Faculty of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
School of Management and Entrepreneurship
IIT Jodhpur
Dr. Venkatesha holds a doctoral degree in the area of Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai. His research areas include Start-ups, and Micro-Small-Medium Scale Enterprises. He undertakes research in these empirical domains using theoretical underpinnings from Economic-Sociology and Institutional Economics. He also writes case studies concerning various dimensions of entrepreneurship. His research attempt is to capture business and entrepreneurship at the intersections of social and economic behavior. His work has been published in the leading international and national journals, and case-study outlets. Selected few include Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Workplace Learning, International Journal of Social Economics, Economic and Political Weekly, Journal of Social and Economic Development, and Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies.
Small and Medium sized enterprises
Shared economy based Business Model
Frugal Innovation
Entrepreneurship and Demography
Entrepreneurship and New Venture
Business Model
MVP and Lean start-up
Qualitative Research
“Nature of Buyer-Supplier Relationship: small businesses in a small city”, Venkatesh Murthy and Bino Paul”, Journal of Small Business Management, 2017
“What determines the performance of small business units? Insights from a jewellery cluster”, Bino Paul, Achar, Muniyoor K, and Venkatesh Murthy, Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
“Social Cyclicality in Asian Countries”, Deepti Ahuja and Venkatesh Murthy, International Journal of Social Economics, 2017
“Is a Ragpicker’s child likely to be a Ragpicker?”, Venkatesh Murthy, Economic and Political Weekly, 2016
“Ethical Value Positioning of Management Students of India and Germany”, Bhattacharya, S., Neelam, N., & Venkatesh Murthy, Journal of Academic Ethics, 2018
“Castes in India: Are They Evolving?” Venkatesh Murthy, The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, 2018
“Emotional Embeddedness: a process of becoming a small business owner”, Venkatesh Murthy and Bino Paul. Int. J. Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2016
“Management graduates' metaphors for expectations through dream jobs”, International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2019
“Link between Demography & Entrepreneurial Society: The Indian Case”, Venkatesh Murthy, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019
“Working & Living Conditions of Women Domestic Workers: Insights from a Survey”, Bino Paul, Venkatesh Murthy and Susanta D, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 2018
“Understanding Labour Market Flexibility in India: Exploring Emerging Trends in Employment”, Bino Paul, Bhirdikar Kishore, and Venkatesh Murthy, Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2011
“An exploratory study of Information sourcing through traditional and electronic resources for strategy formulation: a case of small-scale Manufacturing firms in Udupi, Karnataka”, Venkatesh Murthy, IUP Journal of Managerial Economics, 2010
“CSR at Shipping Corporation of India”, Bino Paul, Venkatesh Murthy and Puja Dave, Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, 2013
“Ethical Value Positioning of Management Students”, Venkatesh Murthy and Bhattacharya S., Productivity, 2015
“Conversations and Gestures of Small Business Owners with their Suppliers: Exploring Social Content in a Pure Business Relation”, Venkatesh Murthy and Bino Paul. Procedia Economics and Finance (Elsevier), 2014
“Case Study: KnoDues – a start-up with a solution to India’s split-expenses problem”, Murthy, V. and Subramaniam, R. (2019), Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 2019.
“Teaching Note: KnoDues – a start-up with a solution to India’s split-expenses problem”, Murthy, V. and Subramaniam, R. (2019), Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 2019.
“Case Study: Volunteer educational initiative for undocumented immigrants’ children”, Venkatesh Murthy, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 2019
“Teaching Note: Volunteer educational initiative for undocumented immigrants’ children”, Venkatesh Murthy, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 2019
“Case Study: Making of an entrepreneur: a journey with leather”– MVR Leathers, Murthy, V. and G., J., Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 2020
“Teaching Note: Making of an entrepreneur: a journey with leather”– MVR Leathers, Murthy, V. and G., J., Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 2020
“Case Study: A political drama-Indu sarkar and CBFC”, V Murthy, IIM Rohtak Case Repository, 2018
“Teaching Note: A political drama-Indu sarkar and CBFC”, V Murthy, IIM Rohtak Case Repository, 2018
“Employer-Employee Induced Labour Market Flexibility: Small Leather Firms in a Metropolitan City” (Jaganth G, Venkatesha Murthy, Bino Paul) INDAM 2020 (IIM Trichy)
“Evolution of Insurance and Religion Philosophy: An exploration” (Ashu Tiwari and Venkatesh Murthy). The Asian Conference on Psychology and the behavioural sciences held in Japan (22-25 March 2017)
“Cyclical pattern of social spending in emerging countries” (Deepti Ahuja and Venkatesh Murthy). International Conference on Contemporary Debates in Public Policy and Management held at IIM Calcutta, India. (15-17 January 2016)
“Interrelatedness of family and small business” (Venkatesh Murthy and Bino Paul). 3rd biennial conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IAM) held at IIM Ahmedabad, India. (12-14 December 2013)
“Innovations: Examining Entrepreneurs' Perceptions in small-scale firm sector” (Venkatesh Murthy and Bino Paul GD). Strategic Entrepreneurship Workshop organised by the Strategic Management Society (SMS) at IIM Bangalore. (09-12 December 2010)
“An Information Model in MGNREGA: Sources and structures” (Venkatesh Murthy, Bino Paul GD, Piu Mukherjee, and Jafarkhan Pathan). Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) conference held at Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (16-19 December 2010)