015. Income Inequality Ignored? An Agenda for Business and Strategic Organization. Strategic Organization, 13(3):233-246.

GLOBAL PRODUCT SAFETY (SELECTED PUBLICATIONS)

Bapuji H, Beamish P. 2019. Impacting Practice through IB Scholarship: Toy Recalls and the Product Safety Crisis. Journal of International Business Studies.
Muralidharan E, Bapuji H, Hora M. 2019. The More I Err, the Less I Pay: Effect of Firm Recall Experience, Firm Type, and Recall Severity on Remedy to Consumers. European Journal of Marketing. 53(5):916-943.
Majid K, Bapuji H, 2018. Institutional Differences and Integration Difficulties: How Location of Headquarters and Component Sourcing Affect Firm Responsiveness. International Marketing Review, 35(5): 850-868.
Carvalho S, Muralidharan E, Bapuji H. 2015. Corporate Social 'Irresponsibility': Are Consumers' Biases in Attribution of Blame Helping Companies in Product-Harm Crises Involving Hybrid Products? Journal of Business Ethics, 130(3):651-663.
Hora M, Bapuji H, Roth A. 2011. Safety hazard and time to recall: The role of recall strategy, product defect type, and supply chain player in the U.S. toy industry. Journal of Operations Management, 7-8:766-777.

o Paper summarized in Strategy + Business

Bapuji H. 2011. Not Just China: The Rise of Recalls in the Age of Global Business. Palgrave Macmillan: New York. o CHOICE Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Title, 2011.
Bapuji H, Laplume A. 2010. Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Reply. Management and Organization Review, 6(1):157-161.
Beamish P, Bapuji H. 2008. Toy Recalls and China: Emotion vs. Evidence. Management and Organization Review, 4(2):197-209

o Paper summarized in Chinese Management Insights. (Chinese version)

LEARNING AND INNOVATION (SELECTED PUBLICATIONS)

Bapuji H, Hora M, Saeed A, Turner S. 2019. How Understanding-Based Redesign Influences the Pattern of Actions and Effectiveness of Routines. Journal of Management. 45(5):2132-62.
Bapuji H, Hora M, Saeed A. 2012. Intentions, Intermediaries and Interaction: Examining the Emergence of Routines. Journal of Management Studies, 49(8):1586-1607.
Bapuji H, Beamish P. 2008. Product Recalls: Avoid hazardous design flaws. Harvard Business Review. March:23 - 26.
Bapuji H, Loree D, Crossan M. 2011. Connecting External Knowledge Usage and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 28:215-231.
Bapuji H, Crossan M. 2004. From questions to answers: Reviewing organizational learning research. Management Learning, 35(4):397-417.

Here is the link to Dr Hari Bapuji's Google Scholar profile