Professor Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation
- Small Business Research Centre
- Kingston Business School
- Kingston Hill
Professor of Entrepreneurship
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
Professor Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada leads the Responsible Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship (RISE) research excellence hub at Kingston Business School with a vision to advance scholarship, integrate academic insight with business strategy, and inspire ethical leadership in business and society.
He is a Research Fellow at the Jackstädt Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Germany, an Expert Fellow at the Southampton India Centre, a Steward at the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Royal Society of Arts. Previously, he has worked at the University of Southampton, Aston Business School, Max Planck Institute of Economics, University of Goettingen, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and held visiting fellowships at Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management.
His interdisciplinary research interests are at the intersection of entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation, AI/digitalisation, and sustainability. He was awarded the Otto-Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society (Germany), the Inaugural DRUID Best Dissertation Award (Denmark), and the Kauffman Foundation Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management (USA). His research has been supported by grants from the Max Planck Society, British Academy, EPSRC Impact Acceleration, Bracknell Forest Council, and overseas research funding agencies. He has supervised and mentored 10 PhD candidates to completion and acted as an examiner at more than 15 PhD examinations in the UK and abroad.
Professor Pawan has taught a wide range of modules in entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation, and business growth at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and research methods for PhD students. His commitment to education and teaching excellence has consistently led to outstanding student evaluations of around 4.5/5 for more than a decade. He was nominated twice for Vice-Chancellor awards for teaching excellence at Southampton. At Aston, he was nominated for Economic Research Network's outstanding teacher award.
Committed to making a positive impact, he co-founded iPowerz, a digital social enterprise platform aimed at fast-tracking microentrepreneurship and small business growth reflecting his passion for leveraging technology to drive positive change in communities and economies. He was included as a Steward at the Council for Inclusive Capitalism for this initiative.
He has a PhD in Economics (summa cum laude) from the University of Göttingen, sponsored by a full scholarship of the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany. His doctoral advisors were Professors David Audretsch, Clarivate Citation laureate 2021, and the late Stephan Klasen, a former student of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. He is an alumnus of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning and Narendrapur Rama Krishna Mission, two revered Indian institutions founded on the ancient Advaita philosophy.
Beyond academia, Professor Pawan actively advises leading businesses and engages in nonprofit work as the founder/trustee of several charitable organisations, including Share-a-Meal, India Knowledge Consortium, and the Sri Sathya Sai Charitable Trust, UK.
Qualifications
- Dr rer pol (Goettingen)
- MSc (Mathematics)
- BSc (Hons)
- PG Certificate in Professional Practice
Domains
Professor Pawan's research-led teaching connects theories with the practicalities of the wider society and economy through interdisciplinary approaches. As a business economist, he has brought analytical reasoning to the design and delivery of the following entrepreneurship, innovation and strategy modules.
- Kingston: Development and Growth of SMEs (MBA), Build my Business (BSc).
- Southampton: Global Strategies for Growth, Enterprise (MSc), Entrepreneurship, and New Business Venturing (MSc), Sustainable and Responsible Innovation (MSc), and Advanced Research Methods (PhD).
- Aston: Economics of Business Organizations (BSc), Economics of Entrepreneurship (BSc), Entrepreneurial Management (MSc), Entrepreneurial Strategy (BSc), Introduction to Management (BSc).
Professor Pawan has published in leading journals, including the Journal of Business Venturing, Regional Studies, Small Business Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, The Journal of Technology Transfer, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Technology in Society, Business & Society, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Review of Managerial Science, International Review of Entrepreneurship, World Development Perspectives, Journal of Management Spirituality and Religion, MethodX, and The Conversation. His books include "Microentrepreneurship in a Developing Country: Evidence for Public Policy" (Palgrave) and "Sustaining Entrepreneurship and economic growth: Lessons in Policy and industry innovations from Germany and India" (Springer).
He serves as an Editor of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal, and is on the Editorial Board of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. He has guest-edited and peer-reviewed for several academic journals and acted as a referee for ESRC, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, Portugal Science Foundation, international funding bodies, and well-respected academic publishers.
Specialisms
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategy
- Innovation
- Technology and Digitalisation
- Sustainability
Professor Pawan co-founded the digital social enterprise platform iPowerz to provide a virtual ecosystem to support grassroots entrepreneurs and innovators. iPowerz was the first researcher start-up and the first social enterprise launched by a faculty member at the University of Southampton Business School.
For this novel enterprise initiative, he was inducted as a Steward into the Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican (https://www.inclusivecapitalism.com/) in 2021. The Council, formed under the auspices of Pope, brings together the world's foremost leaders to meet the sustainable development goals through a concerted global effort to make the world a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable place.
He has initiated several knowledge partnership and consulting projects with stakeholders from international governments, businesses, and nonprofits.
Professor Pawan has more than two decades of international experience in academia, having lived and worked in the UK, USA, Germany, and India, and has a track record of leadership and management at academic institutions. Currently, he leads the Responsible Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship (RISE) research excellence hub at the Business School.
Previously, he has acted as the Deputy Director (Impact and Collaboration) at the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP) that oversaw more than 200 funded PhD students across the Universities of Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton. As a member of its Senior Management Team, he was involved in the steering of the Partnership and the allocation of studentships across a range of social science disciplines at the three universities while holding the overall responsibility for impact and collaboration of the DTP. He was the Program Director of the MSc (Global Enterprise and Entrepreneurship) and MSc (Strategy and Innovation) at the Department of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Southampton Business School, leading the administration, curriculum design and delivery of these post-graduate programs.
Currently, he acts as an external examiner at the University of Essex Business School, Aston Business School, and the Malta Higher Education Authority, and holds multiple trusteeships at charities and non-profits based in England.
Publications
Who profits from war with Iran?: Understanding that will be key to resolving the conflict
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2026, The Conversation, Published
The quiet rise in the tax burden for UK businesses will hit workers and consumers too
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2025, The Conversation, Published
Why Meta is in trouble in Nigeria and what this means for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users
Olarewaju, Tolu and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2025, The Conversation, Published
Most businesses won't pay more national insurance. But the UK's small employers still need support
Tamvada, Pawan, 2024, The Conversation, Published
The impact of Islamic religiosity on innovation propensity
Alfawzan, Amal, Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Aldhehayan, Abdualaziz, Temouri, Yama and Pereira, Vijay, 2024, Technological Forecasting and Social Change (207), Published
Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, McDowall-Emefiele, Sharin, Swaray, Raymond and Olarewaju, Tolu, 2024, Review of Managerial Science, E-pub ahead of print
Indian election: why Modi may now need to switch his economic ambitions to new businesses and small firms
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2024, The Conversation, Published
Creating effective university innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems: a commitment system perspective
Audretsch, David B., Khurana, Indu, Dutta, Dev K. and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2024, The Journal of Technology Transfer, E-pub ahead of print
Putting digital technologies at the forefront of Industry 5.0 for the implementation of a circular economy in manufacturing industries
Narula, Sanjiv, Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Kumar, Anil, Puppala, Harish and Gupta, Nakul, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (71)pp 3363-3374, Published
The weaker sex? A tale of means and tails
Khurana, Indu, Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan and Audretsch, David B., 2023, Journal of Business Venturing Insights (20), Published
New technology adoption in rural areas of emerging economies: the case of rainwater harvesting systems in India
Puppala, Harish, Ahuja, Jaya, Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan and Peddinti, Pranav R T, 2023, Technological Forecasting and Social Change (196), Published
Barriers to the adoption of new technologies in rural areas: the case of unmanned aerial vehicles for precision agriculture in India
Puppala, Harish, Peddinti, Pranav R.T., Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Ahuja, Jaya and Kim, Byungmin, 2023, Technology in Society (74), Published
How ethnic minority SME owners in the UK can create value amid informal institutional voids
Olarewaju, Tolu and Tamvada, Pawan, 2023, Journal of Creating Value (9), 1pp 107-123, Published
From entrepreneurship to leadership
Audretsch, David and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2023, The Journal of Technology Transfer (48), 2pp 814-820, Published
The irrationality of rationality in market economics: a paradox of incentives perspective
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan and Chowdhury, Rashedur, 2023, Business & Society (62), 3pp 482-487, Published
My mother-in-law does not like it: resources, social norms, and entrepreneurial intentions of women in an emerging economy
Karim, Shamsul, Kwong, Caleb, Shrivastava, Mili and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2023, Small Business Economics (60), 2pp 409-431, Published
Valuing maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health for societal progress - going beyond the economic orthodoxy of gross domestic product
Meka, Kiran, Jacob, Chandni M., Modi, Neena, Bustreo, Flavia, Di Renzo, Gian Carlo, Malamitsi-Puchner, Ariadne, Briana, Despina, Iaia, Domenico G., Fogstad, Helga, Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Moreno, Ivan Ochoa and Hanson, Mark, 2023, Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics (112), 4pp 630-634, Published
Adopting new technology is a distant dream? the risks of implementing Industry 4.0 in emerging economy SMEs
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Narula, Sanjiv, Audretsch, David, Puppala, Harish and Kumar, Anil, 2022, Technological Forecasting and Social Change (185), Published
Corporations want to profit from the world's problems - here's how they can solve them instead
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan and Chowdhury, Rashedur, 2022, The Conversation, Published
Education, social identity and self-employment over time: evidence from a developing country
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Shrivastava, Mili and Mishra, Tapas Kumar, 2022, Small Business Economics (59), 4pp 1449-1468, Published
Black and minority ethnic businesses need support to weather the pandemic
Olarewaju, Tolu and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2020, The Conversation, Published
Going green dramatically benefits businesses - it should be central to their coronavirus recovery strategy
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan and Shrivastava, Mili, 2020, The Conversation, Published
Indian election: Modi win delivered thanks to faith in economic growth pledges
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2019, The Conversation, Published
Born to be green: new insights into the economics and management of green entrepreneurship
Demirel, Pelin, Li, Qian Cher, Rentocchini, Francesco and Tamvada, J. Pawan, 2019, Small Business Economics (52), 4pp 759-771, Published
Which green matters for whom? greening and firm performance across age and size distribution of firms
Shrivastava, Mili and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2019, Small Business Economics (52), 4pp 951-968, Published
The returns to occupations: the role of minimum wage and gender in Nigeria
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, Olarewaju, Tolu I.A. and Mickiewicz, Tomasz, 2019, World Development Perspectives (13)pp 75-86, Published
Green recovery featuring Dr Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2016, Policy Pod, Published
The spatial distribution of self-employment in India: evidence from semiparametric geoadditive models
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2015, Regional Studies (49), 2pp 300-322, Published
Religion, social class, and entrepreneurial choice
Audretsch, David B., Bönte, Werner and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2013, Journal of Business Venturing (28), 6pp 774-789, Published
Firm growth and barriers to growth among small firms in India
Coad, Alex and Tamvada, Jaganaddha Pawan, 2012, Small Business Economics (39), 2pp 383-400, Published
Entrepreneurship and welfare
Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan, 2010, Small Business Economics (34), 1pp 65-79, Published
Microentrepreneurship in a developing country
Tamvada, Pawan (2021). Cham: [Published]
Sustaining entrepreneurship and economic growth: lessons in policy and industry innovations from Germany and India
(2008). Cham: (Springer) [Published]
Generalised trust and relation centrism for corruption as perceived by firms
Olarewaju, Tolu Ifedapo Adebayo, Tamvada, Jagannadha and McDowall-Emefiele, Sharin (2022). [Published]
Professor David Audretsch: my doktorvater
Tamvada, Pawan (2019). In: Lehmann, Erik E., Keilbach, Max, (eds.), Cham:pp 465-466 [Published]
Comparing entrepreneurial climates of Germany and India: more similarities than differences?
Tamvada, Pawan (2008). In: Keilbach, Max, Tamvada, Pawan, Audretsch, David B., (eds.), Cham: Springerpp 111-121 [Published]
Introduction: entrepreneurship and innovation in Germany and India
Audretsch, David B., Keilbach, Max and Tamvada, Pawan (2008). In: Keilbach, Max, Tamvada, Pawan, Audretsch, David B., (eds.), Cham:pp 3-6 [Published]
What determines self-employment choice in India?
Tamvada, Pawan (2008). In: Keilbach, Max, Tamvada, Pawan, Audretsch, David B., (eds.), Cham:pp 77-83 [Published]
Self-employment, management and cognitive reflection revisited: mixed evidence from the UK
Hand, Christopher and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan(2025). [Published]
Navigating the knowledge breadth-depth paradox in entrepreneurship
Khurana, Indu, Packard, Mark D., Tamvada, Jagannadha and Audretsch, David(2024). [Published]
Exploring the impact of entrepreneurial orientation, network capability, and knowledge management on the alliance performance: insights into the case of hi-tech Chinese SMEs
Zhou, Zhebing, Do, Hang and Tamvada, Jagannadha Pawan(2023). [Published]
Escaping the penalty of marginalization through management education
Khurana, Indu, Tamvada, Jagannadha and Lee, Daniel(2023). [Published]
Generalised trust and relation centrism for corruption as perceived by firms
Olarewaju, Tolu Ifedapo Adebayo, Tamvada, Jagannadha and McDowall-Emefiele, Sharin(2022). [Published]
Perceived selective incivility and relational trust for BAME SMEs during the covid-19 pandemic
Olarewaju, Tolu Ifedapo Adebayo and Tamvada, Jagannadha(2022). [Published]