Significant Publications

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Conferences, Seminars & Talks

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Abhishek Ojha & Deepak S. Kumar (2025) "Balancing Gig Economy" in 22nd AIMS International Conference on Management, IIM Kozhikode

Abhishek Ojha & Deepak S. Kumar (2024) "Platform Cooperatives: An Outcome of Business Model Innovation Using the NICE Framework" in 2nd International Conference On Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Equity, & Digital Strategies Seeds 2024, Middlesex University, Dubai.

Abhishek Ojha & Deepak S. Kumar (2024) "Platform Pipeline Convergence: A Wheel of Retailing Perspective" in 18th Great Lakes-NASMEI Conference, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India

Abhishek Ojha & Deepak S. Kumar (2023) "Trust Building in Peer-to-Peer Exchange: Role of Satisfaction" in 17th Great Lakes-NASMEI Conference, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India

Attended 8^th Doctoral Symposium organized by the North American Society for Marketing Education in India, Chennai, India

Attended Research Development Workshop, 11^th AIM-AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium 2023, Bangalore, India

Research Areas

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Services

Sharing Economy

Platforms

Business models

Awards

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One of the six global winners of the prestigious AMS Review - Sheth Foundation Doctoral Competition for Conceptual Articles 2025. Title: The Silent Observer – How Social Learning Shapes Consumer Behaviour in Gig Platform Relationships

NASMEI Research Grant 2024 for Doctoral students in Indian Business Schools at the 18th North American Society for Marketing Education in India (NASMEI) Conference 2024

Junior research fellow, University Grant Commission, Scored in the top 0.01 percentile.

Golden Award for Academic Excellence in MBA, Issued by DLF Foundation, 2017