Anjan Ghosh

About

Anjan’s research, teaching, and impact work focus on the strategy process of change. He has deep interests in (1) grand societal challenges especially child malnutrition, climate change, women empowerment, and social justice, and (2) the emerging entrepreneurial and social dynamics in Post-Soviet Contexts. He has co-founded three research centers in Central Asia including the Nazarbayev University Research Center for Entrepreneurship (NURCE). Anjan represents Central Asia in Case Research Foundation USA (Board Member), GBSN (Case Method Steering Committee Member) and South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases (Member - Editorial Board). A Ph.D. Gold Medalist from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, he has over 25 years of combined experience in Academia and Corporate Leadership.
Currently, Anjan is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business and a Visiting Professor of Research Methods at Al Farabi Kazakh National University. His recent publication in the Academy of Management Journal got included in the International Honor Roll of Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) and received the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award 2023 - making Anjan the first scholar affiliated with a Kazakh University to achieve this feat.

Employment

• Nazarbayev University Assistant Professor
  2023 - Present
• SDU Associate Professor - Management and Founder - SDU Sustainability Research Center
  2022 - 2023
• Narxoz University Associate Professor and founder-director of Silk Road Case Center
  2019 - 2022

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Ph.D.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Epigenetic Alteration: Identity transformation of an iconic Soviet circus in post-Soviet Kazakhstan
  Organization Studies 2026 DOI: 10.1177/01708406261459057
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• The FBR 7 String Framework: A Guide to Qualitative Case Study Manuscript Development
  FIIB Business Review 2025 DOI: 10.1177/23197145251323392
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• Oscillating Between Alternate Realities: The Vanishing Island of Ghoramara
  Academy of Management Proceedings 2024 DOI: 10.5465/amproc.2024.15342abstract
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• Decolonizing Feminist ‘Knowledge’: ‘The Modern Woman’ in Kazakh Influencer Culture
  Academy of Management Proceedings 2023 DOI: 10.5465/amproc.2023.91bp
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• Insights into the Emerging Business Dynamics of Post-Soviet Central Asia
  South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases 2023 DOI: 10.1177/22779779231193460
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• Double Weaving: A Bottom-Up Process of Connecting Locations and Scales to Mitigate Grand Challenges
  Academy of Management Journal 2023 DOI: 10.5465/amj.2019.1348
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• ‘Challenging Stereotypes’ as a Core Competence in Creative Entrepreneurship: Insights from ArtiShock Theatre, Kazakhstan
  South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases 2022 DOI: 10.1177/22779779221130436
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• Dual Embedding as EPO Strategy in Creatively Connecting Cultures to Support SME Internationalization
  Academy of Management Proceedings 2022 DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.15351abstract
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• Integrate or keep separate? ChocoTravel’s dilemma around Aviata M&A
  Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 2022 DOI: 10.1108/eemcs-03-2021-0080
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• We or I? Survival and success challenges jokeasses
  Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 2022 DOI: 10.1108/eemcs-03-2021-0085
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