Research Interests
Substantive: Marketing Strategy, Climate Change and Marketing, Better Marketing for a Better World, Marketing-Finance Interface
Methodological: Panel Data Econometrics, Machine Learning (NLP, LLMs, Generative AI), Grounded Theory
Research under Review
Babar, Sakshi S., and Sundar G. Bharadwaj, “Climate Marketing Strategies and Firm Value” (Dissertation Essay 1), invited for third round revision at the Journal of Marketing
Awards: 2023 EMAC-Sheth Foundation Sustainability Research Award, 2022 ISBM Doctoral Support Award
Babar, Sakshi S., Youngtak M. Kim, Tatiana Dyachenko, and Sundar G. Bharadwaj, “Differential Effects of Carbon Label Formats on Consumer Responses: An Empirical Investigation,” under first round revision at the Journal of Marketing Research
Work in Progress
Babar, Sakshi S., and Sundar G. Bharadwaj, “New Climate Product Announcements and Stock Market Reaction” (Dissertation Essay 2), data analysis in progress, target journal: Journal of Marketing
Awards: Finalist - PDMA Consortium Doctoral Dissertation Competition
Babar, Sakshi S., and Sundar G. Bharadwaj, “A Generative-AI Based Approach to Detect Greenwashing in Marketing Communications” (Dissertation Essay 3), model development in progress, target journal: Marketing Science
Grants: 2024 AMA Marketing Strategy SIG Doctoral Research Grant, 2024 UGA Graduate School Grant
Babar, Sakshi S., Prakash Satyavageeswaran, and Sundar G. Bharadwaj, “Selling to the Government in Emerging Markets,” data analysis, manuscript in progress