Areas of Specialisation

Students are admitted to the PhD programme, and in due course have the option of choosing from the following area(s) of specialisation

• Data Science & Information Systems
• Economics
• Finance, Accounting & Quantitative Finance
• Marketing
• Operations
• Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources
• Strategic Management

Current Research Topics

• Comparative Analysis of sustainable consumption behaviour across countries
• Understanding the Literature on Advertising Ethics
• A Comparison of ML Models for Bankruptcy Prediction based on performance and interpretability
• Differential impact of Covid -19 on scheduled class population on access to health facilities
• Perception of Gender Pay Gaps in India

Recent conference papers

• Chacko, Jains & Padmakumari, Lakshmi. (2022). The effect of investment inefficiency on the implied cost of equity capital: Evidence from Indian firms, World Finance Conference, University of Turin, Italy, 1-3 August 2022.
• G., Vismaya & Padmakumari, Lakshmi. (2022). Annual Report Readability and Stock Return Synchronicity: Evidence from India, World Finance Conference, University of Turin, Italy, 1-3 August 2022.
• Kumar, Ashutosh,  Mishra, Narbadeshwar, & Choudhary, Utkarsh. (2022) Impact of WASH facilities on children schooling. Does Household head gender matter? Some empirical evidence from India, 3rd Annual Conference in Economics and Finance, Department of Economics and Finance, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, 25 March 2022.
• M. Nidhin & Kumar, Vinod. (2022). ESG Disclosure and Cost of Equity: Does BIG4 Audit Firms Matter?, International Conference on Sustainable Goals 2022, IIM Bodh Gaya, 16-17 September 2022.
• Mishra, Narbadeshwar (2022). Unintended effects of Alcohol Ban on Educational and Learning Outcomes of School Children, Behavioral Research Economics Workshop, India, BREW-ESA 2022, IIM-Bangalore in 16-18 December 2022.
• Muricken, Navya J., Subramanian, Vijaya, & Gaukler, Gary. (2022). Global Food Loss within Supply Chains: A Comparative Analysis, 32nd Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference 2022, 15-22 April 2022.
• T.K., Ajmal, & Kumar, Vinod  (2022). Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Tax Avoidance; Evidence from India, International Conference on Sustainability, Environment and social Transition in Economics and Finance held at SESTEF-2022, Paris, France, 13-15 December 2022.

Course Structure