Portrait of Professor Ajay Bhalla

Professor Ajay Bhalla

Professor of Family Business and Innovation

Bayes Business School , Faculty of Management

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Ajay Bhalla

Professor of Family Business and Innovation, Bayes Business School

Founding Director, Master's in Family Business (MFB) Programme

Programme Director, Executive Master's in Leadership (EML) Programme

Ajay Bhalla is Professor of Family Business and Innovation at Bayes Business School, Founding Director of the Master's in Family Business (MFB) programme and Programme Director of the Executive Master’s in Leadership programme. He has held senior academic leadership roles at Bayes, including Head of the Technology and Business Innovation Group, leading major programme development initiatives, and overseeing admissions for the FT-ranked MSc in Management. From 2009 to 2010, he was a visiting scholar at the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Business at the Indian School of Business (ISB). From 2018 to 2024, he served as a Trustee and Chair of the Research Committee of the Family Business Research Foundation, where he provided strategic leadership to advance research supporting the long-term success of the UK family business sector.

Over 15 years ago, he designed and launched a specialist elective for Next Generation Family Business Leaders at Bayes, now one of the School’s most in-demand courses. In 2026, he founded the Master’s in Family Business (MFB), a highly selective, globally focused programme that brings together next-generation leaders from enterprising families to navigate governance, succession, and long-term value creation in complex ownership settings. These programmes reflect and extend his research on ownership, governance, and leadership across generations.

He is widely recognised as a leading authority on family businesses, and advises boards and senior leaders on governance, succession, and long-term value creation. His scholarship addresses foundational questions about how organisations are owned, governed, and led over time. His work spans family enterprise, employee ownership, innovation, and organisational resilience, with a particular focus on how values, governance structures, and leadership practices shape strategic choices and long-term performance. Across empirical and conceptual studies, he examines how different ownership models influence decision-making, adaptability, and sustainability in complex and uncertain environments.

His research has appeared in leading journals, including Strategic Organization, Journal of World Business, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Operations Management, R&D Management, Small Business Economics, and Asia Pacific Journal of Management. It also includes widely used case studies on family enterprises published by the Family Business Research Foundation. 

He is the editor of a forthcoming volume on family business, to be published by Edward Elgar in 2027, which brings together leading scholars and practitioners to advance thinking on ownership, governance, and leadership across generations.

He is co-author of the Amazon best-seller The Resilient Decision-Maker: Navigating Challenges in Business and Life, which translates research insights into practical frameworks for leaders facing disruption and complexity. His work has received multiple research impact and teaching awards, including the Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management for advancing ideas directly relevant to management practice.

He has a long track record of producing impactful research, shaping practice and policy. Ajay has worked on producing research for the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that directly informed the establishment of a £75 million annual government initiative to expand employee ownership.  He also co-led The Ownership Effect Inquiry with the John Lewis Partnership and the Employee Ownership Association, gathering evidence from employee-owned organisations and influencing boardrooms and policymakers on responsible ownership. 

Ajay works closely with senior executives and family boards worldwide on governance, succession, leadership development, professionalisation, and strategic renewal. His teaching and advisory work emphasises leadership judgement, governance practice, and resilience capability in unpredictable environments. 

His insights are frequently sought by The Financial Times, The Economist, The Times, BBC, Bloomberg, and The Guardian. 

Qualifications

  • B.Comm, Punjab University, India
  • MBA, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
  • PhD, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • International Teachers Program, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

Employment

  • Founding Director, Master's in Family Business, Bayes Business School, London, May 2026 - present
  • Course Director, Executive Masters in Leadership, Bayes Business School, United Kingdom, December 2022 - present
  • Board Trustee, Family Business Research Foundation, United Kingdom, August 2018 - December 2024
  • Professor in Family Business, Bayes Business School, United Kingdom, October 2010 - present

Visiting appointments

  • Visiting Scholar, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, INDIA, 2009 - 2010

Awards

  • Charted Management Institute (CMI) (2014). Management Articles of the Year
    The Charted Management Institution (CMI) - charted professional body aimed at promoting highest standards in management excellence in UK has 90,000 members released the five best management articles of 2013. CMI launched Management Articles of the Year in 2011 to bring the best research on management topics, which has made substantial impact. Cass Professors Joseph Lampel and Ajay Bhalla with Dr Pushkar Jha from Northumbria University were one of the 5 winners of the CMI management articles of the year 2013. The articles entered into the CMI competition are reviewed and rated online by CMI’s membership for their usefulness to practicing managers. Their contribution was recognized at the annual awards ceremony held at British Library on February 3rd 2014. The article was the runner-up in the overall management of the year article category. Their paper “Test-Driving the Future: How Design Competitions are Changing the Future of Innovation” published in Academy of Management Perspectives, provides a comprehensive update on the rapid development of design competitions to spur innovation is an important contribution to both public and private domains.
  • 73rd Annual Academy of Management (2013). Winner of the distinguished best paper award
    Winner of the distinguished best paper award at 73rd Annual Academy of Management conference at Orlando, USA. The prestigious award was conferred for (a) advancing understanding of issues that are relevant to managers and executives, and (b) demonstrating the utility of ideas grounded in theory. The award was for our research paper published in Academy of Management Perspectives in 2012 titled: 'Test Driving the Future: How Design Competitions are changing Innovation'.

Languages

Hindi (can read, write, speak, understand spoken) and Panjabi; Punjabi (can read, write, speak, understand spoken)

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Family Businesses
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Strategic Management

Additional topics

  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Technology Management

Industries

  • financial services
  • information technology
  • management consulting
  • retailing

Geographic Areas

  • Asia - Southeast
  • Europe
  • Middle East

Research

Research topics

Indian Family Business and Entrepreneurship

Employee-Owned Businesses and Business Performance

Global Outsourcing Strategy

Organization Resilience

What makes organizations last? What are the characteristics of Resilient Leaders and Resilient Teams? How is ownership linked to resilience? What makes a Resilient Organization culture?

Family Enterprise Longevity

What are the characteristics of lasting family businesses? How do they handle disruption? How do they place next generation at the centre of longevity? How do family enterprises create value?

Research students

Maged Elshenawy

Attendance: September 2023 - present, part-time

Thesis title: Digital Transformation in Family Businesses

Role: 1st Supervisor

Sami Assadi

Attendance: October 2022 - present, part-time

Thesis title: Essays on Family Business Succession

Role: 1st Supervisor

Jing Chen

Attendance: September 2022 - present

Thesis title: Non-Market Strategies in a De-coupling Era

Role: 1st Supervisor

Constance Qin

Attendance: September 2020 - present, full-time

Thesis title: Family Business

Role: 1st Supervisor

Aneesh Banerjee

Attendance: September 2011 - July 2015, full-time

Thesis title: How to choose what to do? Essays on adoption of organization routines

Role: 1st Supervisor

Joost Rietveld

Attendance: October 2010 - present, full-time

Thesis title: Learning processes in the digital games industry

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Chatmaporn Tokaranyaset

Attendance: September 2008 - March 2014, full-time

Thesis title: Value Chains in Fashion Industry

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Whysni Basuki

Attendance: August 2001 - August 2009, part-time

Thesis title: Gender differences in entrepreneurship in a transition context: The Case of Family Firms

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Publications

  1. Lampel, J., Banerjee, A. and Bhalla, A. (2019). The Resilient Decision-Maker. Lioncrest Publishing. ISBN 9781544504131.

Book

  1. Bhalla, A., Banerjee, A. and Elshenawy, M. (Eds.), (2027). A Guide to Family Business Research: Theories and Practice. Edward Elgar.

Chapters (11)

  1. Banerjee, A., Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2023). The Psychology of Employee Owners: Why Launching New Employee Ownership Schemes Can Signal Organizational Resilience During Crises. In Di Fabio, A. and Cooper, C. (Eds.), Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Organizations Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781003212157.
  2. Lampel, J., Banerjee, A. and Bhalla, A. (2020). By the People, for the People: Emergence and Spread of the ‘Unconference’ as New Temporary Organisational Form. Research in the Sociology of Organizations (pp. 61-78). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781839093494.
  3. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J. and Vishnu, K. (2013). Wipro Consulting Services in 2008: building an optimal global configuration in business and IT consulting industry. In Lampel, J., Mintzberg, H., Quinn, J. and Ghoshal, S. (Eds.), The Strategy Process Concepts, Contexts, Cases Pearson Education. ISBN 9780273651208.
  4. Bhalla, A. and Lampel, J. (2013). Tiscali UK: The rocky road to offshoring. In Lampel, J., Mintzberg, H., Quinn, J. and Ghoshal, S. (Eds.), The Strategy Process Concepts, Contexts, Cases Pearson/Education. ISBN 9780273716280.
  5. Lampel, , Joseph, and Bhalla, A. (2012). Strategic Offshoring at Tiscali. In Dyson, B.F., Loveday, M.S. and Gee, M.G. (Eds.), FT Prentice Hall.
  6. Bhalla, A. (2008). Harnessing Knowledge Capabilities in Emerging Markets: Offshoring and the Experience of Mac & Company. In Satyendra Singh, (Ed.), Business Practices in Emerging and Re-Emerging Markets Palgrave MacMillan.
  7. Singh, S. (2008). Business Practices in Emerging and Re-Emerging Markets. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 9781349536917.
  8. Bhalla, A. (2008). Two Case Studies. Business Practices in Emerging and Re-Emerging Markets (pp. 221-230). Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 9781349536917.
  9. Bhalla, A., Watkins, D. and Henderson, S. (2004). The Origins and Lessons of Entrepreneurial Achievement:a Multi-Paradigm Perspective via the Case Method. In Fayolle, A., Kyr�, P. and Ulijn, J. (Eds.), Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Outcomes and Perspectives Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
  10. Bhalla, A., Watkins, D. and Henderson, S. (2004). A Case Based Approach to Study Strategic Attributes of a Family Firm. In Astrachan, J.H. and Poutziouris, P. (Eds.), Family Business Case Annual Kennesaw, Ga: Cox Family Enterprise Center. ISBN 0975389300.
  11. Bhalla, A., Watkins, D. and Henderson, S. (2002). A test of the appropriateness of alternative strategic management paradigms in the context of high growth ethnic and non-ethnic family firms. In Füglistaller, U., Pleitner, H.J., Volery, T. and Weber, W. (Eds.), Radical Change in the world-will SMEs soar or crash? (pp. 555-572). Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. ISBN 9783906541181.

Conference papers and proceedings (35)

  1. Banerjee, A., Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. Problematizing Problmistic Search: An Experimental Study of Search Heterogeneity. .doi:10.5465/ambpp.2017.15216abstract
  2. Banerjee, A., Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. Employee Ownership Schemes as Resilience Signals During Economic Crisis and Recovery. .doi:10.5465/ambpp.2017.15243abstract
  3. Banerjee, , Bhalla, A. and Lampel, J. (2014). Choosing which battles to fight: An attention-based argument for the diffusion of a competitive action. 34th Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International Conference 20-23 September, Madrid, Spain.
  4. Banerjee, A., Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. The Evolution of Absorptive Capacity Routines in Corporate R&D Subsidiaries. .doi:10.5465/ambpp.2014.16899abstract
  5. Banerjee, A., Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. "“There’s got to be a better way”: Aspirations, constraints, and the discovery of new routines". .doi:10.5465/ambpp.2014.16786abstract
  6. Lampel, J., Jha, P.P. and Bhalla, A. Test-Driving the Future: How Design Competitions Are Changing Innovation. .doi:10.5465/amp.2010.0068
  7. Chittoor, , Raveendra, , Bhalla, A., Ray, S. and Ramachandran, K. (2011). Family Business Groups and Corporate Entrepreneurship:Evidence from Indian Firms. Academy of Management San Antonio, USA.
  8. Bhalla, , Ajay, and Lampel, J. (2011). From here on there is no turning back captain: Offshoring as an Event. Researching Events Frie Universitat, Berlin.
  9. Bhalla, A. (2011). Teaching with Cases on Family Business. Third Asian Invitational Conference on Family Business Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
  10. Bhalla, A. (2011). Why Trusteeship Is A Greater Asset Than Corporate Reputation? KEY NOTE & PANEL DEBATE-Thought Leaders of the future and the rise of the 'emerging' markets Confederation of British Industry (CBI) London.
  11. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J. and Ramachandran, K. (2010). Corporate Venturing in Indian Family Firms. SMS Annual International Conference 12-15 September, Rome.
  12. Bhalla, , Ajay, , Lampel, J., Anheier, H. and Toepler, S. (2010). Building Corporate Venture Engine in Indian Family Firms. INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HYDERABAD.
  13. Bhalla, A. (2010). How Strategic Are You About Your Family's Reputation? Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) India.
  14. Lampel, J. and Pushkar Jha, A.B. (2010). Test-Driving the Future: How Design Competitions are Empowering Innovation. Tilburg Conference on Innovation Tilburg, Netherlands.
  15. Lampel, J., Bhalla, A., Jha, P., Pijers, A. and Nijhoff, M. (2009). Show and Play: Trade Fairs and Challenge Competitions. 3rd Annual Copenhagen Conference on Partnerships 22-23 October, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  16. Bhalla, , Ajay, and Lampel, J. (2009). Managing the impact of internationalisation on the activity system in a networked organisation. European Group for Organisational Studies (EGOS) Barcelona.
  17. Bhalla, A. (2009). Nuturing Employee Leadership and Engagement: The Case of Employee Owned Businesses. KEY NOTE: Trends in Strategic Talent Management INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HYDERABAD, INDIA.
  18. Terjesen, S. and Bhalla, A. (2009). Venturing Offshore: The Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Firms' Back Office. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference Babson Park, MA, USA.
  19. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J. and Jha, P. (2008). Intellectual Property Rights and Industry Evolution: The Case of the Recorded Music Industry. DIME International Conference: The Creative Industries and Intellectual Property: May-, London.
  20. Lampel, J., Jha, P. and Bhalla, A. (2008). The Failings of Simplicity: Evidence from Design Contests. Academy of Management, August 8-13, 2008 - Anaheim, California..
  21. Bhalla, A. and Lampel, J. (2008). Impact of Offshoring on the Evolution of Organizational configurations. European Group for Organisational Studies, (Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 10-12 2008) Amsterdm, Netherlands.
  22. Bhalla, A. (2008). Offshoring 3.0: Energizing Innovation to Outperform (Keynote Speech). KEYNOTE: Exploring Outsourcing Opportunities The Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP, London.
  23. Bhalla, , Ajay, and Lampel, J. (2008). Offshoring and Firm Activity System. Academy of Management Anaheim, California, USA.
  24. Bhalla, , Ajay, and Lampel, J. (2008). Offshoring and Firm Activity System. Offshoring and Outsourcing: The Organizational and Geographical Relocation of High Value Company Functions, SDA Bocconi School of Management, April 23-24, 2008 Milan, Italy.
  25. Bhalla, A. (2008). Unlocking Your Growth = {In India + From India} - Keynote. KEYNOTE:Doing Business in India Cass Business School, London.
  26. Bhalla, A. and Lampel, J. (2007). Embracing Realism and Structuring Choices in Global Offshoring. European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS) Vienna.
  27. Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2007). More IT offshoring does not matter: Selecting Drivers and Models in Global 500 firms. First Annual Research Conference on Offshoring Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA.
  28. Henderson, S. and Bhalla, A. (2006). Becoming Misrepresentations in Strategy and Time. Academy of Management Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  29. Bhalla, , Ajay, and Lampel, J. (2006). Communities of Practice and the Discourse of Knowledge Sharing. Organization,Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Warwick Business School, Warwick, UK.
  30. Bhalla, A. and Henderson, S. (2006). Exploring Alternative Strategy Paradigms in Family Firms. Academy of Management Atlanta.
  31. Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2005). Gift giving in online community: The role of status seeking. 21st European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS) Colloquium Berlin.
  32. Bhalla, A. and Holtham, C. (2004). The organizational jigsaw: opportunities for collaborative learning. EGOS Workshop, Drawing on Organization Studies to Design, Manage and Organize Education Ljubjlana, Slovenia, July 2004.
  33. Henderson, S., Watkins, D. and Bhalla, A. (2003). Deepening and Broadening the Theoretical Base of Entrepreneurship Research. Academy of Management Seattle.
  34. Bhalla, A. (1999). The Impact of Ethnicity on Entrepreneurial Family Businesses: Do Strategic Management Concepts Assist an Understanding? Annual Babson Entrepreneurship Conference. Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, USA..
  35. Bhalla, A. (1999). The Influence of Ethnicity on Strategy in Family Businesses. Annual Conference 'Research in Entrepreneurship' E.M.Lyon, France, November..

Journal articles (26)

  1. Grant, D., Jha, P.P., Wanjiru, R. and Bhalla, A. (2020). Evolving willingness and ability interfaces: An innovation led transformation journey. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 4(3), pp. 69-75. doi:10.1016/j.ijis.2020.06.001

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Banerjee, A., Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2020). A question of (mis)alignment: innovation mandates and absorptive capacity routines. R&D Management, 50(2), pp. 227-238. doi:10.1111/radm.12393

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Lampel, J., Banerjee, A. and Bhalla, A. (2020). Emergence and Spread of ‘Unconferences’ as a New Temporary Organizational Form. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 67, pp. 61-78. doi:10.1108/S0733-558X20200000067008

    [publisher’s website]

  4. Banerjee, A., Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2019). Two cheers for diversity: An experimental study of micro-level heterogeneity in problemistic search. Strategic Organization, 17(4), pp. 450-469. doi:10.1177/1476127018815467

    [publisher’s website]

  5. Bhalla, A. and Banerjee, A. (2019). Life after 100? A Leader’s Guide to Resilient Family Businesses. ISBInsight

    [publisher’s website]

  6. Jha, P.P. and Bhalla, A. (2018). Life of a PAI: Mediation by willingness and ability for beneficiary community engagement. World Development Perspectives, 9, pp. 27-34. doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2018.04.004

    [publisher’s website]

  7. Lampel, J., Bhalla, A. and Ramachandran, K. (2017). Family values and inter-institutional governance of strategic decision making in Indian family firms. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34(4), pp. 901-930. doi:10.1007/s10490-017-9509-0

    [publisher’s website]

  8. Lampel, J., Bhalla, A. and Jha, P.P. (2014). Does governance confer organisational resilience? Evidence from UK employee owned businesses. European Management Journal, 32(1), pp. 66-72. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2013.06.009
  9. Bhalla, A. and Terjesen, S. (2013). Cannot make do without you: Outsourcing by knowledge-intensive new firms in supplier networks. Industrial Marketing Management, 42(2), pp. 166-179. doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.12.005
  10. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J. and Ramachandran, K. (2012). The Indian Family Business: Striking a Path Between Tradition and Modernity. Raconteur

    [publisher’s website]

  11. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J. and Larpin, E. (2012). The case study: Cegedim Post-merger acquisitions and the right signals to clients and staff. Financial Times
  12. Bhalla, A., Jha, P. and Lampel, J. (2012). The Employee Owned Business Model During Growth and Adversity: How Well Does it Hold Up? European Business Review, (July-August)
  13. Bhalla, A. and Lampel, J. (2012). Case study: Growth with values. Financial Times
  14. Lampel, J., Jha, P. and Bhalla, A. (2012). Test-Driving the Future: How Design Competitions are Changing Innovation. Academy of Management Perspectives, 26(2), pp. 71-85. doi:10.5465/amp.2010.0068
  15. Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2011). Living with offshoring: The impact of offshoring on the evolution of organizational configurations. Journal of World Business, 46(3), pp. 346-358. doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2010.07.007
  16. Lampel, J., Bhalla, A. and Vishnu, K. (2010). Wipro consulting Services: Building an Effective Global Configuration in Business and IT Consulting Industry. ASIAN CASE RESEARCH JOURNAL, 14(1), pp. 1-30. doi:10.1142/S0218927510001349

    [publisher’s website]

  17. Lampel, J., Bhalla, A. and Vishnu, K. (2010). Wipro Consulting Services: Building an Effective Global Configuration in Business and IT Consulting Industry. Asia Case Research Journal, 14
  18. Burdon, S., Chelliah, J. and Bhalla, A. (2009). Structuring enduring strategic alliances: the case of Shell Australia and Transfield Services. Journal of Business Strategy, 30(4), pp. 42-51. doi:10.1108/02756660910972640

    [publisher’s website]

  19. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J., Henderson, S. and Watkins, D. (2009). Exploring alternative strategic management paradigms in high-growth ethnic and non-ethnic family firms. SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS, 32(1), pp. 77-94. doi:10.1007/s11187-007-9064-z

    [publisher’s website]

  20. Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2008). Embracing realism and recognizing choice in IT offshoring initiatives. Business Horizons, 51(5), pp. 429-440. doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2008.03.007

    [publisher’s website]

  21. Bhalla, A., Sodhi, M.S. and Son, B. (2008). Is more IT offshoring better? Journal of Operations Management, 26(2), pp. 322-335. doi:10.1016/j.jom.2007.02.005

    [publisher’s website]

  22. Stace, D. and Bhalla, A. (2008). Sustaining the ‘connective tissue’ of customer relationships. Strategic Change, 17(3-4), pp. 57-68. doi:10.1002/jsc.816

    [publisher’s website]

  23. Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2007). Let's get natural. Management Decision, 45(7), pp. 1069-1082. doi:10.1108/00251740710773916

    [publisher’s website]

  24. Lampel, J. and Bhalla, A. (2007). The role of status seeking in online communities: Giving the gift of experience. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 12(2), pp. 434-455. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00332.x

    [publisher’s website]

  25. Bhalla, A., Henderson, S. and Watkins, D. (2006). A multiparadigmatic perspective of strategy: A case study of an ethnic family firm. International Small Business Journal, 24(5), pp. 515-537. doi:10.1177/0266242606067276

    [publisher’s website]

  26. Burdon, S. and Bhalla, A. (2005). Lessons from the Untold Success Story:. European Management Journal, 23(5), pp. 576-582. doi:10.1016/j.emj.2005.09.012

    [publisher’s website]

Reports (12)

  1. Lampel, J., Banerjee, A. and Bhalla, A. (2018). Ownership Effect Inquiry: Evidence Report..
  2. Lampel, J., Banerjee, A. and Bhalla, A. (2017). Ownership Effect Inquiry: Evidence Synthesis Report..
  3. Lampel, J., Banerjee, A. and Bhalla, A. (2017). The Ownership Effect: What Does the Evidence Tell Us. London.
  4. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J., Chordia, M. and Jha, P.P. (2014). DOES EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP CONFER LONG-TERM RESILIENCE? A follow up study to the Report: Model Growth – Do Employee Owned Businesses Provide sustainable advantage..
  5. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J., Larpin, E., Gordon, G. and Perry, S. (2014). Bibby Line Group: Regenerating a Family Business..
  6. Bhalla, A. (2014). William Jackson Food Group: Regenerating a Family Business through Family Governance..
  7. Bhalla, A., Lampel, J. and Jha, P.P. (2012). The Employee Ownership Advantage: Benefits and Consequences. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
  8. Lampel, J., Ajay Bhalla, P.J. and Bhalla, A. (2010). Model Growth: Do Employee-Owned Businesses deliver sustainable performance? London.
  9. Bhalla, A., Joseph Lampel, K.V. and Vishnu, K. (2009). Redefining the Consulting DNA: Wipro Consulting Services. Wipro Technologies.
  10. Lampel, J., Ajay Bhalla, P.J. and Bhalla, A. (2009). Coming of Age: Challenge Competitions & Their Role in Stimulating Innovation. London.
  11. Lampel, J., Bhalla, A. and Jha, P. (2007). The BASCAP Global Survey on Counterfeiting and Piracy and the Survey Findings Report. ICC BASCAP.
  12. Lampel, J., Bhalla, A. and Jha, P. (2006). Back to the Digital Future: The Role of Copyrights in Sustaining Creativity and Diversity in the Music Industry. London.

Education

Course Directorship

- 2005 - 2006, Film Business Academy, Assistance Director
- 2005 -2007, Masters in Management, Admissions Tutor

Professional activities

Consultancy (5)

  1. Department of Business Innovation and Skills (Public Sector) (February - April 2012)
  2. Barclays (Private Sector) (November 2006 - present)
  3. BASCAP (International Chamber of Commerce) (Private Sector) (March 2006 - January 2007)
  4. Ernst & Young (Private Sector) (March 2006 - present)
  5. EMI Music (Private Sector) (January - April 2006)

Editorial activity (10)

  1. Family Business Review, Referee, 2010 - present.
  2. Industry and Innovation, Referee, 2009.
  3. Small Business Economics, Referee, 2009 - present.
  4. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Referee, 2008 - present.
  5. Journal of Management Studies, Referee, 2007.
  6. International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, Member of Editorial Board, 2007 - 2010.
  7. Management Online Review, Member of Editorial Board, 2007 - present.
  8. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Referee, 2007 - present.
  9. Journal of Operations Management, Referee, 2006.
  10. ESRC, Referee, 2003 - present.

Events/conferences (36)

  1. Employee Ownership in 21st Century Britain. (Seminar) Cass Business School, City University, London (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Employee Ownership in 21st Century Britain
    Author: Bhalla, Ajay and Lampel J
  2. European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS). (Conference) Rotterdam, Netherlands (2014).
    Paper: DOES GOVERNANCE CONFER ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE?
    Author: Lampel Joseph
    Co-authors: Ajay Bhalla, Pushkar Jha
  3. European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS). (Conference) Montreal (2013).
    Paper: An Inter-Institutional Perspective on New Venture Creation in Family Firms
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel, Kavil Ramachandran
  4. 2013 Annual Employee Ownership Conference. (Conference) Birmingham (2013).
    Paper: The Benefits of Employee Ownership
    Author: Lampel Joseph
    Co-authors: Ajay Bhalla, Pushkar Jha
  5. KEY NOTE & PANEL DEBATE-Thought Leaders of the future and the rise of the ‘emerging’ markets. (Seminar) Confederation of British Industry (CBI) London (2011). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Why Trusteeship Is A Greater Asset Than Corporate Reputation?
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
  6. Third Asian Invitational Conference on Family Business. (Conference) Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (2011). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Teaching with Cases on Family Business
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
  7. Researching Events. (Conference) Frie Universitat, Berlin (2011). Invited speaker.
    Paper: From here on there is no turning back captain: Offshoring as an Event
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel
  8. Academy of Management. (Conference) San Antonio, USA (2011). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Family Business Groups and Corporate Entrepreneurship:Evidence from Indian Firms
    Author: Chittoor Raveendra
    Co-authors: Ajay Bhalla, Sougata Ray, Kavil Ramachandran
  9. Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference- International Entrepreneurship Track. (Conference) Rome (2010). Chair
  10. Seminar. (Seminar) INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HYDERABAD (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Building Corporate Venture Engine in Indian Family Firms
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel
  11. KEY NOTE. (Seminar) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: How Strategic Are You About Your Family's Reputation?
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
  12. Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference. (Conference) Rome (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Corporate Venturing in Indian Family Firms
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel; Kavil Ramachandran
  13. KEY NOTE: Trends in Strategic Talent Management. (Seminar) INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HYDERABAD, INDIA (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Nuturing Employee Leadership and Engagement: The Case of Employee Owned Businesses
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
  14. Conference. (Conference) Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Show and Play: Trade Fairs and Challenge Competitions
    Author: Lampel Joseph
    Co-authors: Ajay Bhalla and Pushkar Jha
  15. European Group for Organisational Studies (EGOS). (Conference) Barcelona (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Managing the impact of internationalisation on the activity system in a networked organisation
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Barcelona
  16. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. (Conference) Babson Park, MA, USA (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Venturing Offshore: The Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Firms' Back Office
    Author: Terjesen S.
    Co-authors: Ajay Bhalla
  17. International Conference on Marketing and Management Sciences (12/2008-9/2009). (Conference) Greece (2008). Organising Committee
  18. 3rd Annual Conference on Cultural Production in a Global Context: the Worldwide Film Industry (11/2008-7/ 2009). (Conference) Cass Business School, London (2008). Organising Committee
  19. KEYNOTE: Doing Business in India. (Seminar) Cass Business School, London (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Unlocking Your Growth = {In India + From India}
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
  20. Exploring Outsourcing Opportunities. (Seminar) The Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP, London (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: KEYNOTE: Offshoring 3.0: Energizing Innovation to Outperform
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
  21. The Creative Industries and Intellectual Property: DIME International Conference. (Conference) London (2008).
    Paper: Intellectual Property Rights and Industry Evolution: The Case of the Recorded Music Industry
    Author: Joseph Lampel and Pushkar Jha
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel and Pushkar Jha
  22. Offshoring and Outsourcing: The Organizational and Geographical Relocation of High Value Company Functions, SDA Bocconi School of Management. (Conference) Milan, Italy (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Offshoring and Firm Activity System
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel
  23. European Group for Organisational Studies. (Conference) Amsterdm, Netherlands (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Impact of Offshoring on the Evolution of Organizational configurations
    Author: Bhalla A
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel
  24. Academy of Management. (Conference) Anaheim, California, USA (2008).
    Paper: The Failings of Simplicity: Evidence from Design Contests
    Author: Lampel Joseph
    Co-authors: Ajay Bhalla, Pushkar Jha
  25. Academy of Management. (Conference) Anaheim, California, USA (2008).
    Paper: Offshoring and Firm Activity System
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel
  26. European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS). (Conference) Vienna (2007).
    Paper: Embracing Realism and Structuring Choices in Global Offshoring
    Author: J. Lampel
    Co-authors: J. Lampel
  27. First Annual Research Conference on Offshoring. Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA (2007).
    Paper: More IT offshoring does not matter: Selecting Drivers and Models in Global 500 firms
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel
  28. Organization,Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities. (Conference) Warwick Business School, Warwick, UK (2006). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Communities of Practice and the Discourse of Knowledge Sharing
    Author: Bhalla Ajay
    Co-authors: Joseph Lampel
  29. Academy of Management. (Conference) Atlanta (2006). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Exploring Alternative Strategy Paradigms in Family Firms
    Author: Bhalla A.
    Co-authors: Steven Henderson
  30. Academy of Management. Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2006).
    Paper: Becoming Misrepresentations in Strategy and Time
    Co-authors: Steven Henderson
  31. 21st European Group of Organisation Studies (EGOS) Colloquium. Berlin (2005).
    Paper: Gift giving in online community: The role of status seeking
    Co-authors: Prof. Joseph Lampel
  32. Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities. Innsbruck, Austria (2004).
    Paper: Let's Get Natural:Communities of Practice and the Discourse of Spontaneous Sharing in Knowledge Management
    Co-authors: Professor Joseph Lampel
  33. European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium. Ljubljana (2004).
    Paper: The organizational jigsaw: opportunities for collaborative learning
    Co-authors: Prof. Clive Holtham
  34. Academy of Management. Seattle (2003).
    Paper: Deepening and Broadening the Theoretical Base of Entrepreneurship Research
    Co-authors: S.Henderson and D.Watkins
  35. Annual Conference 'Research in Entrepreneurship'. E.M.Lyon, France (1999).
    Paper: The Influence of Ethnicity on Strategy in Family Businesses
  36. Annual Babson Entrepreneurship Conference. Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, USA (1999).
    Paper: The Impact of Ethnicity on Entrepreneurial Family Businesses: Do Strategic Management Concepts Assist an Understanding

Keynote lecture/speech

  1. Leadership Resilience in Challenging Times: Lessons for 21st Century Leaders. Hilton Warsaw, Poland (2019). Key-note - European Business Awards

Media appearances (41)

  1. Small family jewellers face succession troubles. (2018) Financial Times (newspaper).
  2. John Lewis ups benefits spending but cuts staff bonus. (2014) Workplace Savings & Benefits.
  3. CMI: Favoured management strategy of UK businesses Ôfatally flawedÕ. (2014) Politics Home.
  4. Companies Relocate to London: Low Corporate Tax. (2013) National Center for Policy Analysis.
  5. London's low taxes, vast talent pool lure foreign corporates Read more at:. (2013) The Economic Times of India (newspaper).
  6. Google Inc's all access music launch catches Apple Inc off guard. (2013) SME Web (website).
  7. Innovator Apple under pressure. (2013) Eircom.net (website).
  8. Tesco's annual profits fallen for the first time in almost 20 years, as the UK biggest supermarket confirmed it was pulling out of the US. (2013) In 2 east Africa.net (website).
  9. bleak week as blockbusters collapses. (2013) derbyshire times (newspaper).
  10. blockbusters calls in administrators. (2013) memmedia.co.uk (website).
  11. job loss fears for North East's Blockbuster employees. (2013) nebusiness.co.uk (website).
  12. Case Study: Post-merger aquisitions. (2012) The Financial Times (newspaper).
  13. Microsoft puts faith in a new tablet, but it may merely scratch the iPad's surface. (2012) The Observer (newspaper).
  14. iphone5 - What do our experts think? (2012) www.goarticles.com (website).
  15. Facebook Borsengang - Hype und Zweifel liegen nah beisammen. (2012) www.fmm-magazin.de (website).
  16. "I'm not a billionaire": Bono says Facebook flotation hasn't made him richer than the Beatles. (2012) THE MIRROR (newspaper).
  17. Zuckerberg pockets a fortune as Facebook debuts on stock market. (2012) THE INDEPENDENT (newspaper).
  18. Murdoch ‘Back Scratching’ Shifts Blame to U.K. Politicians. (2012) BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK (magazine).
  19. Nokia en perte à la fois dans les réseaux et les mobiles. (2012) LES ECHOS (newspaper).
  20. Nokia en perte a la fois dans les reseaux et les mobiles. (2012) www.lesechos.fr (website).
  21. (2012) BBC WORLD SERVICE (television).
  22. (2012) BBC NEWS (television).
  23. CBI attacks Vince Cable's plan to give investors control of executive pay. (2012) GUARDIAN (newspaper).
  24. (2012) BBC World Service TV (television).
  25. (2012) ITV NEWS (television).
  26. (2012) THE OBSERVER-Berry Bros & Rudd (newspaper).
  27. (2012) BBC World Service TV (television).
  28. (2012) BBC News Channel (television).
  29. John Lewis as a Model: The feeling is mutual. (2012) THE ECONOMIST (magazine).
  30. Importance of strategy and innovation as Kodak seeks bankruptcy protection. (2012) Bloomberg TV (television).
  31. E-commerce e social network can una raffica di acqisizoni Microsoft cambia pelle. (2012) www.repubblica.it (website).
  32. Tata cvan take a long view on succession. (2011) www.ft.com (website).
  33. Kindle versus iPad. (2011).
  34. James Murdoch backed by BSkyB board. (2011) International Herald Tribune (newspaper).
  35. ISB to host meet on family business. (2011) www.thehindubusinessline.com (website).
  36. Face of free advice lost to cyberspace. (2011) Sunday Times (newspaper).
  37. Will John Lewis rescue us all from financial meltdown? (2010) www.dailymail.co.uk (website).
  38. To be succesful: Let the employees become stakeholders. (2010) www.sohu.com (website).
  39. Mitarbeiterbeiteiligungen erhohen Leistungen und verringern Insolvenzrisiko. (2010) Finanzen (website).
  40. To be successful: Let the employees become stakeholders. (2010).
  41. Anreize fur die finanzielle beteiligung. (2010) Managere Seminare.