Abhijit Sengupta
Head of Department, Associate Professor (Reader) in Business Analytics
Department of Business Analytics & Operations, Surrey Business School, University of Surrey
Visiting Researcher: InnoLab, University of Vaasa, Finland
Editorial Board Member: British Journal of Management
Fellow: The Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
Online Profiles
Research Interests
Innovation and Technology Management
University-Industry knowledge transfer and mechanisms
Innovation under public sector initiatives
Inclusive innovation
Innovation and technology management in SMEs
Internationalization, Regionalization, R&D Management
Regionalization strategy among MNEs
Emerging market MNEs and internationalization strategy
R&D strategy
Networks and Complex Systems
Dynamics of behaviour over networks
Market dynamics and evolution of firm behaviour
Interventions in social network and behaviour change
Methodological Specialties
Econometrics, Statistics
Business Analytics and data mining
Agent based modelling, network analysis
Microeconomic theory, game theory
Grant Funded Projects
Principal Investigator, "Exploring the complexity of universities' knowledge exchange activities: Looking beyond currently outcomes", Society for Research in Higher Education Research Award, 2018-19. (£10,000)
Principal Investigator, "The dynamic impact of social media activity and networks on firm-level indicators: A longitudinal study", British Academy Small Grants Scheme, 2018-19. (£10,000)
Named Researcher, ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Center, 2014-2019, ESRC Big Data Network. (Total award ~£5.5 million)
Principal Investigator, “Economic Impact of the University of Essex on the Regional and National Economy”, The Vice Chancellor’s Office, University of Essex, 2015. (£10,000)
Principal Investigator, "Intellectual Property Management by Centers of Higher Education - A Comparative Study of India and the UK", JNU-Essex Development Fund (JEDF), 2013-2014. (£5000)